F The Canadian Champion, Friday, Match 3, 2006 -A3 Rural residents teil Turner lytasBiggest Sales~ iney wani some tax reuieî By Melanie Cummings SPECIAL TO THE CHAMPION Halton MP Garth Turner is seeking input from taxpayers on how better to ease their burden. The first of four pre-budget public consultations kicked off Tuesday night in Campbellville, where a small group of 15 resi- dents provided feedhack on tax relief from capital gains to the GST. Turner intends to generate an armload of ideas lrom 10,000 people nationwide rbrough bis Web site (www.gartb.ca), bis weekly newspaper columnn, upcoming radio interviews and tbree more scbeduled ptublic meetings to be beld over tbe next week in tbe riding. "Tbis bas neyer been donc on a national scale before,- said Turner. He's expecting to submit a report listing four to five recom- mendations to, Finance Minister Jim Flaberty in mid-Marcb. "It's important for Flaberty to understand what people want,' said Turner. Tbe finance minister is expected to present bis first budget in April. The budget is expected to fulfill election promises sucb as a reduction in tbe seven per cent federal tax cbarged for goods and services, a $ 1,200 cbild care payment to parents and a defer- raI iii capital gains taxes on rein- vested money. Brookville resideni Lorain Bruno wans tbe current federal cash surplus used to make good on the ( onservatîves election promises. "A surplus indicates t0 me we're overîaxed. I seldom bave a surplus of personal savings and if I do, il's mavbe 10 per cent. Your government sbould do tbe same," said Bruno. Turner concurred. He said itîIl be bard ru keep the surplus intact witb bealtb care spending needed to reduce waiîing times, necessary increases in military spending and promised tax cuts, as seell as Conservative goal to pay down the national debt by $3 billion per year. lie also agreed witli Brenda Scbrempf of Brookville wbo described the capital gains tax as a repressîve and regressive tax. "I penalizes the incentive Ici insest wîtb ils 50 per centî lii, saîd Scbreîîîpf. Slîe wants the tax deferrecl and eventually elimînated. I wctîlc aclvocate iliat tax bc phased out," said Turner The Halton MP also wants tri introduce a non-registered investmelît plan. He said most -see MELP on page A4 McLen ClnicCosinetic Surgery Mississauga's Centre For: a Faoelft c«W snry,0 '.Mflnnulck - *e Breast Enhanenent * Lipoucton Alternative Therapies &Skîn Caro ACNE THERAPY:, AVON Anhliblotica ami Accutanai 0Effectve topkie treatments - 8Iu-U negt therapy *b Ze'no portable clearng device Sussex Centre, Suite 343 Dr. Hugh A. McLean, FRCS(C) 50 Burnhamthorpe Road West PLASTIC SURGEON Mississauga, L5B 302 Cosmetie Surgery: Face, Breast & Body (905) 273-4888 e 1 -866-393-9433 www.mcleanclmnic.com Event of the Year. It'sà ÀIt'ls Big. Red. Ad IfÀs DacRI. .mirnMmS 400 Steeles Avenue ~\1-800-617-4025 VWWw.miltontoyota.comCI)