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1lO-The Canadian Champion, F riday, March 3. 2000 Challenging municipality Federal tax cuts MPP Chudleigh makes highlight budget seconu cai or tax cu s The unveiling of Monday's federal budget has prornpted Halton MPP Ted Chudleigh to reissue bis cail for tax cuts at the municipal level. He challenged local govemrments. cuITely enmeshed in the drawing up ,of their budgets. 10 matchs provincial and federal efforts aI tax relief by reducing property taxes. "Ib's a question of what, servi.ces should be provided and what level of those services is appropriale," he said. 'Municipalities should reverl 10 square one and justify ail services and >service levels tisaI lhey provide." He repeated an carlier suggestion tisaI Warning Signs of a Heart Attack Not everyone who experiences a heart attack will feel the sane but the cornmon signa of a heart attack include: "uncoiortable pressure, squeezing, fuliness or discornforl in the center of the chesl behind the breastbone, which rnay spread to the shoulder, neck or amans. This pain rnay or rnay not be severe. "Sweating, pale Clammy skin * Nausea, vornibing or indigestion * Shortness of breath " A feeling of weakness. Contact your physician irnmediately or eall 911 if these signs occur alone or in combinalion. is bmought to yoiu cStesy of Halton Healthcare S -E R V 1I,.-C E * S and the Town use a portion of sils revenue [rom Mohawk Raceway to, reduce the tax burden. Milton received $2.5 million in ils first alots cheque. In tise paît. Mr. Chudleigis suggesîed uaing haîf tise slots payments 10 slice properly taxes by.an average of $300. Slaslaing taxes has a direct effect on econom ' ie prosperiîy. said Mr. Cisudleîgh. noting 664,000 jobs have been creatd in Ontario sisace the Harria govemnient eut taxes in 1995. Welfare rolla have been cul by 472,000. And he cluianed tise United States la stili riding high on jobs crealed by for- mer president Ronald Reagan ara tax culs. WANNOUNCEMENT' I W PMAUL aimm au Dan mtIFALMU Gary Hunt & staff of Hunt Chrysler Jeep are pleased 10 welcome Paul Simoneau and Ben McFarlane 10, the Hunt sales team. Paul and Ben would like t0 take this opporlunity 10 invite their many friends and acquaintances 10, corne visil them aI Hunt Chrysler Jeep. H U NT C H RYSL ER J EE P 500 Bronte Street South 1 I~I (905) 876-2580 Milton Girls Softball A ssociation 2000 Registration Softball for girls born 1981-1990 FINAL REGISTRATION Saturday, March 4 9:30Oam -5:00Opm Milton Mal Avoid paying higher fées... register now!. Registration fees held for 5th straight year! $70 for lst player in family, $50 for 2nd, $40 for 3rd or more, Sign up at registration. efrom BUDGET on page 1 to $2,056 in July. Middle class and high income brackets wiIl be extended to $35,000 and $75,000 respectively, and middle class camnera will sec their 26 per cent tax rate cut back to 24 per cent this July. By 2004, il will be down to 23 percent. And a 5 per cent surtax now levied on incomes of '$65,000 will kick in at $85.000 instead, then be phased out cornpletely over the next Oive years. The corporate tax rate will also slide from 28 per cent to, 27 per cent by January 1, then to 21 per cent by 2004. On the RRSP front, a current 20 per cent foreign content limita- tion will increaae to 30 per cent. On the spending aide, the feds will inject $2.5 billion over four ycars in transfers to, health care and secondary education. Military spending wilI see a $1.7 per cent boost over threc ycars, while infrastructure spending will increase by $2.6 billion over six years. But tax culs should have corne in lon g ago, said Mr. Chudleigh. 'The federal goverrncnt haa been in a surplus situation for Oive years but is only now in the face of howla of protest, slopping their practice of taking more rnoney frorn bcleaguered laxpayers than thcy require to run tic country," he said. 'mat over-taxation is, in practical ternis, theft." But the feds have been justifiably cautious aI'ter walking into a disastrous dcOicit when taking over the counlry's helrn, said Mr. Reed. ."It's the Oirst lime we're corning [rom the other side of the coin," he said. "This is budget number one with a true surplus. Il's a beginning." Mr. Reed lauded changes 10 the middle class and high-income lax rates, as well Uic end of bracket creep. That happens when camnera slip mbt a highcr tax brackel lhrough inflation. 'The rc-indcxing of the brackets issue was probably one of thie moal profound things (Mr. Martin) han donc," he said. 'The win- dow of opporlunity is atarting 10 open up. I feel good." But further culs could have been found, aaid Mr. Chudleigh, who had written Mr. Reed anking hirn 10 lobby for a 20 per cent tax break in the budget. "Evidcntly Mr. Reed didn't fight hard enough," he said. "In fairnesa, Mr. Reed is trying 10 convince a govemment led by Jean Chretien. who leas than a year ago bold Canadians lhey should leave Canada if they felt the tax burden wan too high." x4lSu Tun in 10 M4in. SPECIAL 00Minutes $6rO p~bAddtional 20 minutes FREE flýW.Ithpurcase f suntan lotion. S Limited time o55er. 160 Watt Stand Up Booth at dWth Floravante Hair Design 00 sees-Ae E. 693-1 113 " Does your child have asthma? " Is your child between 6 and 9 years of age and flot taking an inhaled steroid? 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