Hughes *Report from ;,Q ueen's Park By THE HON. GEORGE ASHE, MPP (PC -Durham West) a sap n te fce o jstabout every taxpayer At atm neooi recovery was galnlng stPghteLbra oeneti roinalbodkick the feet out from under our financial foundations. ,There was nothing new in the budget f or the over age 24 unemployed. No new job creation programs, 'or skll-training initiatives, and nothing for women, or for the dlsabled. Low income earners will be bard pressed to pay for increased taxes on tobacoo, beer, liquor, and gasoline. Municipalities had been promised an addltional $40 million per year over five years for a municipal road improvement plan. The government i fact deicreased the allocation for the Mlnstry of Tran- uj>rtation and Communications expenditures by $34 million In 195/86. ,While the government decreased fundng to MTC, at the same time, it increased taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel, and fees for motor vehicle registration and drivers' licences. The Increases in vehicle registration and licence fees wlll generate an ad- ditional $40 million for the treasurv in a full isala year, while the fuel taxes will add another $79 million. At a time when real estate sales have finally recovered from the devastating effect of the recession, the Liberals are adding to the cost of a home purchase by substantially incressing the land transfer tax. This tax, addlng another $30 million to the treasurer's coffers, is another of those growing hidden costs that one pays upon losing a property transaction. Ail wage earners will pay higher provincial in- come taxes, an estimated full year increase of $321 million. % Corporations will pay higher taxes as well, meaning less money available for expansion and job creation. What about the climate for job creation in the pýrovince. The previous Conservative 1985 fiscal ,pan will generate 'an estimated' 152,000 new jobs this year but the Liberal policies are projected to create a climnate for only 108,000 new jobs in 1986. The size of the Ontario Public Service bas by Con- servative government policy been shrinking each year for the past eight years. A reduction of over 5,000 positions. The Liberal budget projects a growth of 700 positions In one year. Wbat they have said and promised and what they have done are two entirely different things. The bottom une of this budget is that Ontarians in ail corners of the province will pay, and pay, and psy. A total of $699 million more in a full fiscal year anyt hsze of the deficit will grow by $2.2 billion dollars, up $500 million, from the last Conservative budget. Oh well, it's only money, yours and mine!1 - BUSINESS FORMS -LEGAL CERTIFICATES -WEDDING INVITATIONS -NCRFORMS announces he'lirun for hydro conunisSion John Hughes, a rani estate manager and consultant, bas announ- ced his candidacy for the office of comn- missioner on the Whitby Hydro Electric Com- mission. Hughes feels be's qualified for the job because of his experien- ce as an energy conser- vation consultant ln Toronto with such com- panies as Xerox, Sim- mons, Reynolds & Reynolds and Bell. Con- servation remains a major interest of is and if elected, he hopes to belp local homeowners and business eut down on their consumption. He pointa out that 15 percent of the local Hydro Commission budget goes to operate and maintain the systemi and maintains tbat the special needa of our district include transformer stations, metering, lines, costing, billing, deniand and supply, special safety equipment for Hydro employees and main- tenance and construc- tion., Hughes says ba's a civic booster and bas been active in the Wit- by Girls' Athletic Aisociation and sponor of a ladies' fastbal team and a men's sin- pitch squad. yousend it, S ealiL, TFHL LtJN(i ASSOCIATION *CARDS *FOLDERS *LEflERHEADS & ENVELOPES -CATALOGUES e. '-e PONY L 16345 ISTELLAR -LNJ~..~ STELLAR SL $8995 Plu5 PDl .& relght = *DURHAM'S LARG EST HYUNDAI DEALER IHOME OF THE HYUNDAI STELLAR & PONY JMON.THURS., 99p.m., FRI. 9-6 pT1 ONTARIO PONY WIYITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNFSDAY. NOVEMI3ER 6. 1985. PAGE-31 j Nail Works owner Wendy Pritchard (right) beauty salon specializes gives fellow beautician Diane Murphy a quick nails. nail fi-mn between customers. The Whitby in custom-made acrylic Free Press Staff Photo She makes ,nanicured nails that work Witb beautifully manicured pink fingernails that protrude at least an inch from ber cuticles, Wendy Pritchard la a walking advertisement for ber downtown business, Nail Works. Acrylic nails, sucb as the set Pritchard waves about, are availabie at Nail Works for oniy $30. Virtually unheard of 10 years ago, the artificial beauty aida have recently become the rage among fashion-conscious women. "For juat a few dollars a month, women can look glamorous." said Pritchard whose clientele ranges from welfare recipients to Whitby "society ladies". The beautician's tools, appropriated from a dentits office, were originally designed witb false teetb in mmnd. The principle, explains Prit- chard, is the same. The liquid plastic is applied directiy to the customer's nails, iength added as desired. Once the artificial nails have hardened. Prit- chard sanda and shapes them, wlth a shiny in- strumient resembling a dentist's drill. While the new nails retain many of the charac- teristica of the woman's own, they are stronger and lana likely to break. As a customer's rani nails grow, she need only go ln for monthly fi-mns to keep ber nails looking perfect. While Pritchard admits that ber own nails are pretty unwieldy and often get caught in car doors, she says most of ber clients go for shor- ter, more conservative nails. For those women who enjoy a bit of eccen- tricity, however, Pritchard la happy to indulge them in their wildest whims. In ber seven years in business, she's decorated nails with decals, and rhinestones, and even carved Christmas trees in one client's nails'for a special occasion. "Most of the women feel terrific wben they leave here, " she said. CHISTASLYAA PA