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PAGE 10, WHIrBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29. 1992 13Y Mark 1<eeor Ontae Progresive Conserva- tive leader Mike Harris brought hi. «blueprint for econemie, DISCUSS YOUR TI{OUGHTS WITIIYOUR M.P. invites youto his VOX Pop -FORUMM (Town Hall Meeting) January 31, 1992' PICKERING LIBRARY 7:15 -9:OO Pm lm-- lkm- -ik- lm . . . . 1 . - -- - - - Harris says even though ý there'. $20 billion extra mi th e system. it's being wasted through governent inefficiency expan- sîohi of services and ovefy gener- SEE.PAGE 21 renewai to a, breakfast meeting ini Whitby recently. Harris blames ail levels and brands of governmenta for <'over- spending, over-taxdig» and being «over-simplistic» with public policy. Hie says Ontario used to be envied bý the rest of the country as Canada'. economic engine, but «Treeé os orpremiers and five governments since 1985 have generated ne les. than 50 tax increases in Ontario... "The provincial debt has risen dramatically, from $30 billion te $50 billion by April of 1992... goverament, spending and tex revenues have more than dou- bled since 1985." Harris says Ontario had a 10 per cent tex advantage over Que- bec and was rated as «very cern- petitive» against Japan and Europeb4ythe Conference Board of Canada in 1985. "Today, Ontario is the hi hest taxed jurisdiction in ail of olrt mnerica.» Harris says even when infla- tien and population growth are factored in, the province i. sPending $20 billion more now than it did in 1981. «Are you better off now than in 1981?," he asked. I1kLJ:ff~ 014TAIO PC leader Mike Harris invited local politi- clans and business leaders to a breakfast meeting in Whitby reoently. Photo by Mark Eoeur, Whtby Free Prou