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Manufacturers chief says THE HERALD Wednesday November 1989 Page GST should be 7 per cent By DONNA the Herald The federal Goods and Services Tax should be implemented in 1991 at seven per cent to allow Cana dian goods to compete with im ported goods Canadian Manufac turers Association president Laurent says Mr a Georgetown dent was guest speaker at the Halton Hills Chamber of Com merce dinner held at the North Halton Golf and Country Club Wednesday night The CMA president said Canadas manufacturers cant compete with imported goods in the present system where the manufacturers tax is levied before goods are advertised and distributed The per cent manufacturers sales tax levied on about per cent of manufactured goods pushes the price of domestic goods up onethird more than imported goods Mr said For that reason many lm ported goods actually bear a lower price than domestic goods We would like to see this goods and services tax go through in a way that is acceptable he said referring to Mississauga South MP Don Blenkarns recommendation for a seven per cent GST rate Mr Blenkarn is chairman of the House of Commons standing com mittee on finance and is filing a report with the federal parliament recommending a seven per cent GST rate A crosssection of the Halton Hills business sector attending the chamber dinner agreed that the GST should be applied at seven per cent The Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce supports that rate member Barry said Im saying that the position the local chamber is taking is the cor rect one The tax rate should be lower Halton North Liberak Walt Elliot said after the chamber din a lower GST could be con sidered as a package by the pro vincial government The said the GST is more visible than the hidden manufacturers sales tax now in ef fect in Canada but he said he can not justify double taxation We are the only country who would have tax on tax collected he said With a GST the tax an Ontario consumer would pay in the stores would be 17 per cent Mr Elliot said But the new tax system to be in troduced in Canada in would hurt the retailer at seven or nine per cent local Canadian Tire fran owner and former Georgetown Chamber of Com merce president Murray said Nobodys talked about the poor little retail community and how theyre going to collect the tax He said in his Guelph Street Cana dian Tire store he will pay 60000 for cash registers to handle the GST Somewhere along the line we retailers are going to have to find the money for that he said The CMA president are negative points to the GST that he says will cause a twopercent increase in the inflation rate This will tngger a chain reaction where unions will ask for increased employee wages he said He said a 6 5 per cent GST would replace lost revenue from the pre sent manufacturers tax but one way or another youre going to have to make some very tough choices if you want to get that rate down 9 GST Tax could close bowling alley Contd from Page 1 We cant charge Cadillac pnces like you can for golfing and ing The Acton Bowling Lanes a smaller facility than Georgetown Bowl would keep its six lanes open but business would suffer with the GST manager Cathie Ahearn says If they tax bowling some of the seniors may not be able to bowl She said lowincome people use bowling as their social and recreational activity Games in Acton cost for adults and bowling shoes rentals are 75 cents for adults Low income families dont have a whole lot else to do the Acton bowl manager said But more than something to do bowling is a tradition in Hills as it is in many towns the alleys owners say We have third and fourth generation families bowling now They would be heartbroken if we had to close down the facility Mrs Georgetown and Acton bowling alleys joined the Bowling Pro Society of Canada in lob bying the federal government to lower the GST The BPAC ap peared in front of the federal parliament on Friday Mrs said her husband Bill and her brother Peter would consider staying open if the GST is approved by the federal govern ment at a rate lower than nine per cent Id hate to have to close the place down We have bowlers thai are years old Mrs Radyk said Its a place for people to meet and get together If the gets any higher theyre not going to be able todo that Twocar collision A charge of failing to stop was laid following an accident at Market Street and Park Avenue in Georgetown at 12 m Nov Police say a 1983 Plymouth driven by a year old Georgetown man was south bound on Market Street when it was struck by an eastbound Ford driven by a 62yearold Georgetown woman Both cars received moderate damage NEARLY NEW USED CARS NISSAN LEASE BUY BACKS From 11000 km 23000 km MONTHS Bank Financing TO CHOOSE FROM HP MICRAS SENTRAS STANZA XE 1989 MICRA 2000 DOWN 16900 60 MONTHS ON APPROVED CREDIT BALANCE OF FACTORY WARRANTY PLUS OPTIONAL 5 YR 160000 km NISSAN FULL COVERAGE EXTENDED WARRANTY AVAILABLE ON ALL CARS NISSAN NORTH END NISSAN 610 MARTIN STREET MILTON 8784137 101 units of blood Robert donated blood for the time at a blood donor dink at Holy Cross Church this month Volunteers Karen Burke left and Monica Blaszko were on hand to present Mr Girwood with an award Herald photo Tax could wreak havoc Contd from Page I taxes resale houses Mr Turner said He acknowledged the nine per cent tax is unpopular and added he is sending out hundreds of let ters a week discussing the tax Mr Turner admitted that some extraordinary measures are need to curb the national debt which gathers an extra billion each year He sees the GST as a means of lowering the deficit Measures such as a proposed tax credit to families with incomes of less than 30 a year would be a oneyear move to sell the GST said Mr Turner Extra money gathered from the proposed GST about billion the first year would likely go to lower ing the deficit in succeeding years he said The deficits the problem and the GST is going to be the partial solution Cuts in government spending will also contribute to 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