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. /!*!*: ■■ ■■■ ■■ :.-\m 6 Orono Weekly Time s, Wednesday, August 1 .2001 Feds Challenged to End Income Tax For Lower-Income Earners Federal income tax (then called the Dominion Income War Tax) was first introduced in 1917 as a "temporary" measure. Ontario is one of the few Canadian jurisdictions that are doing something to make this tax less permanent. Our policies have ensured that hundreds of thousands of lower-income earners in the province do not pay any Ontario income tax. The 2001 budget increased the number of people removed from Ontario's income tax rolls to 735,000. Essentially, the Province has told these low-income earners that we don't want their tax dollars, and it's time for the federal government to follow suit. Oil July 25th, the anniversary anniversary of tiie introduction of personal income tax, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty challenged challenged the federal Liberal government to do the responsible responsible thing and follow Ontario's lead to eliminate income earners. Dropping income taxes would be one less burden for those who are less-affluent. It would leave those in this income group more money to spend the way they deem fit. Ontario collects less than one-third of the income taxes paid by the people of Ontario. With the majority of personal income taxes levied by Ottawa, the federal Liberal government must take significant significant action if the income tax burden on Ontario low- income families is going to be fully reduced. Since 1995, when'the Mike Harris government started cutting taxes, tax revenues have increased by more than $15 billion and business investment in the province has increased by 66 per cent. During this same period, Ontario businesses have created created more than 845,000 net new jobs. Have Your Say on Health. Care Beginning July 30th, Ontarians will receive a sur vey in the mail asking them income taxes Tor lower- _ about their experiences with Through the artists' eyes Local artist John Climenhage (L) of the Chapman East Gallery and visiting artist Jeremy Gordaneer (R) of the Chapman West Gallery in Victoria B.C. capture some local architecture in oil. the health system. The same survey is a * so available online online at wWW.gov.on.ca/health. 1 would encourage everyone everyone -- both health care workers workers and members of the public -- to complete this survey because it's important that all health care concerns are on the record. Politics is a team sport, with every citizen a member of the team. The system system works best when the complete complete team is on the field. Your advice and expertise will enable us to sustain our health care services and decide the best way to allocate our resources. In announcing the survey, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Tony Clement made the following observation: "In spite of increased demand and funding funding pressures, we still have one of the best health care systems systems in the world. Everybody wants to ensure the system remains sustainable. That's why we are inviting the public and health care providers to the table." Task fForce launched on mental health The Province has provided Durham, Haliburton, Kawartha and Pine Ridge District Health Council with $180,000 in one-time funding to undertake a comprehensive assessment project. The funds will be used to assist in planning planning for the restructuring of the Whitby Mental Health Centre. In addition, a task force to improve delivery of mental health services in Central East Ontario was launched earlier this month. Its recommendations will be made over the next 18 months. (continued from page 1 ) on which he paints using water based acrylic paints. He then textures the leather using implements such as wire brushes, steel wool, meat tenderizers or any tool that renders the desired texture. When the piece dries, it retains the texture. Trotter can make his leather pieces look and feel like the wood, metal or stone they represent. Trotter says he met with some success earlier in his career creating fashion jewellery jewellery such as belts, earrings and brooches, but he quit that when he realized it was running running him. He was told what customers wanted, and was forced to create pieces in the latest colours and shades; according to what was popular, popular, which soon quit being fiin, said Trotter. Trotter sees unlimited potential for his Cow Palace. He plans to leave the cattle ring and seating area mainly in tabt, and hopes to use it as a live performance area which he refers to as "The Bovine Theatre'. Many of the stalls in the back portion of the bam will have to be removed to make room for a work shop, whereas the front portion has already been converted into a display area. Besides renovating the Cow Palace and moving all his personal effects from his current home in Oshawa, Trotter is working on a fall show. Till then, the Cow Palace is mostly open on weekends, and/or by chance. Street (continued from page 1) option short of pulling out of 911, and that would not be acceptable, or, there would have to be an entirely new system across Ontario." Nine-one-one emergency dispatch staff must know immediately from which of the eight Church Streets in Clarington a call is coming from. In a municipality the size of Clarington, where Church Street Bowmanville and Church Street Kendal are many kilometres apart, a mistake mistake could have very serious consequences. Public information sessions sessions will be held this fall throughout Clarington's hamlets hamlets and villages "To get residents' residents' ideas of how they would like to have the street names changed," said Crome. "We would like to hear their preferences before bringing a report back to council." Proposed name changes could be as minor as changing a street designation to an Avenue in. some cases'. In other cases,, a new word could be added to Church Street, i.e. Church Steeple Street, Churchland etc. In their initial initial report to council on proposed proposed street name changes, the Planning Department recommended recommended using veterans' names to replace existing duplicate street names. There are no plans to reimburse reimburse residents for the expense of going through the address change process which the Planning Department says will ultimately benefit all residents residents and businesses in Ontario, through a more efficient efficient 911 system. SUBSCRIBE TO THE TIMES for only $30.00 a year. New 23 bed hospital officially opens A gathering of people well into the thousands witnessed the official ribbon cutting for the new 23 bed Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, July 31, 1951. The completed cost of the new hospital totaled some $400,000 of, which some $40,000 was still outstanding. In 1949 the estimated cost of constructing the new hospital hospital was set at $250,000, but increases placed this figure well below the true cost. Patients and equipment were to be moved from the old facility to the new structure structure on August the 8th. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE m MORRIS FUNERAL CHAPEL LTD. 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