Manitoba budget watch as 95 96 hinges on tax stance
Manitoba finance ministers and officials labor over the 1995 96 budget with Prime concerns guiding whether personal income tax sales tax and business tax will rise. The plan faces pressure from Ottawa over shared costs and a looming provincial election as Fraser Institute ranks Manitoba 27th in fiscal responsibility.
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Eric Stephanson
Chariie Curtis
Filmon
Gary Filmon
Manitoba
Canada
North America
Stefanson
Paul Martin
Martin
Manitoba Finance Department
Fraser Institute
Vancouver
Tax base shifts in Quebec and First Nations self rule feared
A first person column argues that looming Quebec sovereignty and First Nations self governance will reshape Canada’s tax base. It cites costs of federal payments to Quebec, potential banding of regional agencies, and the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples spending, noting opposition from premiers and the high financial stakes ahead.
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Quebec
Canada
Jacques Parizeau
ROC
Gary Filmon
Liberal
NDP
Alberta
Ralph Klein
Royal Commission On Aboriginal Peoples
Indian Affairs
Ron Irwin
DIAND
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
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Russell Banner
Russell
ROJ Iwo
Main Street
Chaloner Publishers
Clayton G. Chaloner
Saskatchwan
Toba
Saskatchewan
Peter Warren
British Columbia
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