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Arnott Encourages Local MPs to
Support Position Taken by Martin and Forget $1.3
Billion Charge to Ontario
Waterloo-Wellington
MPP Ted Arnott has commended Paul Martin for his recent
comment stating that the Chretien Government should
not send Ontario a bill for $1.3 billion due to reported
federal accounting errors made in the 1990s. Mr. Arnott
is also urging local federal MPs to take that position
and support Ontario’s interests.
“I
was very pleased to read in The Globe and Mail that
Paul Martin supports keeping the money in Ontario for
priorities like education and health care,” said Mr.
Arnott.
“The
federal government is talking about taking back a considerable
amount of money from the people of Ontario and that
would impact on our ability to finance important programs
like health care, education and the environment. There
should be time for further discussion on this issue,
and I am hopeful that Lynn Myers and other federal MPs
from this area will speak up on behalf of Ontario and
support the position that Mr. Martin has taken,” he
added.
Following
media reports that Federal Finance Minster John Manley
is calling for repayment after $3.4 billion of income
taxes was erroneously overpaid to the provinces, Paul
Martin was reported in The Globe and Mail on September
6th as stating:
“I
would have preferred that the federal government not
benefit from its own mistake, that in fact the money
be returned on a per capita basis to all of the provinces
for health care and education. But obviously there was
a difference of opinion on that.”
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