Civic Services Shrinking
Tax Burden Growing  
iGilbey:,c-alls for .New.Dleal—-Accuses Civic Election Com-

mittee of callous ‘disregard for homeowner——SaysiCivic
G Election Committee shelters corporations

  HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HAVE YOUR TAXES Lowsmsp

Taxes on your homes; are goingiup year by year! The City -Council
either jacks up the mill rate’or increases the assessment or does both.
Taxes are so high that witha crisis" devel'oping thousands of families
are tactually in danger of losing their homes.‘ Why?  . -

Because the policy of »the‘Civic Election Committee majority on-(L

council is to ”balance the budget”. By 'cutting.services_’and increasing
taxes. We say there"-Wis a better way to‘”ba~lance the budget. 
\“Here is the policy that can cutwyour taxes and increase services.
I Alderman Penner has been fightingforvit for a long t,_ime.\U '

_ '__Right now your homes are t<'1xe‘<_t:l,.-' at the same.’ rate as Eaton’s and _
{the Dominion Bridge Co., for example- But‘ in ..Toronto, Halifax and ‘~
other cities such properties are assessed at a higher rate. _ And for q '

‘very good reason . . .- ~ -

lndust}i~al and big business properties are investments for profit.
But homes are built as a.. necessity. of. life—+-a shelter for the family.
Obviously these two" different kinds of property ._should have. different
‘rates of assessment! .  ' .  g V _

. F_!urtherm‘ore, why should‘ the corner grocer -have to_ pay. the some ‘
rate as tlje big department store? Westandrfor lowering" the tax’rate '

“on small businesses aswell as on homes.

 Here’s,what,_'tha,t proposal means i'njl‘db‘ltlars and cents. ltwould =
actually’ increase our city's revenue by $2,600,000! Not only‘ would 
this mean a lowering of your home taxes by 6 mills, but also it would

        

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- men. like Goodman, ‘Hallonqu‘ist7- and
_They are protecting’ Big Business 
and the‘ real estate. crowd. Theyr A

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iy   A.  _
Labor Election Committee Candidate .
.     -for Mayor A f T
At 42‘, W. A. .Kardashhas behindhim a splendid

record of fighting forthe needs of the people. A 

veteranof the anti—fas,cist warjin Spain, where he
lost a leg, he is noted as a championof the rights‘
of the working people of Winnipeg. As a member of
the Legislature since l 94l, he wasa pioneer advo-
cate of decentlabor*legislation.. He is perhaps best
noted for his consistent attempts to point rout‘! that
Manitoba isia low-wage area and that wages must be

. raised here. He has been -a,constant leader in the .
fight to roll backprices.‘ ’/Bill-’.’,is emarriied and has to

two-children.   .

   

w. G. GILBEY
Election Committee Candidate for

Labor  
‘ ' . Alderman in<Ward Two!

w.G. (Bill) Gmaey is a well-known trade um"onist.l G    

He has played a prominent‘ ‘role in the organization
of unorganized workers, and has been a’ leader! of
trade-union lobbies fighting for "improvedflabo r.

r ..,legislation, in”-Manitoba. Gilbey is a former! Chair-

man of the Municipal Committee of the Winnipeg
Trades .and Labor Council. C A. veteran of fWorld,;

.War’ ll, who Saw active, service’int-Europe, 
married -and-has two children. Hrisgyears iofexeri-W, 
ence and devotion to the cause of labort’guarantee‘

    

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thi down. ‘'7 ‘

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showg ‘callous disregard,‘ for the
homeowner. Remember this is the
~§o.me~ bunch..’that voted to give’
‘American, corporations a vote in
Winnipeg elections! A C i

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t..An_d this is the same "bunch that g f  from further floods. ’
"  -» ' " R O0 000 ~ ‘ ~ " .’
we/;‘ce)ct]e;lytot(g;(V¢e’:<heemg’lgO:  “rthis, ,  Reduce. hometaxatron by:
question CCF aldermensteameds up
with the Civic Election C'ommittee .
lmajority).  So the already ‘over-
taxed homeowner pays half a‘
million dollars more to subsidize -

the CPR," if you pl.ea'se.‘ . W ‘ 3.

' ~Homeowners and small business 4.
men‘ “need a new deal. Labor Elec-
jtion-Committee candidate for a|- . :
lderman..i'n‘Ward Two, W. G. Gilbey“ W 5.
stands behind the policy long; ad- A
vacated’ by Alderman Jacob.‘=Pen- 6
her. He also insists that it is time ~
that the Federal and ‘Provincial r
governments. take over‘ a larger‘,
"share of education, health and

welfare costs. ”There must be can 8
end to the perpetual financial crisis
our city ’findsfits’"elf in-," he stated,

need is urgent. ‘

5-year_-olds. . rt

care. . '

   PROGRESS. W W!
l. Convene a Jobs Conference immediately “to. draw up a works

programs including the replacement of the five‘ condemned
’ schools in Ward Two, and a flood by-passto save Winnipeg

a)gA.ssessing" big "corporation and industrial properties atla
higher rate than homes ._and smallfbusinesses.  , “
b) Dentanding ‘Provincial and Federal government grants to
cover 2/3 of education costs. ‘
cl Endi-ng” the CPR tax exemption. . .  _. W
. Winnipeg to enter the field’ oflv/gas .distrib.ution“ito prevent
W profit gouging, and provide" gas at cost. ‘ ,- T‘
. Reverse" the decision of council which would give foreign
corporations the vote in Winnipeg af£airs.— . “ B
Once and}.for‘ all’ begin a low-rental housing scheme.‘_ The "
. Improve our sc.hool,i‘.curriculum with particular attention to
_tCanadia‘n’history and Canadian life. ,
7. ,Expansion‘ of kindergarten facilities to provide /for all 4 and I

. Extend child health care with particular attention toidental‘

A 7 Labor A Election’   Committee
, Candidate for S c h of/ol
W, Trustee in~Ward Two A

=A young man of thirty,
Roland Penner was born,
W raised andeducated in Win-
nipeg. After-seeing active
 service during the war in
r ' .'E"urope,-gihe attended the
‘ .. University of Manitoba from
where; he" ‘graduated . as as
- scholarship student. He is
agwell-known youth leader
in the city, having actively
cgrnpaigned . for improved
W recreational and education-
al-facilities for our young
.peop.le. He is married and
has oneichild- T

    Roland   PENNER.  -  ,

"and the answer can be found not i

by adding to the homeowners’ bur-

den but, in fact, by decreasingtit‘/’,

On October‘ 27th you" can vote

for that kind _of a policy which

makes dollars———and sense———by'vot-
_'ing for W. G. Gilbey.

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9. lmprovethe transit’ system. ‘Bring it under the direct controfi‘

of cou__ncils of__Greater Wi-nnipegi.’ L t ._ t_
‘City Council _sl1oulcl press for the industrial expansion of
Winnipeg. based on establishing Canadian_'industries with‘
Canadian capital, using ,Canadian mater,-ials_—_«-:and—~ proiiiding
— lobs for Canadian workers-_ ' W “  ’ . . 

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