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Bowl for Kids' Sake
The gang from m Scotiabank donned theft Medieval duds for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Huron fundraiser March 28 at
Little Bowl. From left to right: Sandra Forseter, Doran Love (as the hindquarters) Donna Archambault, Yvonne Kerr, Lynne
Vollick and Brenda Teichert.
Mitchellcalls
figures bold steps toward turnaround
infrastructure problems while creat- Mitchell said in a telephone inter- sales tax and the federal GST. Be-
ing hundreds of thousands of jobs view Friday. "This was a budget ginning July 2010, Ontarians will
for Ontarians, hard hit by manu- that was needed to ensure that when pay a combined or harmonized tax
facturing layoffs over the past. 18 the economic turnaround happens, of 13 per cent on most goods and •
months. we have solid structure in place: services, including tobacco, heat
The Dalton McGuinty Liberal We will be well-positioned for the and utilities and clothing. While it
government has pledged $27 billion future." is a move that makes financial sense
in infrastructure funding, and cou- Income tax cuts for the majority for the. government, the timing may
pled with the federal government's of people in the province will be im- be anything but good.
pledge of $5 billion, will provide plemented over the next two years "We would not be able to provide
municipalities help to fix roads, and increases to the child tax benefit stimulus to other sectors if we did
handle waste water, build sewage will assist Ontario's families. Cor- not ` move forward with the single
treatment plants, schools, hospitals porate income tax rates and small tax," Mitchell said. "It (harmonized
and housing. Initiatives funded by business taxes will also drop over tax) has been the number one ask
the province are expected to create the next two years. of the manufacturing sector and the
146,000 jobs in 2009-10 and anoth- One of the more contentious is- chamber of commerce."
er 168,000 the following year. sues contained in the budget is the Provisions in the budget will pro -
"I am encouraged by the budget," harmonization of the provincial See MITCHELL, Page 2
Dave Sykes
signal -star staff
The province of Ontario is now
well-positioned for the future and
Huron -Bruce Liberal MPP, Carol
Mitchell, says her government is
taking bold steps in its budget to in-
vest in the economic turnaround of
the future.
The Liberals unveiled a bold
budget strategy last Thursday that
will slash business taxes over three
years, provide some tax relief for
lower income people and harmo-
nize the federal GST with provincial
sales tax within the next two years.
It's an ambitious and risky budget
that pledges to tackle the province's
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