Biggest mistaken payment ever (Lionel Smith, 5 Sep 2002)

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Sender:	Lionel Smith
Date:	Thu, 5 Sep 2002 10:33:38 -0400
Re:	Biggest mistaken payment ever

Further news today on the $3.3 billion which our federal government overpaid to some provincial governments over a period of years. They want only $1.4 bil back, over 10 years. For reasons which are not made clear, most of it is to come from Ontario, which claims it has all been spent on schools. Less sympathetically, the Ontario Finance Minister says, ""It's a federal tax error and they're asking Ontario residents to pay." This overlooks the crucial insight into Canadian politics: "there is only one taxpayer."

Globe and Mail:

http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/front/ RTGAM/20020904/wprov903/Front/homeBN/breakingnews

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Lionel

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