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Disappointed: Gregory Pyc of the Canadian Paraplegic Association says its proposed tax changes got no response from Finance Minister Michael Wilson.
Disappointed: Gregory Pyc of the Canadian Paraplegic Association says its proposed tax changes got no response from Finance Minister Michael Wilson.

Disappointed: Gregory Pyc of the Canadian Paraplegic Association says its proposed tax changes got no response from Finance Minister Michael Wilson.

Date4/14/1989
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Running a railroad, even if it's government-owned, means behaving like a business. Jean Cormier, vice-president of public relations for Canadian National, says many people don't understand that. Cormier said that because of its government association, many people view the railway as inefficient, bureaucratic, wasteful. CN is out to change that, although it has many problems because it still is an Ottawa-operated and deficit-plagued entity.
Running a railroad, even if it's government-owned, means behaving like a business. Jean Cormier, vice-president of public relations for Canadian National, says many people don't understand that. Cormier said that because of its government association, many people view the railway as inefficient, bureaucratic, wasteful. CN is out to change that, although it has many problems because it still is an Ottawa-operated and deficit-plagued entity.
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Average family: Alan Marshall, left, holds daughter Katie, 3 1/2, as he and wife Betty, and son, 13-month-old Daniel watch details on Finance Michael Wilson's tax reforms on TV
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