The Huron Expositor, 1979-11-08, Page 24' - H, ? :.' RO.14 EXPOSfl O.
,NOVE MB;ER E; 197E
lrlaborating fut1 her otn; nay
article Of last week 1{, Ji..ve
become more and' ,two
t
�t
::. neerned about the now 4a?F #t$tirea for municipalities equalization. factors.
eP .. i - It a ,e'ara that the Govern+
.e. ualixattan *Ors fo11a'�'tng 'kot4t� intJ' 'own Riding and pp .
meet has based its assess.
my study, of the t�tl?.ent 'those ,of etcher Members, a
These figures are being used ,Ment for.:rural Areas on, fan;d ..
as a yard stick by the Ontario 'sales. in regent Years, The
:Government for its proposed. law, as We all know: has:
;implementation of :the new .escalated to Unrealistic costs,
tax equalization factors for unfortunately, the govern-
municipalp urposes. It IS my ttient :has failed to take "inset,
.
opinion that this is not 'going ,consideration that much of
to accomplish equality this land, has begn. pur,
among municipalities
chased, by the moml"aftluent
TUCI(ERSMITH
ELECTORS
' persons are,
and inier.estedP ..
invited to attend'
�►
Public Meeting,..
o dtsc.u.,ss the proposed addition
at the •
Vanastra Recreation Centre
ovembe 12
at 800 p.m,
McLACHLAN
Clerk -Treasurer, Tuckersmith
F,R.a,Clinton
if we consider .people^ massy of whom prefer
'le ; Urban, areas ,to live iii the country even
tnd .aix d u in the
with high' 4nsity: though . they work
populations, we find that In larger centres and ;ethers
those cities and townships; Who "are non-resident land
employment is usually avail+ owners, it is acknowledged
able for people who are .that appreciation of farm
willing, to work. Yet it is values over the period from
ntunieiipalities such as these 1970 to 1978 has been largely
that, will benefit from the responsible for the dramatic
equalization factors because shifts proposed for 1980:
their" tax assessment will be Unfortunately', such
lowered. weighting is totally unrelated
Haw'ever, in low income to the numbers of people
rural areas where there is: available to share the tar
virtually no industry . and load or the ability of rural
many people encounter a municipalities to bear such;
very marginal subsistence, levies. In many Townships
the levies are: goingto be • the local municipality spend
raised, In, thany eases the a small' pereentttye of the tax
increase. is going to' be very dollar with the balance going;
substantial. Those elsewhere and, being. ,subject
municipalities are barely in.a: to the new factoring. School
position: to pay their present taxes :amount to a relatively
tax assessment, far less be high percentage of the tart
able to raise funds to pay the bill at present. It seems
higher taxation that will ;be grossly unfair that residents
imposed on -them by the of these rural townships.
should have to pay a much
greater .level of taxation for
education than residents on
properties of 'similar values
in the large urban centres.
Many townships have
been active in developing
policies to preserve::. farm;-
land in: Ontario, The useof
current: farm values.. often'
unrelated to the productivity
of the Ianch for factoring
seemsto be counter
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Pre-Chris.tmas
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Serve up to
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productive' to policies "foto
farmland preservation, The
.presence of towns and other
Marge hamlets in some town"
Alps. This being the case,
it almost • seems that
muniCjpalitiesshould be
encouiragingresidential and
,industrial development to
help pay the taxes. Certainly,
the provinee cannot have it
both ways. gural
municipalities cannot: be ex..
_peeted: to pay the price for
reserving farmland d•
preserving
have those farm valanues
used to increase their Ieviesa_
The Government h?s
stated that there wilt be a
;phasing in program of the
new equalization factors and
thatmunicipalities will
receive government grants
during this period, However,
only the year 1980 has been
mentioned for the e program.
We have not been advised' as
to what is going to happen to
overburdened Small
municipalities lacking
sufficient poptttation to raise
taxes when this phasing in
period come to• an end.
Furthermore, how ran the
Ontario Government justify
reducingthe tax burden for
affluent cities and townships.
by shifting the onus to small,
poor municipalities.
It is clear that the
Government has failed to
introduce a fair and equitable
assessment. program. Far the
past ten years it has shown
great "indecision on this
particular issue and it has
spent millions upon :millions,
project which can only •ac-.,
•
contplislh a grave disruption
to the" economy= of rural
' municipalities.
It scents strange that the
impact studies of :tax reform.
in Toronto would deter the
government from acting but
the impact on rural
municipalities of half • lstea.
sures such as ;those being,
proposed have not been fully
considered. We its, the
Liberal Party .do not, support'
a phasing in of the; far#ora;
but urge that the government
review the entire question of
property taxes with a view to
britnging in a complete" pack-
age of tax reform which,
would address itself to the
weighing of farm values and
the iwbtlity -of people to pays
especially for services such:
as ecjµcation«
We believe that the,
government should and must
hind alternative ways of
collecting taxes other than,
through ,property taxation.
The cost of purchasing. a
home„ land: and budding
materials have increased to
Such an extent over the last
10 ;years that, the average
citizen does not : have the
fonds to buy a home, Those
who aro homeowners are
finding it beyone their means
to pay the high government:
and Vditcattoi l ;tees 1:vilich`
.have. been *redup. on
them. AU of thti$:coupled with
red. tape is making life more
or, less a: financial nightmare
for the average Canadian,
In summary while 1 agree
that every man is equally
entitled to protection ender
the law instituted'iby gaveen
ment1 disagree when
Roverntnent ' grants
prtv
ieges and8
,: ratuitif-es to
make the rich richer and the
potent more p werftil. 1t is
t is the
then 1 believe, ,that i
Tight of the humble members:
of society .to complain: of the
injustice being meted; out to
them by that governMent..
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Watch for bad cheque,
police warn
rt on numerous Charges
d a warrant ' has been
tied. for his arrest: • '
Seaforth police chief John coo
Cairns warned Tuesday that an
local store owners should be iss
.careful froth now until
Christmas ,when accepting
cheques. The chief said Live
bum cheques have been
passed in town Indic last two
weeks. He said these frauds
are also getting more ,com-
mon in other towns in the
arca. A ntimber . ofthe
cheques -have been returned
with "cannot trace" stamped
on them by :the bank:
The chief said even if the
person comrnitnng. the fraud
.is charged. there's no guar-
antee
uarantes • the money will he
recovered unless the '. stare
owner goes through . small
claims' court:,,::.,
Chief Cairns reported Sea -
forth poli& ezpericnced an
exceptionally quiet week,
with ma accidents reported in
town
On Wednesdays night, :a .;
plate- glass window in the
Jack and Jill Store on Main
Street was broken around -2
a.m. A resident in the apart-
ments upstairs • heard the
glass shattering and reported
the incident to police. The
chief said there was approx.-
imately 5600 damage in the
incident. Police assume the
glass was shattered when
someone fell against it, since.
nothing was taken: front the"
stare 'anti there were no signs
of a' break and entry attempt.
Police' also investigated
the theft of a man's. jacket
from the. Queen's Hotel,
Although it was a quiet
. week, Seaforth police depart-
ment still patrolled in full
force the weekend before
Hallowe'en. Also, members
of the Seaforth fire depart -
merit assisted by patrolling
to ensure •' fire hydrant's
Vs.'eren't turned on around
• town.
Gary 3. Nash, of RIZ, 5,
Seaforth was fined 5100 its
provincial _court. Goderich oh
Monday. October 22; for
driving while disqualified.
Kenneth Nigh 'of Seaforth
failed to appear to the same
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