wee - ssttve LIBRARY ne “Unpaid taxes | cause problems | ro Herald Staff Writer. A ” TERRACE— The provincial . government 1s acting to correct a situation which makes it financially attractive for property owners “to withhold their municipal taxes, -. oo Municipal Affairs Minister Bill Vander Zalm introduced '-_amendments.to'the Municipal Act recently which would fotce property ownera with municipal taxes in arrears to ‘pay the current rate of interest. - “The situation now finds the municipal act setting au per “eent interest rate ceiling: Since money In the bank car Teceive well over that rate, many property owners: are’ ‘content to leave the money in the, bank and collect the difference-between the two rates. . Property taxes are subject to a penalty of 10 per cent of i i in ‘the amount unpaid on the day after they are due, The taxes are considered to be in arreara ‘and the. penalty imposed on Dec. 31 of that year, On Dec, 91 of the year following if the. _ taxes still have not been pald they are subject to another . interest penalty and declared to be dilenquent. © : _ The municipal collectar can then auction off real property whe __ onSept. 30of the year theyaredeclared delinquent, ’ Changes-tc the current system have been demandéed by many municipalities and Municipalities (UBCM). through the Union of B.C. Other proposed changes to the act will ‘allow municipalities: to: enter into agreements with Indian band - councils and allow regional. district bylaws to be. struck, -- BEIRUT (CP) — Israel's - jet planes._and - gunboats unleashed a furious: bom-- . bardment of Palestinian. guerrilla position’ in West. Beirut: today,” and Israeli Defence Minister Ariel Sharon said the. Palestine _ Liberation Organization -{s-. a : “demtriction. Ae > Lebariése television sald, Israeli armor ig on the move - near the. Beirut alrport. Israeli-tanks also closed in ; on the Syrian garrison in the . -eastern Lebanese town. of , ‘Aley after taking Syrian < ” along the key highway to Damascus, . . Western -diplomatic _ have 1,600 tanks in Lebanon, 560 of them around Beirut. ‘The few. Canadians remaining in the Lebanese capital - were reported outside the’ West Beirut / ___ battle aren and safe, © .- “Lebanese Prime Minister | ’ Moslem memibers of his , cabinet résigned, charging _ that’ Israel's relentless assault fs “escalated black- - mail that.renders me unable | to execute the duties of my . office.". Wazzan handed his resignation. to President -__, Elias Sarkis, a Christian, at “. (the--Baabda - presidential palace as -the © Isracli” ~ bombing set off huge fires in West. Beirut. . ‘Walid. Jumblatt, | Lebanon’s top Moslem “Jeftist leader and PLO ally, a7 "announced * his resignation from. :the -maulti-sect — . National Salvation Council — ‘ which if’ trying to. resolve = the national crisis resulting: . from Israel's invasion. He 7 _ Projects nents ARP theses - strongholds on: either side . sources said the .Israelis- Shafiq al-Wazzan and other. sakeereat alka akc abik alike - Herald Staff Writer - _ down. through appeal to the B.C. Supreme, Court. or 7 is wiped out? | told. "| years ago, mainly over the type ‘of projects which should he en- couraged. Receiving about 40 per cent of its ~.funding from governments. and ° 60 ~ percent from private organizations, — % ~ propriate: technology into local:-: $ communities and: waiting for. the 3 : inhabitants of the area.to undertake ms : projects using that technology. s “projects under way in 10 countries, ‘of inchide improving water supplies. Guatemalean: communities, in- saat ae Vtg “Thatcher wants investigation n- LONDON (AP) Margaret Thatcher, Treised for Britain's - Falkland, Islands victory but blanied for’: letting. Argentina invade in. the first place, ~~ WAS to meet Opposition Leader Michael Foot today:to. arrange an investigation. ° “-vinced their's is the-right approach . to ridding the worid of diesease and “The “group “currently ‘has a Food for. the Hungry Canada's $ Manitoba ‘and ‘Saskatchewan director Steve Krueger and B.C. director John King have been inthe Terrace-Kitimat area this week speaking In churches and schools about thelr fight to help people In under-developed organizers of self-help projects for. underdeveloped countries in Africa,~ “Charity is the North Amerieati , " .don't tread on people’s toes.” _ Bet away.” from charity. and help - . . , The concentration dn ‘gmail locally - .:'@9:bo0 much fora person you rob 3 them of their dignity and then you" % off from its U.S. counterpart several. : - the Canadian group has con--. . centrated on “introducing ap- I : e 7 directors for the group,- are touring ~ mainly in Africa and East, Asia, but -- ‘3. 