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YOU WIN With Quality Brand Name Furnishings All At Wholesale Prces Ontario Chesterfield Wholesalers Behind Auto Mall we inns LIVING LIGHTING GEORGETOWN 4168732996 Turner trashes NDP budget Monday s provincial budget will likely have the effect of pro longing the recession halting the decline of interest rates and en swing higher taxes according to Peel MP Garth Turner Turner pointed out that this budget Raises taxes by more than billion a year Dramatically increases government spending Gives Ontario a billion deficit this year the highest in the province history Turner said the spending binge by Queen s Park will likely fuel inflation having the effect of raising interest rates and thereby making the current recession longer and perhaps deeper It s ironic that while the Treasurer claims to be helping unemployed workers Turner said this kind of revisionist economics will likely throw more people out of work Meanwhile by pledging higher wages to public sector employees flooding more money into pay equity and refusing to impose discipline on civil service salaries the government has con Ontarians to many years of guaranteed tax increases Turner said the budget had the effect of reversing years of spen ding cuts and service at the federal level This is not the way that our indebted country is going to climb out of its troubles Turner said This is the irresponsible work of a political party that has found its way into the cookie jar Duignan defends NDP budget By BEN The Herald Ontario s operating deficit had to increase from million to 9 million if the province is to recover from the current reces sion said North Halton Noel Duignan Tuesday in defense of his government s budget an nounced Monday An Inside Look SECTION A Legion Lines 22 Police Beat School News Community Forum 2 Arts Ideas 25 Council Briefs 26 Calls News 7 Sports 1B5B People Forum Opinion Norval News 12 Business 13 SUPPLEMENTS Halton History 16 Homeslyles Money Matters 17 Education Week The government decided to fight the recession instead of the deficit said Noel Mr predicted the budget will speed up the economic recovery which he expects to happen sometime this summer He warned however economic recovery will be slow Although the provincial deficit will tnple as a result of Monday s budget announcement Mr Duignan is confident his govern will be able to eliminate its deficit within seven years It will be easier for the provincial government to eliminate its deficit than that of the federal government because the pro vince only pays 12 cents of every dollar towards interest on the deficit while the federal government pays over 30 cents of every dollar on interest on its deficit he said Continued on Sod turning ceremony St Johns lulled in held a sod turning tie of their building Sunday lo kkk off i and beinf done to ft later this the first ii are Hex rend Kno I Her I I In Fatal motorcycle mishap takes two local lives fatal motorcycle mishap that occurred early Sunday morning at the intersection of Line and No Sideroad has claimed the lives of two young Hills men Scott Anthony of Scott Louisa Street in and don Shirreffs of Erin Street in Glen Williams a student at Georgetown and Distrct High School years of age were killed when the motorcycle they were riding left the roadway and struck a large boulder Both riders were thrown from the and died of massive internal injuries at the scene cording to police Constable Doug Macintosh of the Regional Police traffic bureau said the accident oc some time In the early morning hours of Sunday and was discovered by riders on horseback at Sunday Both men had attended a birth day party in Georgetown the night before said Gordon s former girlfriend Curry who also attended the par Ms Curry who went out with for two and a half years said he was a very canng person He always thought about other people and was always doing things for others She said Shirreffs a First Class was very active in the Lome Scots militia in Georgetown and had planned on continuing serving the country through the militia Aside from the militia and his school work he was working towards completing his Grade 12 diploma at GDHS Gordon was on the school s rugby team Ms Curry said she and Gordon spent a lot of time together at the party Saturday night remember ing old times together We had so much fun together We got along so well and we knew each other so well she said I still have all the letters he wrote me At the party we talked about our feelings and admitted we still had deep feelings for each other she said I glad we had a chance to talk but there are still so many things I want to say to him Now I can t Ms Curry went to the Shirreff s home Sunday night to be with his family whom she said Gordon was very close to Mr 0 satd his son Scott was always a very good boy I told him a couple of weeks ago how proud I was of him for being so responsible especially about drinking he said He drank very little and if he was going to be drinking he would always stay over at the person place and tell us about it Along with being responsible Scott was also a popular boy said his father He always had lots of friends he was a really friendly boy 0 attended C Drury High School in Milton and he graduated in 1989 He worked at Uptown Collision and had recent ly been laid off He was working towards his automotive painter apprenticeship Cars and motorcycles were his life said Ever since he was yearsold he been fixing up motorcycles and things He had just bought this latest motorcycle two weeks ago Mr Quinn said his boy will be greatly missed by everyone Funeral services for 0 will be held at J S Jones and Son Funeral Home today Wednes day from p and 7 9 m A Chnstian burial mass will be held at Holy Cross Church Thursday at 30 am with interment at Greenwood Cemetery Shirreffs funeral service will be held today Wednesday Inter ment will be at Glen Williams cemetery The accident is still being in by the Regional Traf f ic Bureau