GST Poll Shows Voter Backlash Across Canada
A Gallup poll of 1,044 Canadian voters for CFIB shows 58.5 percent would not reelect MPs who supported the GST with 5.6 percent willing to vote pro GST. Opposition to the tax ranges from 87.1 percent in Ontario and across all regions, prompting calls to scrap the GST and pursue a simplified harmonized tax system.
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Gallup
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Prairie
Alberta
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Atlantic Region
CFIB
John Bulloch
Michael Wilson
Bulloch
Wilson
Prairies
Atlantic
Prairie Forum on Rural Development Yields Local Self Help
The Prairie Forum attracted 310 attendees from Edmonton to Quebec City to share self help strategies for rural progress. Eileen Collins of Pilot Mound financed a 5000 square foot commercial building that is fully leased, Sybil McGarva of Maryfield plans a new seniors facility, and Jean Parc of Vermilion runs a seven million copy cookbook business. Telecommuting demos and education via telephone lines showcased future work from Athabasca to Linton, North Dakota. Ottawa and provincial governments won’t save towns. success hinges on boots and sleeves.
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Prairie Forum
Edmonton
Quebec City
Scinaaatein
Oae
Maryfield
Sybil McGarva
McGarva
Vermilion
Jean Parc
Athabasca
Linton
North Dakota
Philadelphia
Ottawa
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Hamiota Echo Publications Ltd
P.O. Box
Hamiota, Manitoba
Romoto
Manitoba
Community Newspapers
U.S.A
England
ICNA
Canada
By Ann M. Smith
Manitoba Heart Foundation
Winnipeg
Sir Clifford Sifton
Pilot Mound
Eileen Collins
Denver
U.S