Where Your Tax Dollars Go in 1992 93
Government 1992 93 spending highlights show debt interest of 40.2 billion 25 of outlays and program spending of 119.4 billion 75. Seniors and transfers to provinces total 66.5 billion with 19.5 billion in old age security and related payments. Unemployment insurance 19 billion child benefits 2.2 billion and child tax credits 2.6 billion. Over 20.7 billion in federal cash and tax transfers to provinces with equalization 8.5 billion and health care education priorities. Defence 12.3 billion and development aid 2.8 billion. Running the government costs 19.4 billion.
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Federal Department of Finance
Alberta
Ontario
Canada
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Roblin parish postmaster’s Christmas scroll thanks and reminiscences
A Roblin parishioner thanks Sacred Heart Church and the Roblin Review for recent Christmas messages. He recalls postmaster Hugh Kines and editor Ed Doering, shares anecdotes about Father Kushko, jokes with a parishioner, and expresses gratitude, missing Roblin’s rural pace and wishing a happy New Year.
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Sacred Heart Church
Roblin
Ed Doering
Hugh Kines
Verhulst
Kines
Methodius Kushko
M.L.A
Father Kushko
R.C
Hugh
Ron
Manitoba Farmers Propose GRIP Reforms for Faster Cash
Rural Manitoba producers urge changes to the GRIP interim payments to offset crop losses. They advocate a 50 percent indemnity on gross production value to improve cash flow and push for inclusion of special and pulse crops, retroactive interest waivers, and timely production data.
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Manitoba
GRIP
The Little Town That Could: Farmington's Awakening Economy
In Farmington north of Dawson Creek a frost ruined crops last August, spurring a revival push led by the BC Agriculture Ministry and PFRA. Fred Mellen, called Mr Bow Island, champions entrepreneurial growth through cooperation and local displays, citing Bow Island research gains and BIPAC efforts that boosted bean production to 22,400 acres and an $8 million local economic rise in 1991.
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Farmington
Dawson Creek
Peace River Valley
Peace Valley
B.C. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Foods
PFRA
Peace River
Fred Mellen
Bow Island
Fred
Mellen
Brooks Horticultural Station
BIPAC
Letter Policy for The Roblin Review
The Roblin Review invites signed letters to the editor with a day time phone number for verification. Send or fax letters to Box 938 Roblin MB R0L 1P0 or fax 204 937 8212.
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