Tax policy sparks debate over Canada’s deficit and bracket creep
Walter Robinson argues in a column that despite a $3.5 billion surplus in 97/98, Canada’s deficit reductions mainly came from defense and transfers cuts rather than revenue growth. He highlights bracket creep, downloaded funding to provinces, and rising taxes affecting 14,026,670 taxpayers, including the working poor.
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Martin
Feds
Caldeon Institute
Canada
House Finance Committee
Paul Martin
Rural groups call halt to prairie elevator demolitions
Saskatchewan rural and urban municipal associations pressed for grain firms to halt tearing down prairie elevators and instead sell to farmers at risk of losing vital rural infrastructure. They urged a Regina meeting on November 6 while Wheat Pool announced plans to close two thirds of its elevators, signaling a broader trend as inland terminals rise.
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Paul Beingessne
Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities
SARM
Saskatchewan Association of Urban Municipalities
SAMA
Regina
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Prairie Pools
Saskatchewan
What Pool
Ladies' Day prompts Canadian journalism spotlight
Fred McGuine surveys prairie editors and community papers led by Victoria Hayward and Verna Thompson. Notables include Michele Michaud saving a man at an accident, Lila Ward funding a wheelchair with bottle tabs, Terri Eger challenging Daylight Saving stance, and Ida Holowka Ethel Holm winning cribbage at Seniors Games.
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Victoria Hayward
Cartwright
Southern Manitoba Review
Vicki
Verna Thompson
Eston Press
B.C
David Black
Black
Steinbach
Lila
Alberta
Terri Eger
Esterhazy Miner-Journal
Terri
Saskatchewan
Ida Holowka
Ethel Holm
Stonewall Argus
Medicine Hat
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Walter Robinson
SUMA
Neighborina News
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Korea
Waramps
Cabor
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