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The Citizen, 1992-01-29, Page 17THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1992. PAGE 17. Reconsider Free Trade, CHP leader says Continued from page 1 raised, he argued, by realigning the tax structure. In 1952 half of all tax collected came from corporations and half from ordinary citizens but now 91 per cent of tax comes from citizens and only nine per cent from corporations. He attacked practices such as transfer pricing, in which huge corporations sell goods from one subsidiary to another, hiding the profit so as not to pay taxes. Two years ago, he said, a Revenue Canada committee said if it could investigate such practices it could bring in $17 to $22 billion annual­ ly. But, he said, the government lacks the political will to make such a change. He pointed to the 1988 report of the Eric Neilson Commission, many of whose recommendations have never been implemented. That report said that the duplication of services from the three levels of government was costing $30 billion a year, nearly the same as the annu­ al deficit. While Canada's debt is high, the Neilson report stated that the feder-. al government owned more than $400 billion in real property. An orderly sale of non-essential prop­ erty should be undertaken over a five year period with the proceeds to write off the debt, he said. He expressed suspicion about the pricing of the Canadian dollar, not­ ing that it had been 75 cents U.S. before the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was negotiation but it imme­ diately went to 87-89 cents and every time it threatens to come down, the Bank of Canada increas­ es interest rates to prop it up, a move that will eventually discour­ age exports and increase imports, he argued. He attacked the FT A itself, say­ ing that while the CHP had sup­ ported Free Trade in the 1988 elec­ tion "Maybe, just maybe, the FT A wasn't what it was cracked up to be." He called for a re-evaluation of the deal. If the FT A proved not beneficial to Canada, "We have to have the guts to take the stand and take the blows and abrogate the treaty. Is it morally feasible to con­ tinue on a path that is strewn with so much suffering?" The CHP has called for the repeal of the Charter of Rights which, Mr. Cavilla said, was put in place to protect the minority from the majority but through court deci­ sions now sees the minority impos­ ing its will on the majority. Special interest groups are even being funded by the federal government to challenge laws in the Supreme Court, he said. The Supreme Court decision against abortion was so funded, he said as were groups who wanted the repeal of The Lord's Day Act and wanted abolition of prayers in the schools. While it was unlikely, because there are three NDP governments in Canada, that the Charter of Rights would be repealed, he called on use of the "notwithstanding" clause of the constitution to protect the majority against the minority. On health care, he warned that federal government plans to get out of funding medicare will eventually lead to the provinces picking up the whole tab and the provinces will likely turn to user fees and extra billing which will widen the gap between the care for the rich and the ordinary person. The next step would be to turn the system over to private insurance companies as they are in the U.S. He said such a system would perfectly harmonize Canada with the U.S, where 37 mil­ lion people have no medical cover­ age at all. "Is that what you want?," he asked. He said the CHP is against the privatization of services such as health care that can be better done by government. There is room for fine tuning our system, he said but "let's not throw out the baby with the bath-water. Many Americans are one accident away from bankruptcy. We have a system that is the envy of less happy lands. We demand the federal government get back to a 50/50 split of costs with the provinces. I want to be a Cana­ dian, not an American." In foreign aid, he said his parly believed in aid that will help people help themselves, not just in giving handouts. On immigration he said Canada has historically been a recipient of the world's needy people and usual­ ly about 100,000 of this sort of immigrant has been allowed in each year. But a new trend is the entrepreneurial class in which peo­ ple who can bring in money and create jobs are allowed into the country. He argued this policy is short sighted. If entrepreneurs were CHARLES FREDERICK (CHARLEY) MOORE Charley Moore of Wroxeter passed away suddenly on Friday, January 24, 1992 in his 53rd year. He will be mourned by his wife Shirley. Mr. Moore was the dear father of Doug and Barb Moore of Winnipeg, Karen and Scott Wright of Harriston and Sandra and Michael Lebbink of Clifford. He was the loved grandfather of Melis­ sa and Tabitha Wright and Rhonda and Vallerie Moore. He will be remembered by his father-in-law Lome McAllister of Teeswater. Also surviving him are seven brothers and sisters. Visitation was held from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Sunday, January 26 at Betts Visitation Centre in Gorrie. Funeral services were held there the following afternoon at 2. Rev. Jeff Hawkins was the officiating clergy. Interment will be held in the spring at Wroxeter Cemetery. to be allowed in there should be restrictions that they can't just locale in the big cities but they must locale in smaller centres for at least the first five years. That would help create needed services across the whole country, not just the big cities, he said. It's this part of immigration that should be examined, he said, not the 100,000 people in need. Mr. Cavilla called for changes in Unemployment Insurance to make it a true insurance program for the jobless, not to have the money used for retraining. Retraining should be provided from general revenues, he said. And he said people who receive welfare should have ways of earning that money. "We need to restore their dignity. We have to As expressions of sympathy donations were made to the Mait­ land Valley Conservation Authori­ ty- Drink and drive and you’ll get a lot of support. You can lose a lot more than your licence drinking and driving. ©Ministry of the Attorney Ontario General give them something to do that when they get (welfare) they feel they have earned it." rnn help8 m WANTED HURON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION requires, an ENGINEER CUSTODIAN AT GODERICH DISTRICT COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE GODERICH, ONTARIO This is a permanent, full-time position available effective immediately. The successful candidate will be required to work 40 hours per week including shift work. The successful applicant will provide custodial and maintenance support to the school and should possess expe­ rience in those areas. All applicants must possess a 4th Class Stationary Engineer's license. Interested applicants are requested to send a letter of application and resume outlining experience and edu­ cation, including references. Please submit applications by noon Friday, February 7, 1992 to: Shelley King Financial Assistant Huron County Board of Education 103 Albert Street Clinton, Ontario NOM 1L0 R.B. Allan Director Bea Dawson Chair 1 JL1J fCAL LTD. 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