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McDermid seeks tax break for firefighters A year after fire damaged his Ottawa apartment MP pushing for tax deduction for our volunteer firefighters the Ottawa Bureau or The Herald About a year ago wl en Georgetown MP John McDermid was getting ready lor another day of work on meat Hill the fire alarm in tils apartment here went off Look out Into the hallway Mr found the corridor filled with smoke The apart meat next to his was on He down the hoi grabbed the re hose and raced back with it to wet down the fortunately hose was feet loo short and Mr McDermid ended on his Anyway omnkoalong story flhorl there a total of OCX smoke his opart mint His dry cleaning bill was no Joke I now appreciate the dim age done to he personal belongings of people who go to fires Mr McDermid lold the Commons recent The MP has a private members bill before Parliament which urges tin government amend the Income Tax Act to allow volunteer era a Si deduct on on the r tax returns or ex incurred in the of their duties This allowance would be used to offset things 1 dry clean bills The current exempt on is For many years It s only a year It may Htm like a matter to not anal legisla tlve assembly but Mr McDermid underlined the vital Importance tecr play ill communities The town of I la lion lis ded inl two areas he said In Georgetown there are volunteers and in Acton there are 35 These so well recognized In Georgetown that the entire volunteer firt brigade was named en of the year a few years Every volunteer fire fighter in Brampton gets a year to cover clean g and the wear and tear on clothing Mr said In Georgetown volunteers receive a year for cleaning and gas expens es Brampton brigade an an average of three to 10 calls month In Georgetown the depart answers about 17 calls it month The special allow once is not enough Mr Said Volun leer firefighters arc not easy to recruit Every advantage we can give must be given to those Interested in becoming volunteers and to ilready fighting very serious threat to us all Ires We cannot afford to lose these volunteers and the service they provide It about time the Income Tax Act recognized their valu able service to alt Conn Increasing the lax exempt on would cost the national treasury about til million in tost lax revenue Mr McDermid calculates Just to put that In its perspective for most of us million is a lot of money but the federal government spends mil on In the time It takes to hold Question Period dm lllon in minutes We are asking for a tax exemption which will cost about million or approximately minutes of expenditure by the present government We are not asking for some thing monumental In terms of this tax deduc tion But not all volunteer in Canada can claim the tax exemp tion If they don I receive an allowance from Ihcir polity they can claim the exemption Liberal MP Collnc Camp bell said And according to a letter from finance minister Marc to Ms Campbell its not that easy to simply change the Income tax laws to give volunteer firefighters a better The finance depart men seems to fed that if special status Is given to volunteer firefighters the government would be offending other volunteer groups in the country The type of expenses claimed by these fire fighters are claimed under personal expenses and Mr told Ms Campbell It would be very difficult to introduce tax benefits for volunteer services that would be fair to the tax paying public who must ultimate ly finance these fla Mr letter continues Permitting a deduction of these ex JOHN MP would clearly Increase the live cost of insuring the expenses are reasonable It would also aggravate the ty between volunteer f re- men and other volunteer workers who constantly point out the inequity in a tax concession for fire men and no similar treat for them Ms Campbell Is also Interested In increasing the level of exemption for firefighters and she says Mr Lalondc will take her request under consider at on Another Liberal MP Douglas Fisher suggest the House pass along our enthusiasm for the Campbell McDermid suggestion to Mr and leave it at that That what happened Mr Fisher talked out the remaining time allotted for debate on the Issue and no vote was ever taken -877-5213- FOBERT RmI EXCELLENCE AWARD IN CUSTOMER RELATIONS the HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established EDNESDAY JANUARY 26 1983 FORD SALES LTD Highway BEST DEAL A CAPITAL Region unha over Stewarttown homes Sheldon says appeal stupid decision Item Id photo by Chris DANCE COMPANY GOES MAZURKA only to ID years old members of lev Peter and the Wolf with some rather streetwise character The Dance Company displayed some outstanding professional second piece was La Boutique iantaaque in which a toy shop comes talent at the company performance In the John Theatre to lite and saves the romance of a toy soldier and a I- doll Here Saturday night There were two different productions far the audience dancers spring into form alter potential purchasers visit the the first was an Interestinglychoreographed performance of store Reed unsure about waste study but says it disqualifies Site F If the Ontario Waste Management Corpora on Phase report suggesting potential sites for liquid waste disposal Is credible It obviously disqualifies Site F rural Milton as a sanitary landfill site according to Burlington Jul an Reed Apparently the tech proposed for posing of these industrial wastes renders toxic chemicals virtually Inert Mr Reed said in a press release issued Mon day At this time its unknown how this com pares to municipal garbage However we do know that municipal garbage buried in perme able produces a which cannot be totally collected with any known technology The Liberal MPP urged opponents of region plans to develop the Site for to use the report as the strongest possible rein forcing argument and advised the region to study the report itself Mr Reed ed that it is premature to speculate on the selection of any part of for liquid waste disposal but pledged to do everything possible to protect interests of the people of Mr Reed identified Site located at the comer of Tremaine and Britannia Roads south of urban Milton as the area under the epicentre of Zone one of two areas chosen for study by Dr Chant president of the OWMC Zone involves mainly the Niagara peninsula while Zone includes part of Metro Toronto a small portion of and an area surrounding Zone 1 The remaining area Involves a large area of region ho explained Therefore most of can be eliminated from consider a possible lion for a waste manage ment site This area also Includes Site at the epicentre of the tatlon area In