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OronW..lvThe. W.m.dw...........1*~ - Those elegant Valentine's Day roses owe a lot to the wiîd Prairie Rose, High taxation equals increasirig poverty. It sounds odd, but this is the conclusion l've come te. Canadians are use te thc Robi Hood philoscphy which has maintained we tax the wealthy and redistribute this money to thc poor. I'm not saying this idea doesnt have a place. Afîer ail look at South Amerîcan countries where there are only two ecencmic groups - the very ricli and the very peer. Se how does higher tax increae pcverty? In moderately taxed countries the redistribution of wealth system works reasonably well as it bad in Canada 20 years ago. 1Progressive tax rates then allowed the lma well off te share in the wealth cf thecocuntry and provided incentives te improve their standard of living. But look at tiiese figures. From 1961 te 1994 incomes grew by 768.5 per cent. Taxes on middle and uppe r-income groups, over the same pericd. rose by 1.167 per cent. Lower icorne groups became incrasingly exempt Exemptions grew as provincial goverfiments paid for social services, subsidized childcare and housmg. Certainly not on purpose, govemnment created a wall around lower-income carners which, and this isnt stating the case tee strongly, killed incentive te achieve higher income goals. For exaniple the lowest 10 per cent cf taxpayers, if moved into the next 10 per cent income bracket, wil immediately start te pay 23-per cent more in taxes. What dees this say te people who find themselves in -lower paying part-time jobs? A second reason higher taxes help create poverty is that as taxes increase people avoid paying. 1The resuit is lower funding for social services, most cf which is consumed by the lowest income familles. In 1961 the average family spent 35 per cent cf its income on itself and 22 per cent on incomne taxes. By 1994 the average family could only afford te spend 26 per cent cf ils income on itself and 32 Pe-r cent on taxes. TMe GST is proof that if given the oppcrtunity almost 50 per cent cf people would avoid paying tax. As the eccnemy recevers GST revenues remain stagnant. Bocks are being published on hew te get your meney eut cf Canada. Canadians themselves are refusing tc invest in Canada, net just international investors. Actuaily this makes yeu wcnder just how serious people are when they talk about debt bonds te pay cff the deficit. The worst part about taxes is that, even though we know we don't want and can't afferd any more taxes, we haven't paid al we technicaily owe. For what is a deficit but deferred taxes. Clearly ycu can't go te a restaurant and leave paying cnly haif the bill. Our goal as a government, and as Canadians must be to reduce the cost cf gevernment while making it More efficient. 1But cani we get better government service for less money? There is absolutely ne doubt in my mind we can. We simply cannot afford te increase taxes. Pine Ridge Insurance Atoms back on track The Pine Ridge Atoins all showed up Thursday evening te play T-Mac in Oreno. Orono looked shaky early on with T- Mac taking the lead at 14:34 from the first faceof. The boys were angry with themselves at dhe early give away and began te pressure T-Mac. Orono's #8 J.P Pisani, assisted by #7 Jake Bennetta and #15 Kevin Pritchard shot the change-up and the puck just trickled past the goalie. Twenty seconds later at 9:30, Pisani on the attack again scered ne. 2 from Jake Bonnetta and #16 Mike Knapp. The defense was rushing this game and #10 Mat Gregg made a good attempt te score. At the end cf that shift #16 D.J. Boardman, #2 Shawn Dejohn and #15 Rick Hewe get several shots on the net and couldn't find the leese puck there fer Uic asking. Orono put one more marker up befere Uic end cf the first. J.P. Pisani passed frem the corner eut front te #14 Nick Lucyk whe, deflected the puck in Uic net at 4:35. While on Uic powerplay late in the peried 4#3 Chris Beuley pinched in'for a great shot, but Jake Bonnetta just couldn't get his stick on the juicy rebound. The second period oened with Uic T-Mac goalie maldng a skate save on a wicked slapshot by D.J. Beardman. D.J. took Orone's first penalty fer hooking at 13:50. T-Mac had 'a nice power play but #30 Jeff Slemon was tough in net once again. Orono worked hard ini T- Mac territery and Nick Lucyk just hit the post at the end of the effort. Chris Bouley had another canon shot from the point and Ieft a rebound eut in front but Uic goalie covered Up. #17 Johnny Halik was a brick on Uic blueline but it cest hlm an interference penalty at 6:15. While short handed #15 Rick Howe, scored from #16 D.J. D ep red roses, with their »symbolic combination of - 4psoft beauty and sharp thomns, are popular tokens of love on Valentine's Day. Set on graceful long stems, these luxunious, deli- cately fragrant blossoms have a marvelous ability to say things that words often can't express. So famniliar is the rose in ail its different sizes and colours, that we forget it was created by people. Over the course of centuries, horti- culturists have worked at selecting the t raits that characterize our Valentine's Day roses -- size, per- fume, rich colour and full, velvety blossoms -- and breeding themn into ever more lovely new strains. It's hard to believe they began with small, simple. five-petalled wild roses such as the Prairie Rose. Whîle the florist's lovely roses are a welcome part of life every- where, Prairie Rose is classified as "1vulnerable" in Canada. t grows only in southwestern Ontario's Essex County, at the southernimost tip of our countrv. Common in the central and midwestern United States, Pririe Rose lias invaded this tiny piece of Canada as part of the northern limit of its range. In spring and summer, woodland thickets in Essex and the edges of adjoining counties dance with the small pink blossoms waving on their long, arched branches. Oddly, even though the Prairie Rose establishes new habitats by colonizing adjacent fields, it has flot spread further in -Ontario. The shrub was first recorded in the Carolinas and Georgia in 1788, and reported in Essex County more than 100 Beardman to put the teain up 401. A nice passing play connecting Nick Lucyk te Scett Wood te J.P. Pisani didnt fool the T-Mac goalie who made the save on the shot. The third peried was all Orono and they bombarded the T-Mac goalie. jake Bonnetta had the first shot cf the third. Kevin Pritchard, called on te play the blueline with Aaron Robinson still eut was a rock. Shawn Dejolin, D.J. Boardman and J.P. Pisani, connected for some good chances in front of the net. Scott Wood let a blister' go but the T-Mac goalie had a hot glove. Rick Howe, Nick Lucyk and Scett Weod wanted a goal badly and werked hard te set one up. At 5:50 Nick Lucyk went off for tripping and seemed proud of it. The referee ceuldn't figure eut why he was smiling - Why were you Nick? With 2 minutes left in the gaine # 15 Rick Howe dug the puck back te #3 Chris Bouley in the siot who put it home, making the score 5-1. The last play cf the gaine saw gealie Jeff Slcmon make a great save and #17 John Halik pick up the puck and rush the T-Mac goalie. Great shot John. The gamne ended 5-1 and their record is now 12 wins, 2 losses. years ago. Yet, while there seems to be no threat to the species in Ontario, its range hasn't changed si nce then. Whatever it is Prairie Roses find inviting about Essex County also gives Canadian rose breeders a re- source for creating future beauties. Unique habitats are important in nature for the sane reason. 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Place: Council Chambers Municipal Administrative Centre 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville Date: Wednesday, February 22, 1995 Time: 7:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to receive your comments and answer your questions. Hf you wish to speak on this issue, please adviso the Cierk's Department at 623-3379 by 12:00 Noon on Monday, February 20, 1995. Your input is important to us and we invite you Io attend. % MUNIIPAUTY OF ONTARIO Date cf Publication: Wednesdayf February 15,1995 P.O. 5066 . . . ... . .. . .