Martin Budget Won’t Cure Canada’s Deep Deficit
The columnist argues Prime Minister Martin’s 1995 budget will not significantly trim the deficit. Even with potential cuts and alternatives debated, Canada’s debt remains vast, with yearly interest payments around 40 billion and centuries needed to erase it under various extreme scenarios.
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Paul Martin
Sheme
Reform Party
Royal Canadian Air Force
Letter to the editor urges full fact check on firearms laws
A Roblin Review letter-wearer argues current laws exist but are not enforced and warns that Bill C-17 could ban more guns. The author urges Canadians to seek official background on firearms control from MPs and Justice Department, stressing citizens deserve complete facts.
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Neil Stewart
Roblin Review
Department of Justice
Bohemian waxwings visit a snowy yard on February morn
A reader describes a bright cold February morning when a large flock of Bohemian waxwings toured a yard after a heavy snow. The note mentions waxwing behavior, other birds like cedar waxwings, and observations from David Braddell and Ross MacDonald. A dramatic owl anecdote and a pine grosbeak sighting close the note.
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A. C. Bent
David Braddell
Reston Recorder
David
Ross MacDonald
Crowsnest Pass
Blairmore
Michael Enright
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