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WM tuitiociinouicw- Wednesday. human 7 my» 7 Lo all ad u hfo mo ‘nfra ru ur fundin c e ersp s r rel st ct e g ("untinued from page I future without mortgaging that future." loran. "We wanted to look at ways the federal had around the table and they were very Some of the things that don't work governmentcan help cities. good discussions." [idlltilldi (Alli Us inn-ting with Prime Minister include the tax rebate plan that was floated in "Only eight cents of every Braid reiterated that (”and sit-prim Harper and his (alum-t. the US. last summer. The impact was negjiv tax dollar is kept at the “I revisited the da was in the best position to lirdid said the at t t'ss to Credit especially gible and did little to prevent the financial municipal level. [he rest of it d . . weather the stortn out of all of \lrllt'h a diorti “ill! the local business com- meltdown in the financial markets in ()cto~ goes up and it's like steam risr I ea Ofgllung the (i? countries, it had the iliunll) lhe gowriiiiient and the Bank of berls‘aid Braid > ing â€" not tnuch is raining back one per cent lowestdebl ratio andlias the ( anada have dom- tht-ir best to get “Edit it had a one-time hit that lasted weeks at down and we have very lean h h most hnancial flexibility alter tltiwmgtrom thetintintittl institutions but the the most," he said. “Spending that doesn't resources to ensure the Pft e CST [O t e a decade ul'surpluses. business (Ollllllllllli) is still having problems encourage investment or create an impact in resources that families need." . ,nunicipaljn’es_ "it was a constructive getting the funds it needs the economy will perhaps lead to structural She said the federal repre- d I k freeâ€"wheeling discussion,” " ”It: access to (full! particularly for small deficits" sentatives were attentive and we wante to 00 said Braid. and medium . si/t-tl enterprises ls really One group that wanted the government to taking copious notes about at ways thefeder- "It was very open and colâ€" iitiporttint." stud Brand ;l"h.u's ~â€" , stay the course on taut policy the municipalities' concerns I Iaborative and it was so helpâ€" the one thing l‘w hoard over ~ was the Greater Kitchener and solutions to some long- a government ful to have leaders from difv and over again the last few ; Waterloo Chamber of Com- term problems like social can help Cities.” ferent sectors of the conimu» \\ eeks in talking to people and w , merce. housrng. nity particrpating. business people Ill the comâ€" r r . “We basically supported “We need a national hous- â€" Brenda Mailman But the question remains munity." " _ ~ the notion of no further tax ing strategy and everybody r‘l’aW’OfWGWIOO will the government be able Federal l-‘inancc Minister Q ' ; cuts and supporting the tax needs safe. affordable hous- to survive the budget process lint l-‘lahertywas meeting with i . . '~ . cuts in place rather than ing,” said Halloran. "As municipalities we with the other three federal parties threaten representatives of the big _ - withdrawing them." said don‘t have the money to do this but we know ing to topple it? banks at the same time Mon- 1 _’ ' “ ' . chamber president loan Fisk. what the needs are because we walk the “The consultation has included the oppo- day to see if they couldn't get ». . “We really need to stay the streets and see the people in need in our sition parties in the House of Commons and the credit markets moving § course and we need infra- communities there have been constructive discussions again. Braid said that it's one "if structure money and the “Those are some of the discussions we with those parties." said Braid. of the lessons of history to ,. support for the auto industry have access to capital during which is very important in economic downturns in order “I think there was our area. I to keep the machinery of “We feel that by adding business moving instead of cogsebnsusdalzgss more tax cuts. where‘s it ' choking it on. t 9 our t [ going to come from?" there needs to be A" THE ARROWSMITH COGNITIVE PROGRAM “min-V- he ”K" , . . . P°."CY “sues f.” me “when Coming Fall 2009 to Guelph Community Christian School While the combined stimâ€" a glgnlficant said the meettng‘was respon- , I h'/ 'h I . / lea . d" b'/' . . Iud' ' ulus of lower ”new“ rates . 1 ka we and pmdumve‘ Arrowsmlth he psc idren wrt mu ripe m/ng 150 litres inc mg. and the federal government stimu ”5pm ge “There is a sense that a . v a , , ‘ buying up mortgages works offiscalsfimulus when the current downturn «cs 1.5 ”i 0 Reading 0 VISUG/ memory 1 . “â€" its way through the system. in the economy ends, we as a 1 . . - - Braid said they also have to through region are going to be in a ‘d‘ i . Writing . AUd'tory memory v, protect againstpiling up big government pretty good position "when gas 3 gr _ t 0 Mathematics 0 Dyslexia i structural defictts that would d. n the recovery occurs, said F. ‘ y . . _ - . i take the federal government Sp?” lng- Sinclair. “A lot of local manu- . ,t ‘ Logical reasoning ' Auditoryprocessmg years to recover from. like in Jamar“, facturers have been making _ a; __ 1" ' ,.. the“? thin-k Ihem was (Omen “memo MP Luwfiyoigfig: finggfigig Media coverage includes CBC-TV,TVO, Modeon's magazine, Toronto Star and sus across the board that there needs to be a gy over the last two or three years Professionally Sin-kins (the journal Of the Ontario College ofTeachers) significant stimulus package of fiscal stimu- “Once we come out of this recession we’ll and others. lus through government spending." said be in a very good position to move forward . Braid, "That said. it is clear that there Will be a on the global market." m Information mam MM“ ”at deficit mm this budget. but what we do not Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloran said this “my my]; “730, n. ® new lag-”1931730, or. want to return to is longâ€"term structural wasthe first time she could remember meet- ' ' deficits. ing with federal MP5 in a collaborative “Canadians have to understands that approach. She stressed the need for the fed- ' deficits lead to debt, and the debt has to be eral government to come to the table to help G uel ph CO' I II | l U n |ty repaid sooner or later through taxes. So we out with infrastructure. social housing and need to find the rigltt balance betm'cn doing economic development. 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