LABOUR GOVERNMENT
NX’S RECORD USED AS A WARNING TO CANADA BRUNI OF TAXATION ON LOW W AGE EARNER Recd. 8 p.m. Ottawa, Sept. 20 Many industries socialised by the Labour Governments in New Zeal ami ; nd Australia have been returned to private enterprises when the Governments found the industries operating at a great loss, said Mr. Thomas Reid, British Columbia Liberal, to the House of Commons. He added that he did not wish to make derogatory statements about the people of New Zealand and Australia, but he wanted to bring to light facts not mentioned by Co-operative Commonwealth Federation speakers, who pointed to New Zealand, saying “Hero is the kind of Government to have.”
Compa: ing the taxation systems of New Zealand and Canada. Mr. Reid declared the low wage earner bore the* brunt of the taxes in New Zeal?’' He added ihat if Canadians studied the records of the Now Zealand and Australian Labour Governments, it •••ould bo a long time before a Labour Gove nment wa«: elected in Canada.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 225, 22 September 1945, Page 5
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