HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-04-27, Page 34PAGE 16A-GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1978
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BY JACK RIDDELL,
M.P.P.
The heated debate on in-
creased OHIP premiums
continues. Both Opposition
Parties have approved, a
motion demanding that the
government drop its planned
37.5 percent increase for the
rest of the year and come up
with an alternative method of
raising the necessary
revenue. The Treasurer
refused to back away from
his Budget increase, only
making a small, concession
with respect to people at the
"not"ch", with incomes a little
above the level where they
would qualify for premium
assistance: Unless a com-
promise can be reached
between the Opposition
demands and the Govern-
ment's stand, a non-
confidence motion will be
moved.
Liberal Leader Stuart
Smith -has proposed a plan to
draw the $271 million the
Government needs from six
areas: limiting the OHIP
increase to six percent ($51
million) ; using provincial
lottery funds ($38 million);
cutting the fat in this year's
Ministry of Health budget
estimates ($50 million);
forcing the Government to
implement its four percent
limit for salaries and wage
settlements ($67 million) ;
cutting Government spending
on services such as public
relations, consultants and
printing ($2.4 million) ; in-
creasing the corporate in-
come tax by 0.5 percent to
12.5 percent for most
businesses 4$91 million).
Asix percent increase will
mean a monthly premium of
$17 instead of $16 for single
subscribers and $34 instead of
$32 for family subscribers.
The Treasurer's budget plan
would mean premiums of $22
and $49 respectively.
PROPERTY TAX REFORM
The Provincial -Local
Government Committee on
Property Tax Reforni has
submitted its recom-
mendations on the
Treasurer's "Alternative
System" to Cabinet. We have
some reservations about the
committee's recorn,-
mendations. Small
businesses throughout the
province will be especially
hard hit. There is a danger
that small retail merchants
will be driven out of business.
The coinmittee's proposal for
a business tax credit or
rebate, based on need, might
lessen the blow if 'im-
plemented. While we are
pleased that the committee
has recognized the problem,
its solution is vague.
It seems illogical to treat
farm residences separately
from farmland and farm
buildings. d This is also in-
consistent with the Gover-
nment's policy of limiting
severances to safeguard
prime agricultural land.A
farmer's control of his land
would be undercut if the
Province pays 100 percent of
taxes on farmland and farm
buildings, Ln addition, market.
value will mean highly in-
flated assessment on urban
fringe agricultural land.
HOME BUYERS
GRANT SCHEME
The Minister of Revenue, in
response to a Question in the
House, has stated that under
the Government's first home
buyers grant scheme,
brought in prior to the 1975
election, some 3.5 million in
public funds was given out to
people who did not really
qualify for the $1,500 subsidy.
All applications have now
been audited, and ap-
proximately three percent of
almost 100,000 applicants
receive grants to which they
were not entitled. As of
March 31, 1978, some of this
money had been collected,
some was in the process of
being collected. The Minister
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