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September 13 Page Government must cut spending residents say Her Id strr About 50 Tills residents told Pet MP Garth the federal government first must fiscally responsible before it can consider accepting the pro posed nine per cent Goods and Ser vices Tax at a Town Hall meeting last The government is spending its money stupidly one audience member told Mr Turner One locil resident received a big round of applause after telling Mr Turner the government was crazy to spend on the new Canadian Embassy in Washington Other residents suggested the government is spending too much money in areas such as foreign aid the CBC and daycare Mr Turner agreed the govern ment had to show more restraint to expect the Canadian people sup port of the GST so he concentrated the meeting on soliciting ideas on how the government should cut back spending Georgetown resident Ray Ellis seemed to capture the audience imagination when he suggested a bill be passed outlawing the government from running a deficit The government current interest is with its own survival rather than the people he said It s running a deficit to appease as many different interest groups as possible The government should obey the financial rules applying to any normal family he said It should spend only what it collects and no more he added Mr Ellis based his proposal on the Gramm bill a two year old American law limiting the government ability to run a deficit Beardmore lands get sewer service The Town of Halton Hills Tues day approved sewer hook up to Canada Packers Incorporated 17 acre former Beardmore Tannery property Acton The land occupied by retailers after the tannery closed ii 1986 has used a spray system for sewage a system that hds been called archaic and odorous Canada Packers recently ap plied to use tne municipal sewage system for the property south of Agnes Street and west of Highway 25 We feel his is good for ourselves and good for Acton for Halton Hills said David Chap man a retailer at the Canada Packers property Speaking to concerns that Canada Packers would get sewer approval and then sell the land lawyer J Paul Wearing said Canada Packers has no plans to sell in the near future Besides Mr Wearing said at this point in time we have no clearance from the Ministry of the Environ mctili to do am thing he that has bt en Hiltoir Hills Major Millet the town welcomes at the site Employment has been a concern since the tanning opera folded he said A consultant representing three Acton landowners said his clients are opposed to sewer hook tip for Beardmore This simply frustrates develop ment in the Acton East area and is certainly of no benefit whatsoever to the town said David Matthews of Patrick Sweet and Associates Limited But councillors said develop ment Acton has no relation to sewer hook up for Beardmore Acton Norm Elliott said he is anxious to see the proposal succeed Mr Matthews issue should not stand in the way Acton Rick Bonnette said the sewer hook up represents an historic moment in Acton history It will help solidify over he said The town will ask for Region s appro al of sewage hook up for his part Mr Turner the government cut deal with its Canadian shareholders He said the govern wilt garner public support for the GST is it guarantees no new tax for the next five years with the exception or the GST cuts spen ding like crazy no matter how much interest groups squeak eliminate inter provincial trade barriers and like any business in financial trouble sell off assets across the board Although not 10U per cent sup portive of the GST he said it will help the government reduce the budget and make the tax system more equitable The current billion debt killing Canada he said The in teres on the debt alone means the deficit increases billion a year So each year the government has to increase its payments just to slay al the same place Mr Turner explained Mr Turner also said the current manufacturing sales tax which puts 17 million in the govern coffers annually is unfair Any lax that is invisible is necessarily unfair he said The tax which will apply to almost all goods and services will come into effect January It will provide the government with a steady flow of income lo better plan for the future and help reduce Peel MP Garth Turner the straight governments proposed nine per cent Goods and Sen ices Tax local residents at a town hall meeting held at the Elks Lodge in Son i week Herald photo Does your car dream of better days Do you remember how your car looked when it was new Do you wish it could look that way again Tidy car can bring back that new car look feel and smell for you with our Revitahzation Package NEW AND USED CAR REVITALIZATION PACKAGE i if pack up Upholstery with hit in hi FREE ESTIMATES We Install Customized RUNNING BOARDS A Full Line Custom Car Truck Accessories DRY INTERIORS A SHINE RUNNING BOARDS FABRIC PROTECTION SUNROOFS PIN STRIPING VINYL ROOF REVITALIZING RUST PROOFING SPLASH GUARDS TOUCH UP PAINT 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