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BEST AVAILABLE COPY Nine people injured in Fridays accident Page 3 Protest group wants taxes cut Page 4 Local student has unique summer job Page 15 In Business For Business GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services ST GEORGETOWN 8772282 Main St g acton Ontario J Parti Tuwti the FREE DISTRIBUTION WEDNESDAY JULY 12th PAGES Wilson Turner attack high taxes at PC fundraiser By DONNA KELL Herald HaltonPeel MP Garth Turner and federal Finance Minister Michael Wilson walked side by side at James Snows Trafalgar Road farm Tuesday night before parading into a dinner held by the Progressive Conser vatives Months have passed since the federal budget aimed at cutting Canadas national deficit was released and months have passed since Mr Turner told Mr Wilson to be strong be yourself following a televised budget leak But Mr Turners enthusiasm for the finance minister hasnt cooled as the pair demonstrated at a a plate dinner in Hornby that attracted over supporters The relationship has been good between Mr Wilson and himself since Mr Turner left the ranks of the media to take a seat in the House of Commons Mr Turner said Frankly I had some doubts when I went to Ottawa about exact ly how Id be received I criticized Mr Wilsons budget in the past I testified before a House of Com mons committee regarding tax reform in the first stage So I had given this guy every chance in the world to consider me a jerk But the political relationship bet ween the finance minister and the local MP is a good one both claim Says Mr Wilson When Garth came to Ottawa I knew he had good ideas and I wanted to make full use of those good ideas Were part of the same team and that is the way weve ap proached things in Ottawa Mr Wilson said Mr Turner has insight and energy as well as a great amount of support Im very pleased to include him in as many things as I can Before Mr Turner was elected MP for HaltonPeel and at the time he was nominated for the Pro gressive Conservative party in the new riding defeating Carlo Testa Mr Wilson said he was pretty sure the former newspaper col umnist would be elected But when news of Mr Turners election to Parliament Hill arriv ed Mr Wilson said his reaction was holy s But since then the two have worked very well together and showed the same impatience for tax reform the finance minister said When you cut through it all what I want to do and what Garth wants to do are the same thing The finance minister discussed the budget and tax reform and revealed that a technical paper ex plaining the new nine per cent manufacturers tax would be released this summer He did not give a specif month Both Mr Turner and Mr Wilson said the Tories want to end unfair taxation that gives advantages to the rich The existing tax is broken its a mess said Mr Wilson One out of three taxpayers today have a special deal with Revenue Canada And that type of tax is wrong In an afterdinner speech Mr Wilson said the deficit reduction is still a top aim of the federal PC party There is a directive to tax those who can afford to pay Middle income earners are like sitting ducks said Mr Turner The old tax system had loopholes for the rich he said I support a levelplayingfield Kind of tax And I think a tax on consumption is better than a tax on income because I think were hit ting the people there who are spen ding the most who deserve in a way to be taxed because they have the disposable income The per cent manufac turers tax replaces a per cent tax that applied to per cent of manufactured goods Under the new taxation system all manufac tured goods with the exception of medical drugs and food will be taxed In a press conference in March Mr Turner revealed the new tax system which he said would affect the consumer and not the wage earner His Citizens Guide to the New Sale Tax was released before the federal budget an nouncement in late April Making waves Ob to be a kid again Wendy Cntmore 12 Kerry Wright and Tina Palmer 10 Jake advantage of and battle coding Dick Memorial Pool in back off the Georgetown arena Wednesday Toe pool opened Moo- day and will continue to be open seven days a week until Aug HcraldpbotiyBciDjimnwll Toronto eyes Aeton quarry The Acton quarry has been isted as a possible location for Metro Torontos waste in the future by an aid to Environment Minister Jim Bradley A memo released by New Democratic Party Leader Bob Rae printed in the Toronto Star July names the Acton site as possible competition to several locations proposed by Resources Inc one of the firms bidding on Metro Torontos lucrative waste disposal con tract The memo written by Harry Poch a lawyer for Envacc to Jim a colleague at lists the source of the information as Gary Gallon an aid to Mr Bradley Regional Chairman Pete Pomeroy said the memo does not confirm Acton has been placed on an official list of