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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-10-07, Page 28BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS L Page 28 Times -Advocate, October 7, 1981 By JACK RIDDELL, MPS In its May 1981 Budget, the Government of Ontario in- troduced a new method of gasoline taxation. Instead of tax being levied on the basis of volume - so much per litre. it will in future be bas- ed on a percentage of the price paid, in effect 20% of the retail price. adjusted four times a year. This means, of course, that as the price of gasoline increases, so too does the amount taken by the Ontario Treasury. Never again will the Government need to go to the people for an increase in the provincial take on a litre of gasoline. It has im- posed "built-in" increases which will take effect • Jack's jottings Question Ontario's ad valorem gas tax automatically with every rise in price. Let's not forget. either, that because the ad valorem tax is the last tax to be imposed, it actually taxes other taxes, including Federal excise and sales taxes. Every time the price of gasoline increases, the growth in the amount of revenue taken by the Ontario Government through its ad valorem tax is compounded. It is estimated that the Province will be extracting, at the very least. over $7 billion in gasoline taxes over the next five years. As of June 1981, when the first ad valorem tax was applied, Alberta received 4.98/ per litre of gasoline at the pump, while Ontario took 5.49/ per litre. If Alberta's proportional royalty share per barrel of oil remains the same as it was in June - that is before the recent Ottawa -Alberta oil pricing agreement, On- tario will continue to have a higher tax -take at the pump Greenway couple at UCW regional By ANNE WALPER GREENWAY Wednesday Ina Lagerwerf and I went to Kippen to at- tend the South Huron Fall Regional. About 100 ladies were served dessert and tea. The speaker Rev. Father Williams from St. Joseph's in Stratford spoke on "Peo- ple Working with People". He left us with many fine ideas and stressed that the most important thing was to build a strong family life. Sunday Byron Brown, Toronto visited with Ross and Violet Brown. Woodham By MISS JEAN COPELAND Mr. and Mrs. Vic Sells and family of London, Mr. and Mrs. George Pletsch and family of Walkerton and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garrett and Diane of Edgewood were Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs. Don Brine Cheryl and and Daryl. The memorial flowers in the church on Sunday were in memory of the late James Richardson, father of Dennis Richardson and the late Mrs. Max Bilyea. Our sincere sympathy is extended to the families in their beavement. Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Wheeler of Brownsbury, Quebec spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. George Wheeler and other relatives. Miss Jean Copeland and Cynthia Copeland visited Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bilyea, Lori and Jeff, Ingersoll and also called on Mrs. Olive Cook. Saintsbury folk busy By MRS. HEBER DAVIS Mrs. Catherine Elston was a recent guest with her cousins Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carroll joined a group of first cousins at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey God - bolt at Bayfield Monday. Mrs. Alexia Atkinson, Lucan and Mrs. Mary Davis were recent dinner guests with their cousin Mrs. Alice Dickins. Ailsa Craig. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice MacDonald, Lucan and Mrs. Alexia Atkinson were Mon- day guests with Mrs. Mary Davis. Mrs. Ford Dyer, Sarnia spent the weekend with her family Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Carroll and children. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dobbs Sr., Exeter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dobbs Jr., Freddie and Patti and Doug Jackson Lon- don were dinner guests with Mrs. Janet Hill Strathroy. Fred Dobbs Jr. returned home from the ploughing match near Barrie on Fri- day, he spent two days there. Mrs. Pat Dobbs and Mrs. Mary Davis were guests for lunch Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Fed Dobbs, Exeter. Mrs. Mary Davis was a Saturday night guest with Mrs. Alexia Atkinson and Miss Doris Weir, Lucan. Miss Marylou Tindall was a guest at the wedding of Miss Connie Cunningham at Marton United Church Saturday. Church service was cancelled Sunday owing to Thanksgiving service at St. Paul's Kirkton. Next Sunday service will be at 1 p.m. at St. Patricks Church. ll Mr. and Mrs. Ion Upright of Charlotte. Michigan, call- ed on the Curts family on Monday on their way to the East Coast. Tuesday evening the ladies are invited to an Ecumenical meeting at the Church of God Grand Bend. It is a Thanksgiving meeting and all ladies are welcome. The U.C.W. are meeting Wednesday at Ellen Smithers' for their October meeting. Sunday. World Wide Com- munion was celebrated in the United Church. Rev. Harley Moore told a story for the children called "How to Pray". Anthems were sung by both choirs. Personals Greg McIntosh formerly of West Williams is now liv- ing and working in Fort MacMurray Alberta. He visited with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Steeper and daughter and would like to send greetings to former friends from the Parkhill and Arkona area. Peggy Steeper, London is travelling out to Fort McMurray to spend Thanksgiving with her brother Peter, his wife and daughter. The Windup: One word of advice is - don't give it. than Alberta. Recently, the Treasurer of Ontario stressed that On- tario's own energy-related expenditures will rise dramatically due to the pric- ing agreement between Alberta and the Federal Government. Just as the or- dinary consumer will have to pay more to drive his car or heat his home,, the On- tario Government will find it more costly to heat schools and hospitals, build roads, and so forth. The Treasurer estimates that the additional energy costs to the Province will be about $4.6 billion by 1986, while revenue gains from both the ad valorem gasoline tax and other provincial taxes will total at' most only $1.8 billion. Accor - HIGH STEPPER — Johnny Wurm Thursday's Wintario show with his thrilled the crowd at fleet footed fiddlingT-A McCANN CONST. LTD. REGI -MIX CONCRETE AN Types of Concrete Work 1411 Precast Feed Bunks Precast Slats RR #3 Dashwood Phone 237-3647 Precast Concrete Steps Porches Ornamental Iron Railings 4 ding to his Ministry's forecast, the Government will face a cumulative short- fall of some $2.7 billion. The obvious implication here is that the inflationary impact of price hikes resulting from the oil pricing agreement on the Ontario Government's own budget somehow justifies the im- position of a percentage (ad valorem) tax directly on consumers. In the Treasurer's own words, "This forecast of revenues and expenditures for Ontario (proves) that opposition claims regarding ad valorem yields are highly unwarranted." The truth is that it proves nothing of the kind. Our analysis suggests that It is the Treasurer's forecast which is incorrect. Accor- ding to our calculations, he has underestimated the like- ly revenue gains from the ad valorem tax over the next five years by over *6 billion. We estimate, as I said earlier, that the ad valorem tax will net Ontario, not between $800 million and $1 billion, but a total of over $7 billion by 1986. Moreover, the Treasurer acknowledges that when the inflationary pressures resulting from the oil pricing agreement have worked their way through the tax system, the Province will yield additional revenue of ''perhaps $400 to 11800 million" by 1988. This forecast is also expected to prove low as higher energy costs come to be reflected in higher wage settlements, and higher prices, which in turn will boost income and sales tax revenues to the On- tario Treasury. The forecast game, however, is not the real issue. Whether or not the Alberta -Ottawa oil agree- ment augments Ontario's debt load in the future, the ad valorem tax is an un- warranted tax burden on the people of this Province. 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