Bracket creep taxes hit Manitobans and taxpayers
Victor Vrsnik of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation argues that inflation erodes tax brackets and the basic personal exemption, a process he labels bracket creep. He cites 1998 figures showing $1,339 extra taxes for Manitoba earners, with $452 to the province, and calls for full indexing and a provincial tax cut to offset losses.
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Madrid
Ottawa
Mulroney
House of Commons Finance Committee
C.D. Howe Institute
Caledon Institute
Manitoba
Filmon
Finance
Eric Stefanson
Taxpayers Federation
Alberta
Ontario
Victor Vrsnik
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Estey plan calls for deregulation of grain rail rates
The Willard Estey review urges repeal of the maximum rate cap on prairie grain and transition to deregulation via CP proposals. It argues deregulation could lower rates over time, yet critics note weak competition, rising recent costs, and transfer of freight burdens to farmers through trucking and road costs.
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Rau Pemgessner
Willard Estey
Estey
Grain.ge
WGTA
Neighborly News: Prairie tales of marriage and wildlife
Carman area couple Griette and Jacob Kuik mark 80th wedding anniversary as their seven children yield 40 grandchildren and 169 great grandchildren plus 10 great greats. A curved-bill thrasher sighting in Barrhead draws birders while a Fort Assiniboine resident recovers from moose collision injuries.
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Griette
Jacob Kuik
Carman
Kuik
Carman Valley
Hudson Bay
Roger Pechanec
Fort Assiniboine
Pechanec
Roger
Barthead
Natural Science
Central America
U.S
Barrhead
Halifax
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