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BY KEITH ROU LSTON , My job is to advise the '
. government on x policies in
Three hundred Huron County the best inter f all," Mr.
farmers lathed. head on with. ,MacNaughton sat 'He said he
Provincial- Treasurer Charles had been. ,doing this to the best
WeNaughton Monday night in of his ability. If the OFA•cotild
Clinton over the fight of the find someone to tinker with the
Ontario Federation of situation and make it come out
° -Agriculture to 'rave ' education all right then they should -hire-
taxes removed from property him quick," he said: If the OFA
• taxes. hadn't heard from the
Mr: MacNaughton refused to government until now on their
budge ' during the three-hour demand for a change in the tax
' meeting iheld at Central Huron structure it was because the
Secondary School. He said the" government didn't have the
'.. 'government would like to magic formula for solving the
remove education from property situation.
.taxes but that he had learned in Gordon, Hill, of Varna,
four years he has been with the President of the OFA, speaking
treasury department that once earlier in the meeting said that
you.' start "tinkering" withone farme.s had to draw the line
part- of the tax structure, somewhere and thetime to draw
avenues opened up in all it was now. He said that he
directions that had to be dealt didn't want to go through with
-with. the tax withholding strike which
He told the group that the the OFA had called for among
-situation was not as simple as all property owners_ in the
• they. might think. He pointed province at' the end of
out that income tax was a shared September if the demands are
field that the Ontario ,not met, but added that
'government got 28 per cent of sometimes people ,had to do
all federal income tax raised in things they did not like.'
Ontario and 52 per cent of
corporation taxes. He said that
one per cent of income tax of .the OFA and a member of the
raised about $.30,000,000= ,a;id'• Metropolitan Toronto School
�.- : _.. .• - _B oard,.:.was_guest speaker at the
-imagine huge, them un e
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farmers withholding- the
per cent of education funds that
now come from property tax, education portion of their taxes
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:�_.��.;.were. .srtddenly-, ..t�hr�own..�� _�_ ..., ..
ready to Tface them. (The law
says that any prope".own
goose that Laid the golden egg
might stop laying. - three years behind in taxes can
have his property seized and sold
He said his government had at public auction.)
been "unrelenting in its attempt Mr. Hale said the acttion was
to persuade the federal
xi" the province . ,.not immoral because "we believe
governm>�1t''tiiat,,,r{ P it is moral to right an injustice."
needs •tnore money from federal
fax abatements." He, 'said that Mr. Hale said that many
during this fight he had never people. had come.out in support
` had support of the OFA in of their goal but not with their
g federal method of- obtaining the g.,ai
::� overnmentssure on the ode, through a tax.' strike. He,argued
His government 'wanted ids that the only way of, ,convincing
have total tax reform, he - said, *,the government that action was
not just to' tinker in one area. If te�eded was in'this drastic action
the philosophy of taxes on ° beca'` ise if they waited for an
people for services to people electao ? s some suggested, the
were followed to its logical governrit would be sure that
hethen health in , the lq}�g run the farmers
:-conclusion, said, „
land welfare, Alexi)(4.0; highways -:41,(- ould fill•inn ling.
and education in expense to the
provincial government, should
also be added to' the income tax.
Jack Hale, Secretary -Manager
•
farther ahead with the same,
government.
• Lie said letfers :sent out by the
OFA tiad brought 'support from
many, municipal councils , and
even , solne school boards. He
said the main objective of the
OFA. was to see the education'
=tax =removed -from -property, -.not
to begin a tax strike brut that if
the government refused ,to take
action theh� the ,strike would go
on.
He said that,,negotiations on.
the problem haliegun 20 years
ago .,and today '*hey are no
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The meeting went back and
forth between Mr: Hale and Mr.
' Hill on one\ hand and Mr.
MacNaughton oh the other with
questions from the floor
interspersed, most aimed at Mr.
MacNaughton. Robert
McKinley, M.P. for Huron, and
Murray Gaunt, Liberal M.P.P.
for Huron -Bruce,' stayed mostly
on the sidelines. Mr. Gaunt did.
throw support behind the idea
df taking education—off -the
property taxes in his opening
remarks but shied away from
being , embroiled in' -• the
argument.
Mr. McKinley said that he
had always felt that education
should be a federal
responsibility. This, he said,
would 'eliminate the financial
_problems and_ ,assure uniform,
ion‘across'the ,country.
alefit
Mr. -iI
process would -have . to be„a
staged affair, that it couldn't
- overnight.
