MPs polled on GST stance sent by CFIB survey
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business asks MPs to answer yes no or undecided on GST issues including third reading votes, payroll hires, consumer spending impacts on small firms, tourism competitiveness, farmers’ costs, and calls for extended public hearings. Results aim to reveal each MP stance.
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Canadian Federation of Independent Business
CFIB
Canada
Finance Committee
Quebec
Minister of Finance
Alberta Editorial Echoes in Western Papers
A survey of Alberta community newspapers reveals bitter editorials about the federal government. Pieces from the Five-Village Weekly Irricana Devon Dispatch Carman Valley Leader criticize Mulroney on GST Meech Lake and Western Canadian concerns with Ottawa listening and unity.
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Alberta
Ernest Manning
Social Credit
Butt
Irricana
Meech Lake
VIA
Ast
Reform Party
NDP
Liberals
Tories
Devon Dispatch
Mulroney and Co
Ottawa
Carman Valley
Mulroney
Withdrawn support for Greenpeace at Binscarth School
Ed Robidoux writes that the school will no longer back Greenpeace after feedback from the community. Funds from a Skate-A-Thon will aid the Heart Fund and portions go to the Canadian Wildlife Association. The letter praises public understanding and notes a broader environmental awareness beyond donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenpeace
Canadian Wildlife Association
Canadians misled by G S T Dear Editor
Letter writer Bill Borkofsky attacks the G S T sales pitch used by Canadian politicians. He argues the tax shift from Manitoba sales tax to the GST inflates consumer costs, using a chair example to challenge claimed savings and questioning prime ministerial figures. He cites a Brandon visit and urges scrutiny of pricing math.
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White
Russell
G.S.T
Brian
Brandon
A Promise to Track Promises and Promises Kept
The speaker questions casual promises and vows to record every promise as a legal obligation. He vows to become the promisee, turning the tables on insincere commitments by tracking promises in a ledger and enforcing with reminders, until all understand the difference.
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Elizabeth
Promisee
Promisor
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Meech
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Huy Volanter
Manitoba
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Clayton G. Chaloner
United States
George A. Johnson
Job
Edmonton
RCMP
Europe
Peter Warren
Paul Sussman
Western Report
Wardell B. Pomeroy
Kinsey Institute of Sex Research
Pomeroy
Mr. Pomeroy
Umon
Lst
University of Alberta Law
James Robb
Ed Robidoux
Binscarth School
Bill Borkofsky
Aree
Stephanie
Sor
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