Lessons from Japan’s LDP tax shock for Canadian Tories
John Bulloch warns Canada could face a voter backlash similar to Japan after the Liberal Democratic Party’s 3 percent sales tax. He urges a return to a simple unified tax and cautions against complex two tier systems amid high compliance costs and business opposition.
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John Bulloch
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Bulloch
Japan
LDP
Michael Wilson
Wilson
Small towns urged to give youth reason to stay
Author records surveys of graduates from Altona Biggar Moosomin Vermilion and Pincher Creek. Key themes include lack of recreational options and jobs driving departures, plus desire for privacy and strong morals. Health management education engineering law appear as top career interests.
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Altona
Biggar
Moosomin
Vermilion
Pincher Creek
Chemistry set woes mirror a boy and his father
A father recounts Christmas when his son Alexander received a British chemistry set. Missing reagents due to Canadian rules, scarce alcohol burners, and delayed supplies turn the experiments into a quest, revealing frustrations, delays, and a cautious hope for future scientific curiosity.
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Elizabeth
Alexander
England
T.V
Johny Ball
Canada
Alex
Iitre
Herander
Politicians Face Widening Image Crisis Across Canada
Manitoba MP Lloyd Axworthy notes public regard for all politicians is at a low, with local councilors under scrutiny for missteps. Manitoba figures including Councillors Savoie and Golden face conflicts, while federal ministers and MPs confront scandals from impaired driving to fraud. The public accuses leaders of manipulating the system, though some honest officials toil unseen.
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Winnipeg South Centre
Lloyd Axworthy
Manitoba
Axworthy
Policitiians
Winnipeg
al Golden
Bill Norrie
Carman
Real reason VIA rail vulnerable to cuts debated
Letter argues VIA Rail’s fragility stems from Liberal policies and funding cuts. It cites debts from CN and CP bailouts, lack of independent funding power, service cuts in 1981, and 1961-89 party switches, suggesting Conservatives will dismantle VIA without public hearings while Liberals fail to restore it.
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VIA Rail
VIA
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
CN Cr
Transport
Jean Luc Pepin
NDP
Pc's
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Main Street
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Ccna
United States
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By Peter Hessel
Lee
Peter Warren
Guy Savoie
Supreme Court of Canada
St. Boniface
Provincia
Alberta
Aleck ‘Trawick
Bernard Valcourt
Mulroney
New Brunswick
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Ontario Revenue
Norman Warner
Watergate
Spiro Agnew
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