September 30, 1997                                                                                                                For Immediate Delivery

Finally, A Tax Form People Will Want To Fill Out

"Last week the Prime Minister defended his government's handouts: $42,000 for a Latin song book, $100,000 for a military golf course, and $19,000 for golf balls," said Breitkreuz in the House. "Mr. Speaker, when I gave my constituents the opportunity to fill out The People's Tax Form they told me in no uncertain terms that they did not want their tax dollars spent on official bilingualism, funding for special interest groups, gun registration, foreign aid, multiculturalism, the National Film Board, subsidies to business and the CBC."

"I am reintroducing The People's Tax Form Act because it would give all taxpayers the opportunity to tell the government what they think by voluntarily filling out a form which would be included with each tax kit distributed by Revenue Canada. If passed, my bill would require the results to be tabulated and reviewed by the Finance Committee as a part of their pre-budget consultations - a report which would be tabled in Parliament. This would make it much harder for the Prime Minister to defend spending which millions of Canadians have expressly indicated they oppose."

"It's the people's money, why shouldn't they have their own tax form? Shouldn't they have a say in how it's spent? Haven't we been sending the government a blank cheque long enough?" asked Breitkreuz. "The People's Tax Form Act would save billions of tax dollars by removing unwanted, ineffective government programs and replace political spending priorities with the public's spending priorities."

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For more information, please contact:

Garry Breitkreuz, M.P.

For a copy of the People's Tax Form please call:
Yorkton: (306) 782-3309
Ottawa: (613) 992-4394