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Not All Home Repairs Increase Taxes The Development Commit. tee, whose membership is wÂ¥ have been a reader of Deputy Reeve Gell Points Out That... 1966 Chevelle Malibu â€" Hardtop She further points, out that reâ€" pairs and maintenancée such as reâ€" wiring, painting, renewal of driveâ€" way or garage can be done without tax increases. While this is true (and we are grateful for Mrs. Gell pointing it out to many, many confused taxpayers), it does not come even close to the 1966 Chevrolet Biscayne â€" 2 Door In a Letter To The Editor, Deâ€" puty Reeve Florence Gell says she ‘"‘agreed the present system of taxaâ€" tion came out of the dark ages," and adds "some municipalities, York for one, have ‘been trying for yvears to have this (tle Act) changed." Year after year, many organizaâ€" tions and municipalitiee urge the Ontario government to amend the Assessment Act, so that people can improve their homes without incurâ€" ring the wrath of the municipal asâ€" sessor trained to spot improvements. To date at any rate, these people could have got as much encourage: ment by talking to a stone wall. Two years ago a poll taken by the Lakeshore weekly The Adver tiser, indicated that more than 85 g‘er cent of the homeowners in New oronto, Long Branch and Mimico hesitate or refuse to make major imâ€" provements to their homes because they know that the Metro AsSessâ€" ment Department will reward them for their labors and financial outâ€" lays with higher tax bills. YoU sAVE . .$471.00 YOU sAVE _ $613.00 Discrimination Of The Worst Sort Automatic _ transmis sion, w hite walls wheel discs, radio, op. tional 146 H.P. motor Lic.. No. 150123 Automatic _ transmisâ€" sion, w bite walls, wheel _ discs, _ radio. Lic. No. 149489. BARGAIN TIME at LEAVENS SSE Published at 2159 Weston Rd., Weston by Principal Publishing Ltd., every Thursday V. J. McMillan, President and Publisher J. M. Jordan, General Manager B. M. Hoimes, Editor Telephone CH 1 â€"5211 Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept. Ottawa, Ont,, and for payment of postage in cash SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 per year in advance to any address in Canada 1966 COMPANY CARS Editorial Page tries, were the instigators of this study and have spent maky weeks in study of the report and have now sent it to Council and to the Planning Board for further study and action. The Planning Board, after ‘ further . study . and in consultation with Procter & Redfern, will present the reâ€" Other countries $6.00 Sale Price Sale Price $2757 $2552 June 9, 1966 CHEV OLDS The Ontario Assessment Act is archaic and discrimination of the worst sort. The only way that homeâ€" owners can expect abreak will be by council members like Mrs. Gell and her counterparts in Weston and North York to continue their attack on an Act that should have been changed a long time ago. If for example, two homes are 30 years old, the one that the owner maintains pays twice as much in taxes as the one that is nearly ready to collapse. The present assessment system subsidizes those who let their homes to fall in a state of disrepair and penalizes those who make improveâ€" ments. In other words, the Winter Works officials are careful to point out that if you plan a "complete modernization" of your home, you must face the fact that your tax bill can go up as much as $200, simply because you purchased materials, hired labor and with the two imâ€" proved your home*and neighborâ€" hood. root of the problem. Even the Winter Works pamphâ€" let, which Mrs. Gell enclosed‘ with her letter, it states in bold type, "The repairs and improvements can be made without increasing taxes if they are not part of complete mod: ernization." 1 know you want to assure your people that NOT ALL IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR HOMES WILL RAISE THEIR ASSESSMENT. 1 am attach Ing a copy of "Good Mainâ€" (Continued on Page 3) port and amendments to our Official Plan to the people and the final draft. ofâ€" the plan will be presented to the Ontario Municipal Board for their approval. 1952 Weston Rd. ©@ Doctor‘s prescriptions filled " y8 ©® Broken lenses _ replaced _ _ @ Glassés on credit. CH 1â€"3588 Before the proponents continue their camping demanding that the Federal and Provincial governments take over the large municipal share of educations costs, they should stop and think for a moment what the end result will mean. Education in Metropolitan Torâ€" onto is a $200 million a year busiâ€" ness. Therefore to shift this substanâ€" tial account from Metro and hand it to the senior governments can‘t be done as painlessly as some people would have us believe. There are 1,600,000 people livâ€" ing in Metro, and for the purpose of this analysis, we will say that one quarter or 400,000 of them are the wage earning family heads. WESTON CREDIT JEWELLERS OPTICAL DEPT. If, as North York School Board Provincial Dollars Won‘t Help 4 JOHN ST. KEN JOHNS MEN‘S WEAR Father‘s Day is drawing near, May we suggest, perhaps this year You cheer up not one man but two, ‘Cuz Ken Johns is a Father too! Stop!, says Messrs. Paisley and. Tacon, you forgot that the $200 milâ€" lion bill will also be shared by inâ€" dustries through increased corporaâ€" tion taxes. While this remember that needed by the will also rise. If there is any real answer to mounting property taxation crises, perhaps it is to keep the increasing cost of education in line with the costs of other municipal services. Chairman Peter Tacon and Conâ€" troller Irving i‘nisley strongly _reâ€" commend, the Federal and Provinâ€" cial governments do foot the entire education bill, every family in Metro will Eave.their taxes increased $500. OWED TO A FATHER give him an electrical gift on his big day is true, we should pricés for goods taxpayer â€" consumer WESTON _I have an answer for this one. and 1 believe a good many other people do too. If there is no incentive to work for something. you just lay down your tools and stop working. "My cousin lives in a subsidized housing project and wouldn‘t have it any other way," he said. "Why should he work hard, Buy a home, maintain it and pay the taxes, when by working less he can qualify for a government home?" V'flieukel;omeinlv of a man earning $90 a week he exâ€" gl;ioned. is only $15 less than the guy who sweats to earn 150. Also in England. says my friend whose politics are definâ€" itely left of centre, the fellow who leans on the state for support often gets much more than the man who works hard for his $40 weekly wages. "Almost everyone leaves you with the impression that they are more interested in betting on the dog races, soccer pools and national sweepstakes than they are in their fobl." he said. They leave you with the idea that by bettâ€" ng two Shillings they might win 20,000 Pounds and sud. denly become rich." hm â€"= A skilled tradosman, my friend said plasterers in Engâ€" land can earn up to 50 Pounds ($150) a week if they put in enough overtime, but thev don‘t because accelerated income taxes will take most all their extra earnings. In Canada, he says, people, particularly those in the 25 to 35 age group. arg in a hurry to get somewhere. ‘They work hard for high/wages and constantly strive to improve themselves and io seek better jobs. In Engiand on the other hand, the people. particularly those who consider themselves part of the upper class, seem happier in reliving their past glories than in improvâ€" ing their present lot. milk â€" â€" _ Why has glorious England slipped so terribly from its pinnacle of 50 years ago, to its lowly position in the world today? P t _ Today England, known as the cradle to grave welfare state, has a difficult task maintaining a standard of living even comparable to that of Germany and Japan. _ _ _ An acquaintance, who recently visited Britain for a month, gave me what he considers some of the reasons.. Near the beginning of this Century, many considered England the centre of the Universe. Her proud merchant marine had a bigger fleet delivering goods across the great oceans than the rest of the world shipping put to That‘s The Way ... Be sure to get your FREE copy of our colourful 1966 garden catalogue. are in stock now for your immediate selection. 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