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Chiteiiiiick Keith works to make trlilldnm't wishes come true K-W radio IIftereonalitx Randy Owen shows on his unique cycling state in the Celeb ty Trike ace on Saturday. The event kicked on the nun Grand Prix International Cycling Race and raised money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Km M ttttttto Year No.3 Page A5 lay, July 31 199 Manual offers a practical approach to resume writing Waterloo. Onta Page A13 "We're not asking for any loans or grants, we don't want any money We Just want the tax status quo, It's a segmem of the industry that is growmg and the revenue for the government 15 enormous, but any new taxes will kill us and that hurts everyone." When Brick Brewery opened Six years ago, it was the only micro-brewery 1n Ontario and the first year's sales were only $400,000. Today, for the first time smce opening its doors, Brick recorded a profit. says Brickman. The election, says Bnckman. put the microbreweries back in "square om" when the new government reimplvrnented the tax, a tax that will be added to the already 52 per cent on average that the breweries are currently taxed Crossword "We spent months lobbymg them, con vincing them that the tax was unfair and they finally agreed to halve the tax for breweries under 50.000 hectahtres hkv Brick and phase It In a third at a time We continued to lobby and finally convinced them that the tax was still unfmr Then there was an plenum," (immunity Business . r. _._-.,-_ ...... u... u” mku Ira The tax, originally devised by the Liberal government in 1987, is based on a per hectalitre percentage of prahurtion, a formula that would give the large brewer ies a huge advantage over the rmertrbreu enes. says Brickman. Brickman. and other micro~brewery own- ers. are lobbying the ND)? government m an effort to convince them to rethink their proposed new tax on breweries Brickman, owner of Waterloo's Brick Brewery, says any more taxes levied on miero-breweries will likely lead to more closings and cites the closing of the Amstel Brewery in Hamilton as an axamnln Ontario's micro-breweries are already being taxed to death and a new provincial tax will only worsen the situation, says Jim Brickman. Koren Addeney Chronicle Staff blew beer tax will kill micro-breweries Brick’s owner warns F................... ...N '.. A6 ' A10 . A13 ' A15 5211 The micro breweries haw NA up 2: mew! mg In September with thr pr<~\,n{'.a. treasurer, with the suppor! of Emmi M P P , Will Ferguson and Elizabeth Witmer .1: the hopes that further 1ncrvas¢~> (an tn averted. "We're trylng to be compelnm F our prlcer the same 'd.s other hwr But the government tends to think Just riil.t4. our prlces to NAVY ”Inf! and we Just can't do that and a business Ft Advertising supplements tieltsered u uh tonight's Waterloo Chronicle 2ehrs, Con enact College'. Brwkman gap m hm pend a ( $6 millmn In [swam MA wan am early years, carried a full tax Mud the concessmm for mwmbrwrr; mm exust ". . ' any new taxes will kill us and that hurts everyone." Thursday’s weather Sunny, with cloudy periods. ( High, 29 C ‘Selecved mas Brickman lothmk Ae unl , r Prlo's Lake‘s hm 1 t'