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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 28, 1973
Page
2
The piece argues for a uniform weekly pause and critiques the drive to end Sunday rest while acknowledging secular shifts. It cautions against overzealous Sunday enforcement harming workers and supports continued road networks and car freedom, noting public transit as a future option but predicting cars remain central for generations.
Finance Minister John Turner touted a family friendly budget slicing income tax by at least five percent while boosting old age pensions and cutting sales taxes on cosmetics and fruit. He argued takes home pay rises and protections against inflation, with 70 percent of cuts going to earners under ten thousand dollars. The plan faces opposition from Stanfield and mixed support in a minority Parliament, as measures from May 1972 echo earlier incentives for industry and equipment writeoffs.
The Home and School and Parent-Teacher Federation of Manitoba launches a February campaign to counter parent apathy and boost involvement in education. It seeks broader public support, stronger local associations, and a unified provincial voice alongside teachers and trustees.
Premier Ed Schreyer lauded the federal budget as favorable to Manitoba noting income tax cuts ranging from 100 to 900 dollars and the new equalization formula. He said about 11 million dollars more annually for Manitoba would be passed to taxpayers or local government though distribution details remain undecided. He criticized federal officials for revenue estimates but welcomed targeted tax relief and stronger old age pensions and vets benefits.
Eugene Whelan says a Canadian family can halve its food bill by choosing bargain foods over prime rib for Sunday dinners. A Ottawa survey shows four person costs from 28.70 to 89.90 with moderate to generous menus, noting consumer choice, convenience foods, and varying nutritional adequacy. The study implies Canadians can eat cheaply or expensively within available options, and that the moderate menu includes stewed chicken sausages fish sticks meat loaf macaroni and cheese baked beans and meat balls with gravy.
The western section of the Canadian Union of Public Employees opposes a four day work week. Regina union president Livya Jacobson announced a weekend delegates meeting. Saskatchewan Alberta Manitoba and British Columbia divisions oppose the plan, arguing it raises productivity and profits at workers' expense. The statement notes menus showing cost cutting by removing expensive meats and substitutes, tested by agriculture department home economists.
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