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<~pp~ ~.<z vq~rrr-~ fi ,1e~Tt4(J~P~1 RF~UI~ ~15fl V'~T'1t7J .~i ~rv~c~ U 1? W t EiMYt VVffIFREEtPRBSB, MEDNESDrAtWI ANTJARY 24, 1990, PGP PAGE SEVE N HE ITÀR SII 4. 6~~of the FENC WHY THE GSI' MUST BE STOPPED ..,.*.~ There seems te be two points of view.when it cornes te the .. GST. And Fin not referring te those that are for it or against it - I havent even found any conservatives who are for it, they always say it is better than what we have now or it's necessary or somte other very Iukewarmn response. No, the two peints of view that rm talking about are those that sigh deeply and accept it as inevitable and why1el fight it, and those who feel that sornething has te be done te stop it or at the very least reduce its impact; The latter grcup won a pyrrhic victory when Michael Wilson, after months cf . . saying "No," finally agreed te, reduce the rate te 7 per cent from 9 per cent.M The drop was purely a poitical move since the other 2 per cent will be made up from other taxes. Only $0.7 billion - legssA than 3 per cent cf the governiment's criginally anticipated ..,. revenue of $27 billion - will be made up frem gevernment spending cuts. Nevertheless, the fact that the governiment moved at all is a measure of how aware they are of the taies unpepularity. News Item: Warmings on cigarette packages are to become even more blunt. The lesson for ail those who think the tax is inevitable is that the goverrmnent can be moved. And the direction they have te move in is te drastically__________ ___________________________ reduce the spending that makes the tax 'necessary'. The size of the GST is a direct measure cf Mulroney's ÀL"W ability as a manager. When the geverniment first teok office F they assured us that their business and management expertise would allow them te run a tighter, leaner govern- ment operation. Eric Kierans, the Mr. Fix-it cf those early days was appointed as a special task force te ferret eut the waste. He muade a lot cf recommendations but nothing much was done. Now, ierans is gene and his report languishes on shelves acress the country. (There's a copy in the Whitby Librazy - it takes up about a foot and a half of shelf space.) So, why hasn't Mulroney done what he said he would do? Is he afraid of a union backlash? If se, what we as citizens have te, do is make him more afraid cf an electoral backlash. Bureaucracy is net something that can be tackled through early retirements, attrition, etc. Bureaucracy is an attitude which is only solved by strong management with the will and power te make things work. Just as in private enterprise, every goverrnment job should be able te stand the testa cf efficiency, necessity, and preductivity and if any job fails those tests or if there are more efficient ways of reaching the same goals, then the goverient has the obligation te make those changes. If it doesn't work, it should be scrpped or revamped se, it does. Se what happened te al cf Mulroney's business smnarts in the secret confines of the cabinet meeting room. Presumably lie teld his ministers toecut their budgets. Hlis ministers, in - turn, teck those instructions te their deputy ministers. .. If you've ever watched the British TV series, les. . - ..., ... ' Mnir you knew what happons next. Ottawa's deputy -- ministers are net called mandarins because they're Chinese, ILEYDENSHORE PARK LOOK1NG EAST IN WINTEIRt C. 1956 it's because they're empire builders and cutting staff i5 ju5t Heydenshore Park was established as a private summer resort in'1900 by Fred Hatch and net the samne as empire building. other leading citizens of Whitby who built cottages along the shore cof Lake Ontaie The Se tliey confuse, befuddle, persuade, coax, and intimidate cottages were demolished in 1965 and the Park is now owned by the Town of Whitby. And when it met with universel condemnation, they went back te the cabinet and teld the niMsters te trim seme more 125 TEARS AGO fat - ail they got this time was a measely $0.7 billion. froru the Thursday, January 19, 1865 edition cf the (Something tella me that the fafling eut between Kierans WHITBY CHRONICLE and Mulroney had something te do witli style - I picture e Conservative, Thomas N. Gibbà won the Provincial Electien in Ontario South riding by Kierans as the no-nonsense-type of manager wlio would have 193 votes. teld the other ministers to cut their budgets, or, Iby golly, he'd a James B. Bickelcf Brookhin is president cf the Whitby and East Whitby Agricultural do it for theni.) Society. If we as a Canadian people let this tax go thrcugh, it will Chester Draper, ewner cf Whitky Harbor, has been charged with deceit by The Chrenicle encourage the governmnent te continue! te waste our ta for net maintaining Brock Street in gôox condition, as a route te the harbor. dollars It cmi only go up. And yesý, it canÙ be beaten. If onl* John Shier, Ontarie County's engineer, is president cf the South Ontario Agricultural ail thooe Jack Horners who ait in their corners would just get Scey up off their butta and say "We won't take it any moes" 1.'F 1 i-ý f t-I Irl It 1 19 ý . - ý. - . - ". - ..