Page 4. The Herald, Monday. March 16, 1981 ne Te oh, / daiir ; _| Genera! Office - 615-635) Published by Circulation . 635-6357 Steriing Publishers Publisher — Garry Husak Editor — Pete Nadeau €.455 ADS TERRACE 435 «000 CIRCULATION TERRACE 635 6157 Poti $reg Every weenday af 39'0 Kalum Street. Terrace BC Autmarezed as second ciass mail Registration mumber 120" Postage paidin cash. return poslagé guaranteed NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT Tre Heraid retains tullt, complete and sale copyright in any advertisement produced andor any editorial ar arotagrapmic content published in the Herald Reproduction 16 not permitted without the written sermeissian of the Publisher VICTORIA REPORT by FRANK HOWARD SKEENA MLA Now and again one makes a correct prediction. | happened fo make one on February 13 in one of these Legislative Reports. At that time § said the Finance Minister, In sreparing for the Budget, was rubbing his hands in glee because of Inflation. Well, Mr. Curtis presented his Budget on March 9th and It is both inflatlonary and has been fed by inflation. Here Is just one set of government figures to show how much Inflation helps the Government and hurts you. : First, the retail sales tax will be raised from 4— eer cent toé per cent. That ls a 50 per cent In- crease in the tax and that hurts you. Without inflation, a 50 per cent increase in a tax wavid result in a 50 per cent Increase in the amount of money generated by that tax. But, this Is not the case. That 50 per cent In- crease in the sales tax will bring In a great deal more money to the Government than one might exCect. Here again are the figures from Mr. Curtis’ avin budget. Look at them closely. Do your own calculations and prove to yourself how you are belng kicked In the pockefbock or the purse by the Socreds while they are squandering your nard-earned money on monuments. Last year when the tax was at 4 per cent It was to ralse $680 million. A 50 per cent Increase In that tax would be expected to ralse $1,020 milion. That's right, just a bit more than a blilon dollars. But, ihe Budget says It will ralse $1,222 mililon, That Is nearly an 80 per cent in- crease In revenue to fhe = province. An 80 per cent increase in revenue from a 50 per cent Increase In the tax. Now, that borders con the category of legalized theft. | know we really don’t mind increases In tobacco taxes because tobacca ls not looked upon as anecessity. But, for the first time In history fax on tobacco. That’s right - indexing It. As the price of clgarettes goes up 80 will the tax -- sJtormnaticalty. . We have a government which Is also Indexing lhe tax on gasoline, As the price of gasoline goes up, $o will the tax, Put this budget In your memory bank. Take it out and look at It at the next provincial election. 4 LETTERS WELCOME ‘the Herald welcomes its readers comments Alletters lo the editor of general public interest wall be printed We de, however, relain the right to refuse Co print telters on grounds af possible hheloor bad taste We tay alse edit letlers far style and tength All betters ta be considered for publication must be signed omer be A WELL PROFESSOR WHAT DIB You THINK OF PRESIDENT REAGAN'S avis ime} The world of Raeside i aa hho eo Saag "#3 L944 oe a 2 Ee AHS ee calhae’ ees AAN CEL ON| Ped PAP alb oS be aa, hey #e # rE 2 i ay a § vO ae fines pee WEA IFYOU PONT PAY THIs.... eae >” YOU WONT GET _ BAGK THESE! . hy _ in the offing. I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE SINCERITY OF MADISON, Wis. (AP) ~ Universally =a Wisconsin graduates will have to get up a little earlier this year if they want to pick up their sheepskins. It's all part of an effort by university officials to bring more dignity to the spring commencement ceremony, which in recent years has featured drinking and graduates attaching he. lium-flled balloons {0 thelr mortarboards. Those ceremonies were held in the sf: tertoon, giving gradu- ates who feel a need to celebrate more time (o It’s ODD, isn’t it? - alart imbibing. But this year, the May 17 ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m., with graduates asked to congregate 45 minutes before that. The .university estimates that about 4,200 people will get de- grees this spring. Those of them who go to the ceremony have been asked not to bring along alcoholic beverages ‘‘or other items that detract from the significance of the occasion.” SEATTLE, Wash. {AP) — Cindy Shelton says no one ever told her she couldn't leave jury duty anytime she wanted. “That was my first time,” said the 19-year: old Seattle woman who created a atic in district . court when she went out for tunch during a break ina civil case and never returned. She saya nobody told her she was supposed to come back, and she didn’t want to be late for her 1 p.m, atarting time as a cook in a fast food © restaurant, “T've never heard of i," sald Judge John Ritehle. “Jurora have been known to get sick or oversieep but I've never heard of one who just vanished.” Charlene DuRali, Ritchie's bailiff, said abe searched the halls of the courthouse for 20 minutes Feb. 23 In an attempt to