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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 11, 1996
Page
6
Hundreds testified at Manitoba public hearings on privatizing the Manitoba Telephone Service. Proponents frame privatization as modernizing, reducing debt, and expanding equity markets, while critics warn against Crown-ownership nostalgia and potential taxpayer liabilities. The piece argues technology and competition favor privatization.
The Prairie Centre argues that MTS paid only 230 million in dividends over 88 years and contrasts this with Bell Canada paying more income tax in 1995. It says the government move will let MTS upgrade its antiquated equipment, improving service, while crowning state-owned enterprises as relics of a failing old economy. Peter Holle, president, urges smaller, smarter government.
Ron Le Gras entered a 794 pound squash at the Roland Pumpkin Festival claiming a possible fourth largest on record. Seeds were purchased from Nova Scotia as giant pumpkin stock.
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