Tax Revolt Letters Stir Ottawa Controversy
Canadian readers add their voices to a tax revolt with complaints about a 9 percent levy. Small business owners and taxpayers from Woodbridge Caledon East Etobicoke share fear over this tax and government spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brad Loundes
T.L.A.W. Systems Ltd
Janet Johnson
Caledon East
Taxpayers rally against GST in editorials across papers
A wave of Canadian editorials criticizes the Goods and Services Tax. Editors demand fairness and simplicity, oppose higher taxes on the public, and warn of a potential revolt as spending and bureaucracy strain taxpayers. Some urge MPs to resist the tax or face citizen action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Lehman
Kitchener
Times
Opasquia Times
Pas
Michael Wilson
Times of Assiniboias
Boissevain Recorder
Humbolt Journal
Weyburn
Whitewood Herald
Feds
Grenfell Sun
Hanna Herald
Devon Dispatch
Carlyle Observer
Boston
Hull River
Boston Harbor
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Hamiota Echo Publications Ltd
P.O. Box
Hamiota, Manitoba
Romoto
Manitoba
Community Newspapers
U.S.A
England
ICNA
Gus
Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
Terry Shipp
Paris
Rocco de Lorenzo
Woodbridge
L. L. Bishop
Etobicoke
Micheal Wilson
Toronto Sun
King St. E
Toronto
Ont
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
New York
Upper Canada
R. B. Sullivan
Executive Council of
Sir George Arthur
Vonato
Moosomin World Spectator
By Fred McGuinness