find Shelton, Afterward, Ritchie gave lawyers for both sides the option of proceeding with five jurors, instead of six, or having a = mistrial declared. The lawyers agreed to go ahead with five jurors -- providing the jurors reached = 2s unanimous verdict. The jurors did so, awarding a car owner $1,008 of the $3,000 in - BY THE MEANING FOL OUTPOURING OF EMOTION! FOR HIM. PRote STERS f PARTICULARLY BY THE ~ & Just a hint | _ of closure OTTAWA (CP) — The Commons begins today its 2. fifth consecutive week of debate on the constitution . with the hint of closure in the air. While some government! sources are emphatic no decision has been made to use the guillotine rule cutting off debate, others are evasive about what's Clearly, the Liberals would like to have the Commons and Senate approve by Easter Prime Minister Trudeau's plans to amend and patriate the __ constitution. About 85 of the 282 MPs had spoken by Friday, more than half of them Progressive Conservatives bi opposed to the Trudeau proposals. Dat che Conetitution is not the otly majoritem oo. -. this week's agenda nor the only thing on which the government may s0on be forced to use closure or the milder. debate-limiting rule known as time allocation. os The Conservatives pick the topic of debate Tuesday, and the final round of debate on a bill. authorizing the government to borrow $14 biltion to cover its deficit for the 1991-82 fiscal year begins late in the week. “ The government must also get through two | budget bills approving its initial expenditures for - the first three months of the next fiscal year and the. bulk of expenditures made in the last one... -. Those two bills and the borrowing-authority act. need to be passed by March 31, when the 1960-81. fiscal year ends. . ot The government also has at least two more bills to « introduce to round out its energy policy and is. anxious to clear away legislation dealing with new tariffs and making the post office a Crown cor- poration. The constitutional package, with its charter of burnan and linguistic rights and two-stage amen: ‘ ding formula, won the support of the New , Democrats on the condition there be a full debate in the Commons. : The NDP wants to spend some part of the debate on its proposed changes to the package, but clature would end any chance to introduce amendments. Last fall, the government used closure to force an a end, after less than three weeks, to the initial round he of discussion. aE The move brought a storm of protest from the qc Conzervatives, some of whom marched the ao Speaker's chair, demanding to be heard, while eh others scuffied on the floor of the Howe with | government MPs. Trudeau’s package then went through more than three months of study by a CommonsSenate com- Stanley Knowles, NDP House leader, said Friday . if the current debate, going on simultaneously in the 5 Commons and Senate, has yet to meet his party's : teat of ‘full and free” debate. , aay “Even if this debate intiring ind the CodservativeA2E speeches are repetitive and boring, still they hava" the right” to speak, he said. - The process would go faster if the Tories would - agree to cut their speeches by half ta 20 minutes each and sit longer hours, he added. But Yvon Pinard, government House leader, said be doesn‘t think that “goes along with their strategy,” which seems to be to force the govern- ment to use closure by prolonging debate. Quebec women drop protest OTTAWA (CP) — The National Action Committee on the Status af Women was jolted Sunday when a _ Quebec affiliate organization pulled out to protest a call for the resignation of Lloyd Axworthy, minister responsible for the status of women. Leaders of the 1,000-member Montreal-based Federation des Femmes du Quebec withdrew their membership from the action committee after most meeting vated to demand Axcarthy sient ¥ to Axworthy's . The withdrawal prompted an appeal to ignore Axworthy from Jean Wood, newly-elected president of the action commitice, a Toronto-based national feeniniat lobby organization with about 150 af- “] regret that the focus ls on personalities rather than issues," said Wood, who voted against demanding Axworthy’s resignation. The resignation was demanded on grounds Ax- worthy has failed to publicly support demands by women’s groups for changes in the government's proposed charter of rights and has mishandled the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, ‘The advisory council, separate from the action Doris Anderson resigned as president in January. Ta members endorsed calls for changes to the proposed charter of rights demanded @ month ago .by more than 1,000 women at a constitutions! con. ference organized by a network of feminists called the Ad Hoc Committee of Canadian Wonen, The committee singled out two changes as minimum demands, indicating the government can win the support of the women's movement for its constitutional proposals if Parliament makes these two changes to the charter: acl freedeesin Ge charler are gewoon sa are . men and women. teed -Replace all references in the charter to “in. dividual” and “any coe” with the word “person,”