Copps Pushes New Tax on Blank Audio Tapes
Mitch Grey and Brian Kelcey critique Sheila Copps as she announces a levy of 70 to 80 cents per blank audio tape to fund artist royalties. The plan, framed as a copyright amendment, would channel revenues to professional collectives rather than direct artists, with fears of bureaucracy and administrative fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheila Copps
Parliament Hill
Hamilton East
Ottawa
Ms. Copps
Revenue Canada
Copps
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Neepawa Sees Major Builders As Fast Food Expands
Subway plans to open in Neepawa with Pizza Hut and Dairy Queen negotiating to build. The town also welcomes expansion as the Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op moves to a new $500 000 building and local clinics and health projects advance amid healthcare funding uncertainty. Giardia infections rise in Dauphin area as water concerns grow and a new treatment plant is eyed.
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Neepawa
Subway
Pizza Hut
Dairy Queen
District Chamber of Commerce
Neepawa-Gladstone Co-op
Dauphin
Dauphin Hospital
Inky Mark
Dauphin-area
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Sheila
Mitch Grey
Brian Kelcey
Manitoba Taxpayers Association
Winnipeg
Dag
Food Chains Eye Neepawa
Carman Memorial Hospital Board
Carman
Judy Bicknell
Centre
Manitoba
Boissevain
Jay Woodmass
Woodmass
Souris
Nesbitt Publishing Ltd
Box 70
Hamiota
Romoto Telephone
GST & Pst Inc
Gregory Nesbitt
Wanda Strachan
Jamie Dickinson
Connie Kay
Shirley McMurachy
Judy Pedersen
CCNA