.:
happen gh. ... ..,.....
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65 HAMILTON STREET
MAXWELL HOUSE INSTANT
COFFEE (10c OFF COUPON IN JAR)
6 oz.
JACK HALE ADDtESSES ABOUT 300 FARMERS
delinquent taxpayers so they
could actually -make -money on
, the situation.
Mr. Thompson pointed out
that once a borrowing budget
was set by the municipality, it
could' snot borrow more money,
without consent of the ,Ontario
Municipal Board. He asked Mr.
Hill if he had ever tried to get
such consent from the board.
4Ie--alsa.observed. that .he -had.. Mrs, Gordon McPhe
St. Helens woman
flies to Scotland
MRS. ALLAN MILLER
understood# ie . -wain
�' 1912 iiia htorr-said- he -wasp. -
glad to hear this"since the
government was 'already_ on a
staged basis moying from 45 per `-
cent in the past to 50 per cent
and now aiming for, 60 per cent.-
.
He,- said to take over all
education costs'would cost the
government another $800
million, twice the amount they
new get in tax concessions from
Ottawa. He saidhedied not -want
to make the tax . system punitive
Mr.. Hill said the system was
already punitive on farmers since
each farmer, if he hoped to
make his farm pay, had to own a
large acreage of land. Others
,who. made more money than
`farmers, only had to pay'taxes
on a place to live. The. tax
should be based on the ability to
pay, he' said. He said he was fed
up with being a nice guy.
Robin - ftThompson,
clerk -treasurer of ' Goderich
,;;,Township,, asked where all this
to of tax -withholding was
going .to- _leave _.theimunicipaltties
'who rwould:r. laver l o "pay the
school boardvanyv y.'
Mr. ii said thkt the
municipality,, could ` borrow
money at, the..prim.e rate •of_
'`-about eight peelent to pay the
school taxes •'aid meanwhile
collect 12. per ce from. the
,OPEN `7 ,
HOURS
This Weekend
"RLUEWATER TEXACO'
5 Points
Murray were Mr. and
Stanley Murray of Woodville;
Mr. and Mrs. George Murray of
:on is Brandon, Manitoba, __arid Miss_
4•,. 'ci ti ns , i.n - ,.� with ' -Mar-y--Nlurra . of .San ,:Fra ci
c Hand. v s
Mrs.
11 r&
uxban;.people.. Lt=.,seem.ed to hitt,
that nearly everyone present was
- - , o. le.
a farmer..,so;-,. sp._. k�e. wuzban..pe p
6 0
it t
must be
w h
situation as it now stood.
• Mr. Hale told him that"people
in small towns might be satisfied
but people in the big cities were
as tired as the farmers of paying
huge tax bills for education.
At this point MacNaughton
asked to be excused' since he had
to be in Toronto early the next
morning and ' the gathering
- gradually disintegrated.
.aver- _.
.ter.
leaving: on August„ '24. Her
daughter, Mrs. Fred ''' "hompson,
.a.
act
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are: also
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Lida i coal $
Mrs. Wm.' 9 utherford -i5
visiting, in Kingston with her
sons and theirPfa'milies, Mr. ands'
Mrs. Hugh I therford and Mr.
and Mrs. Gra* Rutherford.
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of Kitchener and Mr. and Mrs.
BaYY _-
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recently
entertained their` =
McQuillin,, at Leisure Lodge, _
Preston; on the occasion of their694
35th, - wedding anniversary. Mr.
POLISH R lb'
and .Mrs:' Fred McQuillin were• '
overnight guests—of—Mr: and Mrs. °
Harold F. Scott at Breslow.
Mr. and Kis. Richard Miller
and Isobel 4af Montreal were
recent visitors with Mrs.
Miller and Isobel.
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GQDERICH1 Mrs. Cliff Murray and Miss Mary
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Helen's Church will be held
4September 13 at 11 a.m. , and
•7:30 p.m. Rev. Andrew Mowatt
-=-of- Clinton will be guest speaker
at both services.
PRONE 524-8331
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Yule of
St. .13urnsby, B.C. were recent
visitors in Goderich. Mr. Yule
attended public school in
Goderich. While here they saw
many of their old friends. One in
particular was Johnny McGraw.
The last time these two friends
--met- was in ---St. John„ --NSB._- in.
1942 when both were in the :,
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