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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-11-19, Page 2Wilson promotes tax reform during Goderich visit... from page 1 i ceduand the iii re nister emphasized it must be handled caref y. "It's important to find the smoothest way possible to change from our present tax system, to whatever system we even- tuallychoose, he said. Duirng a question period following his address, Wilson was asked if the govern- ment had any plans to change the current $3,500 annual limit on Registered Retire- ment Savings Plan (RRSP) contributions? "I'm afraid I'm going to have to disap- point you there," he replied. While "there has been an awful lot done on pension reform," there are no plans to change the current RRSP limits, he explained. Questioned on problems with capital gains taxes, Wilson said a capital gains ex- emption for qualifying sellers currently in Natural Resources Minister Vincent Kerrio announced approval today of a pro- ject of the Maitland Valley Conservation. Authority to undertake flood and erosion . prone area mappmg along the Lake Huron shoreline in the Township of Ashfield. This mapping will extend approximately 20 km along the Lake Huron shoreline bet- ween Port Albert and Amberley. effect is the best way to handle the situation. "I am confident the capital gains exemp- tion is the right way to go and provides an incentive to encourage new businesses, It's something we're pleased with and will stay with," he said. Bruce Sully, chief executive officer of Champion Hoad Machinery, Goderich, asked the minister if research and development tax credits would be as ac- cessible to smaller manufacturers like Champion, as to "glamor high tech industries"? "We're gambling (by doing R and D work) but we don't know if we're going to get credit for it," said Sully. "We did broaden the definition of research and development in the V budget, making the application more The mapping' will be midettaken in ac- cordance with the Canada - Ontario Flood Damage Reduction Program and includes delineation of the 100 -year erosion linait, 100 -year flood level, and the 100 -year level including.wave runup, The total estimated cost of the project is $51,000 including a provincial grant of . $20,000 and a federal grant of $25,500. generous as fat:- as small companies are concerned," replied Wilson. Paul Klopp, of the. Huron chapter of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, made a plea for a four or five per cent interest rate reduction program for farmers, to help "We need eight per cent money across the board for every farmer," stated Klopp. Wilson replied that the national deficit must be lowered in order to make interest rates fall naturally. "If we have programs for everyone, them recover from a rough year. We're not going to get that deficent down," • from page 1 • Clerk Frank Hawthorne advising the township on the land option signed with Floyd Milne for property which will be us- ed for the sanitary sewer system' Easy come easy go Easy come - easy go was council's sen- timents after receiving their third direct grant from the Ministry of the Environ- ment for $53,000 for preliminary work on the sewage system. However, at the same time, council received a bill. from the village's engineering firm, B.M. Ross and Associates from Goderich, for $54,000 for their work on the sewage system. Reserve account Council passed a motion to carry over the 1986 budget allocation of $18,500 for renovations to the town halrbasement and of the "Community Centre Road" as an ac- cess road for his apartments on Ross Street. Council said they would invite Mr. Glenn to the next council meeting to discuss the proposal.* Council received a letter from Jack Crozier, the bylaw officer for the town, re- questing that the fine for overnight park - mg on village roads during the winter mon- ths be increased to $20 for first-time of- fenders. He recommended council put an ad be placed in the local paper of overnight parking restrictions. In the October 29 edition of the Sentinel, an article on the retiring Lucknow postal allocations for the sanitary sewers in a employees contained an error. Mr. Ken reserve account for 1987. , Mowbray retired after over nine years as a Access Road • rural Postai courier, instead of two years. Lucknow resident Gerry Glenn, in the The Sentinel Fegrets this error and any in- ' • form of a letter, asked council for the use convenience it may have caused. 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