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t \ mm-muâ€"anmz-ir Budgets must make tough choices for the future starting now The first quarter of every calendar year foralllevels oi allwtthelrcorporatetaxratestolileercentlidelaywould Thebummondlieportsaidiithepmindalgtwemmem government across (.anada is dominated by budget also impede the basal mutt plan to market Cana- continues to spend as it does today. the deficit will not be debates dam-apt" cent corporatetaawne. eliminated by 2017-18. instead. the shortfall would more After a relatively quiet month of l‘ebniary following the At both the Marni and prwlneial levek. oontabting gov- thandoubleto $30.2 billion mam-ism net publicdebt t passage of municipal budgets across Waterloo Region. the ernrnent spending is essential. Over the past three years. would reach 811.4 billion. 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Since this is Premier not seen the same commitment to restraint in the public At the end of the day, Ontario must make the tough McGuirity'sfirst minoritybudgetandthefiscalplanfoilom sectorsndthetideofannualdeficitsintbebiliionsmuatbe drumstiomeakestrateglcchoiceslorthehimre. the release of the Drummond Report. the attention is addressed extraordinarily intense inall regions oithepruvinee. The priority (or both levels ofgovemment must be a n- t For the local. provincial and national business sectors, mmabdbshneeanddaflehdhxlnatlonldohouse- mmapmtmceo ‘ theconcemisthatboththeieder- musing-«mnemqeridmthanhtakes ofdtanurxim-m'ioo i' t alandOntariobudgetshave inforhngwlthoutdeepconseqm OmbudConmm “\ i a plan to balance their i budgets and maintain if f: a» , a??? N V. ‘ y \' H H “\ l scheduled corporate tax if; $ V , . ~ ‘f‘ " " "' “ 1 1 II cuts. The interest isespecial- . ' ' ' = o | 5 i I ly high in Queen's Park , may 5 I 1 his} a a,” ' where Finance Minister 1 o V g a! ’ an Dwight Duncan recently R -, . N ha l 4 _ ~ 1 indicaltled he is considering D l v . . If i ‘i i i . a cance ing plans to cut _ -" ~ g ' corpomtetaxratetomper ’f\R{ A . VA ML”! 35 ' cent fromll.5percentuntil , , " C) bfl‘ l sauna-sermon new“. iii?! g . f the books are balanced in \~ - ' V ‘ 2017-18. , i was t: , ' "3 , 5 5,5 5! The 2009 provincial ,-\ 2: . V g , 5“; budget desigristedarateof _» , " . ' ' l "' | ' ‘ at d" i] I W per cent by2013â€"ahr- _ ‘ J “fig, ill sector consider ' ' get (hep Vi ‘ “mm " 7 -' " it! ‘gi 5 critical for competitiveness with , TECH" . a, . ‘ neighbouring states and provinces V r V ‘ 1.13? 3:33, 1-3- â€"‘ I ‘ p . There is no indication the federal govemmentwill -‘ 3; ‘ n _ “11! LP increase any corporate or personal taxes in their __ d: “g _;;_ :- {any lg 5 mminstdBfl-mingmchanirutiativemfllbe _,- an E ll 3: 5 1,11 detrimental to the current national economic rectw- A -~ a“ x i 3! if; r cry, Maintaining these planned corporatetaarate mi; t l~i~ an x f h is l i! reductions is important because businena plan for ‘ ”3 may... I x x i. i‘ lib! ti investment and growth based on thing likeoorporate a ”a”... 13:1. s seams» e._.~_.-._....