Winnipeg Mayor Glen Murray's Non-Announcement Sparks Critique
The piece argues Murray used a non-announcement news conference to attack the Alliance and signal future federal ambitions. It labels him left wing and self-serving while praising his mayoral record and suggesting he should remain focused on municipal duties.
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Alliance Party
Manitoba
Liberals
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Murray
Glen Murrray
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation unveils 50000 gas tax petitions
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation released over 50,000 petitions calling for gas tax cuts at a news conference on Parliament Hill. Petition drive ran months through CTF members and its website to show broad national support for immediate tax relief. Walter Robinson cited expected upcoming economic updates or a mini-budget with potential tax cuts.
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CTF
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Walter Robinson
Walter Robinson Advocates Immediate Gas Tax Cuts
Walter Robinson of Lets Talk Taxes plans to deliver petitions to the minister upstairs to push for immediate federal fuel tax relief. The plan calls for reducing the federal excise tax on fuel from 10 to 8.5 cents per liter and ending GST on the full fuel purchase. It also seeks dialogue with provincial ministers for timetables to extend across the board reductions by March 31, 2001.
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Paul Martin
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Canada gas taxes cited as burden on motorists
The CTF report on Canada gas taxes puts average provincial rates at 36 to 45 percent per fill up. For 2000/2001 federal and provincial governments will collect over 13 billion in gas taxes. A Liberal backbench group urged cutting the federal excise tax from 10 to 8.5 cents per litre.
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