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Page 14 THE HERALD Wednesday Septembers People are looking for someone to yell at MP says 5 S hls So far that the message but I Bolton community centre In Michael Wilson telling him the am not finished in my quest to Georgetown the committee meets are not yet doing their part T meeting was learn how most people in our area at the Cultural Centre m on we need more spending cuts We Town Hall meeting number six was- a half hour away Dorothy and I arrived a bit early outside the Belfountain Community Hall then decided to dnve down to the river for a few minutes We pulled into a pnyate to turn around and met another car The driver stopped and mo tioned for me to open the window which I did I smiled and said hello I m on my way to your meeting Turner he said and I m going to give you We re all going to the poorhouse because of you and the best thing that can happen is that you wont be around any more Then with a woman beside him in the car he spun his tires and took off I didnt know this man had never seen him before and a few minutes later Id be standing in front of a hall full of people looking towards him in the third row Dorothy and I went on down to the river and she had tears in her eyes She said it was hard to understand v something like that would happen and I told her to forget it the man in the car was not attacking me he was just yell ingatapolitician been a Member of for about eight months and in that short time have learned so many things Among them I now know there area lot of people who are cynical and bitter and mistrustful They want someone to blame and stereotype and be angry at Politicians are fair game I guess You dont need to be civil to a politician You can yell You can The meeting was loud and intense and it was typical of the five which had gone before As Ive said it is not easy to stand up before taxpayers after the finance minister has introduced new tax measures but it the right thing to do Only by spending night after night going across this area can I know exactly what message it is I should be taking back to Michael Wilson It s not been my role to sell the tax changes rather to explain them and why all this is happening Our Town Hall meetings have focused first on the anger many people feel about any perceived tax hike and then on ways this country can start climbing out of the horrible debt it s accumulated At the very end of the Belfoun tain meeting I was asked what my message to Wilson would be and it was easy to answer I sense a grudging acceptance of a consumption tax I said as an alternative to higher income taxes But this acceptance will only come if four conditions are met The government gets serious about spending cuts 21 The new tax is completely fair and at the lowest possiblerate Any extra money raised is applied directly to reducing the deficit Consumers get a watchdog agency to protect them as the new tax comes into effect GREEN MEADOWS NURSERY GARDEN CENTER For All Your Gardening Needs 8731200 ARPET RUG CO LTD SALES SERVICE INSTALLATIONS CARPET VINYLT1LE Georgetown 1012 HOME PRODUCTS LTD Wo one ever regretted buying quality Custom Design Installation THERMAL REPIACEMENT WINDOWS STANLEY THERMAL ENTRANCE DOORS PATIO DOORS SOFFIT FACIA AND SIDING PATH DECKS AND FENCING NEW ADDITIONS CUSTOM DESIGNED SAY AND BOW WINDOWS ALUMINIUM AWNINGS AND SHUTTERS ELEGANT VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SHADES CAIXTOOAY ACQ FREE ESTIMATES AH work guaranteed NoObiigattontoPurciwsa QUALITY CHBMMUTV RELIABILITY So far that s the message but I am not finished in my quest to learn how most people in our area are reacting to Wilson s proposals Soon every house will receive a 20page guide to the Goods and Ser vices Tax which just wrote There no government da in there and no attempt to per suade you that this is a great idea But there are explanations of why Ottawa thinks the tax should hap pen along with a response sheet for you to tell me what you think Frankly I hope to get thousands of these responses back The more I get the better case I can build in Ottawa for the kinds of changes or modifications you want so please read the guide and then mail your thoughts to me In addition I ve established a Halton Peel Tax Committee and these citizens will be holding two public meetings on the GST The idfea is to get as much public input as possible before they make a report to the House of Commons finance committee which is holding hearings into the tax If you d to appear before the tax committee then please make an effort to come out and say your piece In Bolton the meeting is set for p Sept at the Albion Bolton community centre In Georgetown the committee meets at the Cultural Centre on Sept Clearly these are not the easiest of times to be an MP It takes a while to cope with being a lightening rod for other people s emotions Sometimes it s frustrating walking the line bet weerr a huge and slow moving bureaucracy on one hand and a charged up room of citizens on the other All I can do I guess is my best Part 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