the circumstances area of concern would be to the cast of south Into and Continued on page Securing home Call police first Thinking of installing a homo security system Please be careful about the firm you choose to do the Job the regional police say Demand to see proper identification police cautioned in a press release last week Care should be token when contemplating having your valuables videotaped or photographed Willie this Information could be useful for insurance claims and Identification possibility of It being used Tor Improper purposes is a concern of the police force Residents of Ha I Ion arc reminded that officers from the crime prevention bureau may bo contacted for assistance with ho rat security Just call the Ha lion police switchboard at and ask for extension Home heat saver leak fan sijpport family is poisoned Written by Georgetown chUorens books author Knthy Slinson Red Is Beit Is rapidly becoming a favorite addition to bookshelves In many youngsters rooms Mrs seen here with her children Kelly and Matthew was one of two storytellers at the Georgetown children library Saturday afternoon who delighted a large crowd of kids with tome unique tales and several musical games Mrs Union Is expecting a second book out In the spring entitled Big or Utile Her subjects are drawn right from her own home Kelly fascination with the color red provided the story line for her first book while Matthew adventures with sites Is detailed the second work Three members of a family were treated and released for carbon oxide poisoning Friday morning at Georgetown Memorial Hospital In what could been a multiple fatality ion Tho Street real dents took themselves to hospital after the I usband collapsed In the early hours of the morning Deputy fire chief Bob attributed I he build up of carbon monoxide in their home to a defective heat saver that had a crack in it allowing the poisonous gas to seep back into the house He said the house was too well Insulated as well allowing for the gas re tention Mr Hyde warns con Burners lo buy appliances bearing the Canadian Standards Astociirtlon or Underwriters Laboratories of Canada label They indi cute the appliance Is safe for consumer use and has undergone rigid testing By CHRIS Herald Stall Writer Halton regions Ing department came un a blistering attack Monday night from town councillors reviewing a troubled land rcdevel proposal near Stewarttown All but three councillors voted to press regional council to reconsider Its decision to continue an Ontario Municipal Board appeal against the development decision to carry on the appeal despite a rcc from he region planning and public works committee to drop the issue was described by Sheldon as the most stupid planning decision I seen In a long time Alcr Investments Ltd and Construction Ltd of Georgetown have proposed a threehome development ana 3 property east of the Road on See additional story The proposal has ready been supported by the region Land Divis ion Committee town council and town staff which argue that the docsn I pose as great a threat to planning in the area as the region says This is the kind of regional planning inter that just me Coun Sheldon said if you took the book official an away from our regional planners they would be incapable of Independent thought Ironically not utes earlier regional planning and develop ment director Raj Mo hammed was among Hal ton s senior management team whose members In troduccd themselves to he new council and out lined Issues that the reg ion and Halton lis will face together In the But the team left before councils heated planning debate began TWO FIRMS Representing the two firms asked council formally seek tho region ion Mr told council lore trying to save the region and the two firms the cost of an OMB hearing Along with local council call to review the Issue Mr said he will call he regional councillors who voted to continue the appeal and Invite them lo personally view the property which was purchased six months ago Before the purchase he said the region lodged that It was not good farmland and that by tearing down the exist buildings and putting up new ones the develop ers would be doing some much needed house cleaning Neighbors have also supported the project which he said was a redevelopment of land not a new devel Regional has suggested that he seek an official plan amendment which would make hi project conform to reg plan policies That process could take years of review and public hear Inga While he supported the developers bid Mayor dldn like the Idea of having council call for a review of the Issue based on Mr s visit Monday night By getting more deeply Involved on behalf of Mr council may be setting a precedent Tor other OMB appeals May or said He mainta that though Mr ted his success fully to the public works and planning committee he snould have also ap peared before council lost Wednesday as a ion Coun Phil Carney who has previously critic lied bureaucracy In the mun planning process tossed the region s report the property on the council floor in a gesture of disgust He said he not trust the findings or the report especially when another regional planning report for a property Issue in last year ended to be mislead In support of Mr PU project most of the councillors argued that the official plan lias to have some flexibility The document can possibly cover every cor Coun Ross said adding hat the region has gone out of its way to mako a mountain out of a molehill Business of Year award- to McNally Herald Special William McNally Construction has been chosen to receive the Georgetown Chamber of Commerces fourth annual Business of the Year Award A special dinner and presentation will be held Feb 9 from p at the North Golf and Country Club The selection for the Business Award is made on the basis of en Individual or corporation located In Georgetown displaying good business ethics and having shown a significant Impact on the social and economic well being or the area Previous recipients of this award are Lynn Barnard of Pennies worth I960 Dominion Seed House 1979 Smith and Stone The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce has over members Ia purpose Is to represent business concerns and act as public relations department or local businesses Its goal is to promote Georgetown as a fine place to live and WHERE THERES SMOKE THERES FUN Perfect winter weather Saturday night drew a pond with a good thick layer of Ice which attracted large crowd of North and Lounlry Club skaters and skiers and tobogganlati struck out for snowy members and guests the Clubs annual winter slopes carnival Last weeks spell coaled a nearby