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4--ORONQ WEEKLY TIMES, WED., DECEMBER 22nd, 1976 Ottawa report by Allan Lawrence ■ 1 4 • t THE FEDERAL- • govérnment's fiscal brin- PROVINCIAL CONFER- ' kmanship tactics. E.NCE. ■ i n part, the premiers were It- was Winston Churchill successful in preventing the who said that "Democracy is prime minister from handing the worst form of govern- Quebec Premier Rene Leyes- ment. excepting all those quean exhibit "a" in the case other forms that have been his government in attempting tried from time to time."' to build against Confederat- His comments are particul- ; ion. Despite the intransigence ârly appropriate to Federal- displayed by the federal Provincial Conferences in government at the abortive general, and this latest one in Finance Minister s meeting particular. For two days the lust month, Mr. Trudeau was provincial premiers debated, persuaded to make a number reasoned, and argued with of compromises, the Prime Minister in an These included: effort to roll back the federal An agreement to cushion NÔ DELIVERY Sat., Dec, 25 or Mon., Dec. 27th Sat., Jaii.Jstor Mon., Jan. 3rd Extra Wednesday delivery for Monday and Friday customers GLEN RAE DAIRY Bowmanville Phone 623-5444 ' William C. Hall, B. Comm. I I » Chartered Accountant 1 I Phone Newcastle 987-4240 ' | I ALL DAY WEDNESDAY I I and SATURDAY I Insurance rates top recent complaints •Auto and home insurance premium rates have been the largest single topic of recent complaints received by the Anti-Inflation Board, the AIB reported today. They account for 27.4 per cent of the 709 complaints recorded in the two weeks ending November 8,1976. To daté, 71 per cent of all insurance complaints have impact of removing the guarantees against loos of revenue resulting from the 1972 "tax reforms". The provinces had asked for four per cent - the federal government government originally had offered nothing. The federal government's increase in the provincial share of tax revenue more closely reflects the added costs the provinces will face in paying for what were hitherto "shared cost programs", programs", such as medicare, post-secondary edcucation and "welfare. The federal government will allow the provinces to take an additional additional 13.5 percentage points of income tax and corporate tax revenue - worth about $6.58 billion - which will finance half of the new burden. The other half will be met by an "unconditional" cash grant which will rise as the Gross National Product goes up Abandonment of fédéral government plans to modify the equalization payments. These payments, which help poorer provinces maintain national standards in major social programs, will remain for at least five years with only some minor modifications. modifications. Despite these concessions the provinces are still far from being as well off under the new fiscal arrangements as they were under the existing ones. For the "have- not" provinces, these arrangements arrangements could well widen the present disparities, as the area's economic performance, performance, upon which the formulas are based, creates an ever- Qjdening gap which cannot be filled by the equalization payments scheme. Obviously the new agreement agreement is only another temporary temporary solution, and one which will not last. No, long-term solution has been found or, from what we know, has even been proposed by the Trudeau government, Canada deserves better. originated in Ontario and Quebec. Food prices accounted for 18.5 per cent of the complaints received during the past two . weeks, more than half of these coming from British Columbia and the prairie provinces. Detailed reports on public complaints are compiled by the AIB public enquiries section and are used for cross checking reports on prices and profits the Board receives receives from companies. , Since the beginning of the program, the board has recorded 24,050 complaints from the majority coming from Ontario, 9,099 ( 37.8 .per cent) and Quebec 4,893 (20.0 per cent). The prairie provin-' ces account for 4,816, British Columbia 3,383, the Atlantic e provinces 1,683, the Northwest Northwest territories and the Yukon 69. The Board has received 7,091 complaints on matters not falling under AIB jurisdic tions - nearly 30 per cent of all complaints. Major topics in , this category- have been Utilities, rents and government government services, in particular increased municipal tax rates. rates. The public inquiries section has also received 21,660 requests for information on the restraint program inch uding 1,208 during the two weeks ending November 8, About 60 per cent of recent enquiries were in the area of Compensation, and 10.5 per cent in the area of prices and profits. The balance of enq uiries were general questions on the regulations, dividends and professional fees. Ontario and British Columbia account for the most enquiries Charles Reid Orono's Licensed Auctioneer Valuator Specialize in Farm Furniture Sales Consult me for terms and dates Phone Orono 983-5914 1 Oxford BRICKLAYERS STONEMASONS Fireplaces Chimney Repairs All types of House Remodelling Flagstone Patio Slabs Concrete.Jobs Phone 983-5606 ClvtÀÂXiMJOlA Nesting Furniture Do you know that the Jove of Jesus is for every single one of us; for sinners or those who sin less than others, for young or old, and th$t if that "Love" is allowed to enter our hearts it can do wonders? ' I pray that God's Love will find, its way into every single heart at this Christmas time and remain throughout thé year. ' * • * • ' Velma Armstrong The, staff and owners of Amstrongs Store wish you all the Peqic'e and à very Happy, Christmas. ARMSTRONG'S