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Tories Attempt To Distinguish Themselves From Alliance
QUEBEC (AP) -- Federal Tories began to stake their ground as a fiscally conservative party with a heart Friday, putting in the first planks of a policy platform that includes eliminating the personal capital gains tax and a fixed schedule to reduce the national debt.
Delegates at the four-day policy convention also approved a motion that would increase the basic personal exemption on income tax to $12,000 from the current $7,131 within two years.
But the Tory rank and file grappled with how far they should go on the economic front, debating the impact that policies would have on poorer ...