HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1981-05-27, Page 15GREEK EARTHQUAKE
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rounding the budget, it is to
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The budget hits taxpayers hard
mastectomies, Again the
government used their Ma,
jority to defeat the proposal
which was supported by both
opposition parties,
BY MURRAY ELSTON
M.P.P. (Huron-Bruce)
I would like to make sev-
eral comments concerning
the budget, some of which
have already been conveyed
to you through radio inter-
views which were released
on May 20.
Despite promises to bal-
ance the budget, Bill Davis
and the Conservative Gov-
ernment instead opted to
increase the deficit while also
significantly raising taxes.
The deficit, approximately
$1 billion this fiscal year,
leaves a financial burden to
be borne by future genera-
tions. The cost of servicing
the provincial debt, in-
creased by 14.2%, now
accounts for close to ten per
cent of expenditures at about
$5 million per day.
Already experiencing in-
flationary pains, the ordinary
taxpayer will be hit hard by
the budget's increases. The
income tax rate, raised from
44% to 48%, coupled with
the 15% increase in OHIP
premiums, gives Ontario the
highest personal tax rate in
Canada at 58.5%.
The implementation of
gasoline taxes on an ad
valorum basis has potentially
far-reaching consequences.
This new tax structure means
that Mr. Davis ' and the
Conservative Government
will profit at least as much as
the Lougheed Government of
Alberta each time the price
of crude oil increases.
According to National
Energy Program projections,
the price of crude oil will
increase at least $4.50 per
barrel in 1981, 1982 and
1983.
The Federal Government
receives $2.50 of that $4.50
increase off the top in the
form of a revenue tax to
cover the cost of subsidizing
Eastern Canadian consum-
ers. Of the remaining $2 per
barrel increase, which will be
reflected in the well-head
pricds, .80c per barrel will be
received by the Alberta Gov-
ernment while the Davis
Government will take $1.12
per barrel each year. Thus,
Ontario gasoline consumers
will now pay an additional
.18c per gallon esich year
instead of the 13.5c under
the National Energy Pro-
gram.
Further tax increases in-
clude a new ad valorum tax
rate on cigarettes resulting in
an increase of over .5c per
package. In addition, the
budget calls for a five per
cent increase on hard liquor,
and a new ad valorum tax
rate of 20% on domestic
beer. The price of a case of
beer will increase an esti-
mated .45c per case, while a
25-ounce bottle of hard liquor
will be priced approximately
.20c-.25c higher.
Although increasing many
taxes on consumers, Mr.
Miller's budget leaves the
corporate tax structure un-
changed. Therefore, the bud-
get represents a burden to
consumers who are being
asked to pay more and more
in the form of taxes.
LIP SERVICE
It is unfortunate that the
budget pays only lip service
to the difficulties that the
farming community is exper-
iencing now. Though indicat-
thg concern for the industry,
the 'budget then goes on
withput implementing any
prograpis designed to meet
the interest and high cost
problems such as those put
forward by the Liberal Oppo-
. sition and 'members of the
' agricultural community.
In the budget there are two
brief references to programs
which assist 'he farm com-
munity. One' 'program pro-
vides for full 4emption from
property taxatickn for defined
. farmland and buildings and
for managed forests. Of
course the farm' and man-
aged forest tax rebates are
eliminated. In addition, there
is a program designed to
help with freight and avail-
able storage in Ontario.
Otherwise it appears that our
Minister of Agriculture has
been unable to persuade his
colleagues that assistance is
needed for the agricultural
sector.
The budget contains minor
provisions for new subsi-
dized day care nurseries, and
also advocates the further
expansion of chronic home
care together with providing
for new extended chronic
care beds.
In short, most Ontarians
will be hit hard by the budget
because of the rise in taxes at
a time when disposable in-
comes are on the decline due
to inflation, high interest
rates and rising energy costs.
In other developments at
Queen's Park, the Conserv-
ative Government has again
stalled commencement of
further study into the ReMor
/Astra Trust matter. During
the sitting of the Committee
on the Administration of
Justice the Conservatives
called a twenty-minute halt
to the proceedings so that
they could rally their absent
members to defeat a motion
by Jim Bradley (Liberal
member from St. Catharines)
to have the receivers of the
ReMor related companies
appear before the Committee
to provide the new Members
with updating material. As a
result, we have been stalled
again in getting on with an
investigation which is very
important to those members
of the public who have lost
their savings, and to those
who would wish to develop
confidence in 'the govern-
ment's procedure of licens-
ing trust companies.
In relation to matters sur-
ti
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