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Ottawa Report by Terr O Connor Holton MP New garage escapes roads budget cuts The Acton Press 1973 C7 Any time In life that the gets cosy you better check una hen It If youre downhill Most of us get a poor reception it comes to listening to our speak It was budget night In the House of Commons and the air charged with expectation and excitement Financial bsmia from Montreal Toronto and Vancouver packed the galleries John Turner visibly nervous poke or an hour and minutes realizing perhaps better than anyone that those minutes may turn out to be the most important In his political career At one Energy Mines and sources Minister Donald Macdonald sitting beside Mm told him to slow down end take It easy As the cuts and goodies poured forth opposition backbenchers viad with government back benchers to create the longest and loudest desk thumping racket Opposition Leader Boo SUnfield stood and bowed solemnly to the Finance Minister aa several minor concessions to the C program and one major one his real Income constant dollar proposal of last year were made Why Mr Turner even cut the tariff on bananas just for good old Bob Short term However Mr Turner seems to have opted for short run political acceptance opposed to long run economic benefit to the country The budget has heightened speculation that the government their Image buoyed y the initial public favor surrounding the budget Is contemplating calling an election rather sooner than later For In the long run the slight tax cuts lack of strong inflationary controls ana negligible assistance to small business can have no significant effect on what remains our major economic problems inflation and unemployment On the other hand overdue old age and veterans pension Increases the elimination of sales tax on many high volume consumer items and the elimination of capital gains tax on a family farm transfer after death to a son are attractive vote- getting propositions They are certainly well deserved and should be Included In any expanslonory budget However we feel he should have gone farther Those cuts welcome as they ore must be accompanied by strong and dramatic measures such as substantial tax cuts and even price and wage controls designed to solve both of our major problems About lace The generous acceptance of many PC and election proposals appears to be smart politics again on short run In view of the damning denunciations by Mr Turner last year of these same measures his about face at this time does little for his long run credibility as a minister of finance If you have a problem idea comment criticism or if you simply wish to get In touch with mc please stop by or coll my riding office at 326 Road Cast Oakviile Holton County Councils floods Committee has chopped from Its 1973 budget reducing the amount of money the committee will ask county council to raise as the county share for maintenance of the county roads The countys share will be 500 an Increase of The Ministry of Transportation and Communications has allocated as their con to the county roads system Under the original estimates the total construction and maintenance work for the year would cost The committee cut lhat figure by bringing forward an surplus and cutting worth of construction work from the budget Budget cuts were realized mostly through reductions of projects the engineer felt may not be completed In the calendar year anyway In most cases some FEDERAL MINISTER OF LABOR Labor minister slams protective legislation In hardhitting speech to the Helton liberal annual meeting Federal Labor Minister John attacked what he called a protectionist stand as ad vocated in the bill now before the United SUtes Congress Munro said the key lobbyists or restrictive protection- oriented legislation was the of C I O the principal spokesmen for the American Labor Movement What does this mean for the International Trade Unions In this context Im talking of the Canadian affiliates of the International unions unions International really In the sense of the affiliation of unions In two countries Canada and the United States perhaps continental unionism would be a more ac curate identification It strikes at the very core of this affiliation developed over de cades It strikes at the very core of the fundamental rationale for the of international unions be said Munro said the more by VS labor leaders could prove shattering to the International labor movement that bad been so beneficial As one dedicated to a greater degree of Canadian autonomy within the International struc ture Ironically I am now becoming more concerned about the actions of the AF LCIO In the United Inevitably it will earn the disillusionment and possibly the vengeance of the Canadian worker against his American brother and pervert a cause of greater Canadian self- determination within the Inter national movement Its only results can be a narrow unhealthy nationalism that will Insist on the repudia tions of the finest elements of the International Trade Union movement Itself Lower barriers The tact remains that the basic tenet of the American labor movement has always been to foster a lowering of trade barriers This baa always proved to be In the best Interest of their American members and their brothers all over the world Abandoning It be at their peril The BurkeHartke Bill must cause all tradeunionists to ask whether International Unions can logically and equitably serve the best interests of workers in two different countries In times of economic stress And it is Incumbent on the International union leadership to answer this question fairly and directly I fervently hope the answer Is yes but that answer cannot be reconciled with the fostering of the BurkeHartke Protectionist Trade Bill A report of an Interview with Congressmen James Burke as reported in the Toronto SUr Monday indicated that Burke would fight any move by the U S government to impose a sur charge or other punitive tariff on Canadian exports to the Although the Treasury Secre tary George listed Canada along with Japan and the European Common Market as targets of proposed protectionist legislation Burke said Canada had earned the trade surplus with the Live ones life two times over work for design and preliminary work was left in with the Intention being that tho rest of tho work would lie undertaken In early 1974 Jobs effected kibe effected Include line Highway to No 1 Cedar Springs ltd from Ave to No Burlington No In Con completion of road grading ana widening 2000 WUdwood Hill design property ana construction Bridge 12 Paper Mill Bridge Georgetown design Bridge 12 Paper MUl Bridge Seventh Lino at design Bridge Paper MUl Brldgo Georgetown design in struction Hill Esqucsing construction of culverts under fill 50 County engineer Doug Corbctt noted the actual In projects amounted to 218 and the urban rebut saved as a result of the cuts would total New garage At the same meeting the committee confirmed the pur chase of county garage 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