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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" 2- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, January 31, 1995 Taxes From Page 1 "It's (the campaign) just to motivate the people and make them more aware that their voice can make a difference." Mr. Kerr agrees: "Everyone seems to share this opinion about taxation and the tremen- dous waste... | challenge them: What are you doing about it?" It's simple to take part in the campaign. Letters are being distributed throughout Port Perry and Uxbridge, and the two organizers will also supply them to anyone interested. All you have to do is send it off to Ottawa -- postage-free -- and let Mr. Martin and Mr. Shepherd know how you feel, they say. The two men are concerned primarily with huge spending on programs they see as waste- ful or unnecessary. They target some specific programs, such as special interest funding, multiculturalism and bilin- gualism programs, and some elements of the country's trou- bled immigration system. They say that if the flow of money to some unnecessary programs is cut, there will be no need to tax Canadians -- who are already bent under the burden of a sky-high taxation rate. "People have got to change their way of thinking," said Mr. Kerr. "There's 29 million of us and 295 of them (MPs),"" added Mr. Briley. "What the hell are they doing dictating to us? What's wrong with this picture?" If you're interested in finding out more about the campaign, you can call Mr. Briley in Port Perry at 985-2422. " LE Sh ad Ft gin ace 254 Tax fighters Tyler Briley (left) and Glenn Kerr are fed up with rising tax- es, so they've started a write-in campaign urging the feds to chop spending in the next budget. They're hoping other resi- dents of Scugog and Uxbridge will take part in the effort, which will involve people sending a pre-written letter to MP Alex Shepherd and federal Finance Minister Paul Martin. (retions and Answers about grief recovery Q. A friend of mine recently had a miscarriage. 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O'RIORDAN Owner/Manager/Funeral Director Res' 985-0608 216 Queen Street Port Perry Dependable Service to the Community Since 1845 » AfterLoss' Learning bow re cope with prief By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star New taxes aren't the way to cut the deficit, says Durham MP Alex Shepherd. The Liberal MP said in an interview last week he agrees with his constituents who want the government to cut spending instead. In fact, workers in his Oshawa constituency office are already fielding, on aver- age, 25 calls a day from people protesting any more taxation as a new federal budget approaches, said Mr. Shepherd. "I have no problem with that," said Mr. Shepherd. "I've already said that to (federal finance minister) Paul Martin. "We must make major reductions in this budget; we cannot wait for another reces- sion," Mr. Shepherd added. "There are major concerns of another recession in three years time and if that hap- pens, we're done. "We're cooked." He favors targeting a num- ber of costly government expenditures, including: Q The high cost of the civil service. Mr. Shepherd favors a wage roll-back for federal employees; Q Foreign aid. While not calling for elimination of sup- port payments, the MP feels Canada should evaluate and adjust the amount of money it spends on programs over- seas; a Grants for multicultural- ism and special interests. "The bottom line is that I do believe in cutting out all funding for special interest groups," said 'You have to bring the knife out' MP Shepherd favors cuts in attack on deficit Mr. Shepherd. He added that a number of groups in receipt of federal funding do valuable work, "but once you open up that door, you can't shut it." He also called for continued review of social programs, noting that Unemployment Insurance and transfer pay- ments to provinces for welfare are a huge drain on the gov- ernment's resources. "We have to maintain the social safety net, (but) we 5 have to | & redesign it," Iw. #4 said Mr. Shepherd. SHEPHERD "That sys- tem's not sustainable." Lower UI benefits and higher premiums, as well as reduced funding for provincial welfare programs might help stem the high cost of social programs said the MP. Mr. Shepherd said Canadians are right if they feel Mr. Martin has his axe poised in preparation for the upcoming budget. It will con- tain some measures that will be painful, but is necessary for Canada to recover some semblance of economic stabil- ity on the world stage, he said. "For me it's a pinnacle," he said. "It's a point at which we have to turn the corner and we have to convince our inter- national lenders we are seri- ous...People don't have confi- dence in the government that it's going to be serious about deficit reduction. "You have to bring the knife out." 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The Durham Board has worked with teaching staff, students, parents, community members and other boards of education to develop a draft set of outcomes in 7 important categories. The Board now is asking parents and community members to comment on the draft document and make suggestions for revision. If you would like to participate, please contact your local public elementary or secondary school for a copy of the outcomes and a brief survey which should be completed and returned before March 3, 1995 to the school or the Durham Board of Education Centre. I i te oc 5 RD RRC A a RN A TR Rs al GR fi N pt o