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Martin's smartin'
Hi, Coro !
Can you forward this on to anyone in Andrew Petter's office ?
Love, Guy
>Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 16:54:26 -0700
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>From: knowware@mindlink.bc.ca (Tom Walker)
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>Yesterday's Globe and Mail had a front page story about B.C. Finance
>Minister Andrew Petter's proposal to rescue the Canada Pension Plan by
>lifting the ceiling on CPP contributions. The front page of today's
>Vancouver Sun had a story that federal Finance Minister Paul Martin was
>irritated by the proposal. The story also carried a remark by Reform Party
>pension critic Ian McClellan that the B.C. proposal was "not constructive".
>
>Although it may seem obscure, Petter's proposal is one of the most exciting
>and progressive moves taken by the NDP government. Essentially, the CPP
>"ceiling" makes the pension plan a viciously regressive tax that steals jobs
>from lower income people and rewards employers for using overtime. In line
>with the Liberal's draconian "reforms" of Unemployment Insurance and the
>Canada Assistance Plan, Martin was trying to ram through changes to the CPP
>that would make the contributions structure even more regressive. Petter's
>counter-proposal calls attention to the regressive structure of the tax and
>creates an opening for a re-examination of the CPP reform. No wonder the
>Reform Party doesn't think Petter's proposal is "constructive" -- it
>deviates from the neo-neo ideology of worshiping the wealthy and punishing
>the poor.
>
>Hooray for Andrew Petter!
>
>Regards,
>
>Tom Walker, knoW Ware Communications
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