Let's Talk Taxes: Prohibiting borrowing without voter permission
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation warns that Canada and its 12 provinces are severely indebted compared with 174 economies. The group calls for balanced budget laws and taxpayer protections to curb rising debt and heavy tax burdens, arguing referendums on borrowing.
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation
World Bank
Richardson
Let's Talk
The
Canadian Taxpayers, Federation
Start Small Start at Home Len Jackson’s strap venture rises
Len Jackson, a grain and cattle farmer turned manufacturer, built a growing strap business from a home workshop. He data shows profits rising from 1989 to 1992, with 20 products and 1,000 dealers, while keeping farming separate and using cottage production with neighbors.
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Len Jackson
Jackson
Canora
Len
Orient
SaskPower
Stern
Community group fights SOCAN license demands in Marquette
A reader from Marquette, Manitoba reports Meadow Lea Community Centre leader Alvin MacMillan challenges SOCAN license fees. He questions who benefits from royalties and urges scrutiny of payments to Canadian and foreign composers while urging the centre to refuse further fees.
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Marquette
Man
Alvin MacMillan
Meadow Lea
SOCAN
Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada
Norman Bourdon
MacMillan
Warren
Buddy Boy Bourdon
Alvin
Peter
Tim Warren
Ireland
Peter and
Atvin
Whoopee-Gee
Man Bourdon
United front urged to press Filmon on Parkland Centre
A Dauphin letter urges a unified, cross party push to reverse the Filmon government’s move to scrap the Parkland Human Resource Opportunity Centre. Mayor support and testimonials from clients and agencies bolster the plea for petitions, letters, and a Winnipeg news conference to sway Premier Filmon.
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United Front
Filmon
Friendship Centre
Dauphi
Parkland Human Resource
Alf Dressler
Grandview
Peter Buhler
Winnipegosis
Dauphin
Shirley Hampson
Creative Retirement
Cory Lavalee
West Region Child and Family Services
Angela Brass
Austin Anderson
Annette Ducharme
Lucy Bone
Hola Kostelnyk
France Spence
Parkland Crisis Centr
Filmon Gov
Winnipeg
John Plohnan
Daupnin
Mulroney Road Show Draws Fire As European Sojourn
The prime minister's farewell tour abroad costs taxpayers up to a million dollars and draws sharp criticism from Canadians facing unemployment and higher taxes. Critics call the trip a reckless spectacle that underscores deficits while the replacement for Mulroney should meet European leaders. The piece also notes a correction about the Decosse family not moving to Boissevain, MB but purchasing a business in Selkirk, MB.
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Brian Mulroney
Baie Comeau
P.Q
Mulroney
Canada
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Reagans
Four Seasons
Los Angeles
Bush
Houston
Ritz Carlton
Candian
Europe
Pateunly Asio
Deas
Russell Banner
Cox's
Decosse
Boissevain
Selkirk
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Burundi
Poland
Mexico
Brazil
Canadian
Robin Richardson
CTF
Craig Docksteader
By Fred McGuinness
Peter Warren
Toronto
Felix Holtmann
Parkland
Premier Filmon
Michael Wycks
Cna
Russell
Manitoba
Aithin
Icome
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Etter
Ces
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