__ VV f, 5 . pi! rates. We cannot risk raising taxes that dampen the WW . W, ‘ l “We w. _ w * “£32113! ! appetite for business to invest again. i ‘I , i;- r f _V ~ ; ‘ “we «r V ‘ .. a i 5. is“ sears-"WA tsttt t ‘ if v t.:':::“’*’f""‘ » ; 1 "l l ' ' Q ,~ r -â€" , I _| Growth 13 good ' . *‘ .. t -==m m Marathi ‘3 3 4L..;, View,” “E n- if? i". l‘{' it continuation-um lG npanmemmarkct. ' zV- “were u w t; ji it? 1. 1 Murray said under the s, . “miâ€"inâ€" mg lit.- g “g ill}; in 1 it is hoped the sector will Places the Crow plan six f‘- \ mue- - x t; {F ‘ “g“ l 1 continue to he a solid areas of intensification ‘3' _. t” winâ€"h- nn x ' is “I“ 2 4 baisforthefuturt-V have been identified out- g may i...“â€" x x it. gig“; l I “Ultimately the pnvatc side of the GTA and three my“ 3:4. -~~ â€"~- A 4” ~ â€"~â€"~~-~~>â€"~~~v -- 4: , I! "213; l sector drives the econo- of them are in Waterloo 3 k . V g ”fr" V 1 lg! Hi!!!“ m , and the role of the Region. ‘The growth is x 5's ’ m z; a V ' e g i 4 payblic sector is to make coming and it has started 1 2012 SOHENTO ‘ - 34 pi? ' , ". 454g V' ' "I "41! l * sure that Waterloo Region to happen.“ he said L ”r" ~»_ {mi - , -:r,â€"_;::_;,:r;._..;.::-’~‘» ' {I} F" ii is open for business and That growth plan also - 1 " Q"\ ' ,~ , ‘ ‘ “"”""‘”"‘_“_ ‘“__~'~-‘-.-;___'_ l u u n ' the services it prtm‘des is put in measures to con- ’“ â€"-â€"â€".. “N ‘ .. . V i’ -=-u- amu -â€"..u i j ! hlll i. the services it needs at a trol urban sprawl. That ‘ ‘ em ; ~ an ' ‘ 5h 35d; -i 1 cost that is affordable.“ means dopercentofnew . n m {A I; } i! s . 1 saidMasseo, growth in Waterloo 1 “w E 2» ' h! l . . I It term of intensifica- Region has tooccurinthe ' - g V """""'"" a w Z 31 ifl Li 1 tion. that process its existing built-uptirea. 5 ’--- ‘ t °"""""'“""" an "" if -! 5 1h! 1 alreadyundemay “Has it had an influ- 3 > "'""“"" l " x J 5; i g ‘ i 'We still have pit-tit cnceâ€"ithassaldMur- ; gal: - , ' 'â€"f"f‘”"“'““*‘ ‘ ‘ "“”"” ‘ “ i 5 =" j healthy hutlding activity rayaboutthelegislation. -~, 1 A . _ ‘ ‘ ' ‘ - . . . "‘ u ,-}H‘ : in this community." said “And is gromh starting ® I “H4 2 Murray. to happen in a different i 3 "I. i -We'vc had unnu- tlial wayâ€" ibis" f pl V “M” g at}! g“ lenges but wt‘ still we a fire cnsity o peo e . MM 5 healthy (minority lit-tin" and jobs per hectare are mmkvmmmmi ; WIN u'. ‘1.-" 1 5551; ‘l' t Single film”) homes also nearing provincially R"m'lf‘dfl'lV\C'.d'b'ylflm t ‘w r "A H i H I ”W "H ' . A ilifi l:i| t dominated the into! ton mandatedaverages 1 "' W ' "H“ WWI ' f s 1h gig y struction wt tut in 2007, “Wcsawaplanoisub- . l s representing 70 per cent division recently of peo- we“: “ ., k_sV.i,,,,.__ _ Awfiwmflmf I' a i l; ] - of new t‘tlnklrllt‘iliin, In pie and jobs of 60 or 70 WW 1 mzmzzaâ€"uar-râ€"‘muwpâ€"zâ€"uâ€" ‘ I § ‘ ' 20” that number was per hectare â€" the COD- ‘ ' râ€" "*"““““_"*““’“"‘“'*"‘"” "N‘M is i !| l a down to 40 pct (cm with stmction industrylareally it mmpfllltllng mt rt-ase responding to the plan." K'TCHENER KlA 300 HOMER WATSON BLVD.. KITCHENER A seen III the (with) and said Murray. 519-571.“ M.MOOH\ - 7";