7 with some in Central and. Latin " America ag well. y ; * Projects the group is guite proud © frodueing. aquaculture into Zaire, | Prime ‘Minister a o sympathetic individuals in even the .. . much of :the administrative costs “nn the way. they are picking. up - _ volunteers to help on the projects LDINGS © 9S cents , and constructing grain storage facilities in Kenya. - Dealing” with “corrupt and op pressive regimes:in ‘those countries. ‘has proven to be a bit of a problem, ‘but King says it is possible to find © worst gavernments. _ “You can find the odd good pergon | “Tn those governments” who will help,” King says, “You can. always ‘getsome co-operation as long as you administered projects has allowed Food for the Hungry Canada to avoid :s absociated -with development ~ agencies and devote tip to 44 per cent . of “its: funding. to the projects themselves, Last year the agency - F had a :$2 million budget. ‘Phe association {s church-oriented hut is not® affiliated with any one - denomination. ~ Hing and Steve Krueger, the - ~ Manitoba. and Saskatchewan’ the northwest’ to give..talks.on_. “development to church groups and * ‘schools, : _and receiving some donations irom local school children. °... _S Through the use of provincial: and -~"§ federal matching funds, the group © can turn a $10¢.donation from school “children into $400 for use bn its, _ Yarious. projects. . ean etree ta eT ate yet nan ata nee et anal nee eet aE BOM RES, “Tam willing and aintigus to have every” ~“-alngle bit of evidence before ‘an inquiry,” - Thatcher ‘said. ““F' do. not wish to hide - .anythiig, | wish everything .to be out,” ‘including every single thing. under. ‘this. - government and previous ‘Zoveraments.” | . Thatcher.returned from Washington on - ‘Thursday and faced a storm of criticism in ‘the House of Commons’ over whether she ‘ : dgnored warning © signs ‘that: Argentina. ; Would. “invade * Britain's South | Atlantic , - is and colony. - Thatcher told Foot on Thursday that she. - Sources have indicated - ‘she favors a panel. “of three senior lawmakers ” } scrutinze the last 20 years | of - -sporadic - ° . negotiating between London’ and Buenos _ Aires over the Falklands, - Argentina claims Britain's Royal’ Navy: _Megaliy: seized: the islands in 1839 and would confer with him. on details of the | government -: investigation. Falklands crisis, but that she wanted to rot the ~ ousted Argentine authorities. : Thatcher and her patty are enjoying high popularity. because of the Falklands” wietory.. *fongy - Established 1906 Federal government | expands job creation | OFTAWA (CP) next week's budget — budget Monday night. Trudeau argued for wage restrain ata similar meeting last February, and was | turned down by the premiers. Since then, however, about half the. provinces have * inatituted some kind of public sector = restraints. . : Aside from the old argument of spending cuts versus job creation, MacEachen is expected to offer tax measures described - by one.insider as “a psychological — retreat” from the budget of last Nov. 12, * which provoked an outcry by closing tax loopholes for companies and individuals. Within hours of Trtdeau's invitation ’ Thursday, Prenijers William Davis of - Ohtario, Howard Pawley of Manitoba, _ > Grant Devine of Saskatchewan, Richard Hatfield of New Brunswick and James Lee © of Prince Edward Island had agreed to the one-day, private session“ at the prime minister's residence. .. “Thave always attended these meetings, I expect to attend this one,” Davis said. | _ MAnd if there: are some things suggested — - that wecan co-vperate on that will assist in: __ the. present. situation, that'll be. gue. Sa * proach.” He would not coniment on a possiinte national wage-resttaint program for government workers, adding: - -premature to speculate on what might be’ the main areas of discussion. I don’t intend — to speculate on what we might do.” But hé said’ wage controls are “an’ un- fortunate “> approach philosophically,” ft think all of us are opposed to it.” . He also sald he supports. the May 13 ; Ontario budget that limits senior. civil service salary increases to six per cent. Later, premiers Brian Peckford of ‘ % Newfoundland: and John Buchanan of % . Nova Scotia confirmed they will attend..— * There was, no immediate word fram _ Peter Lougheed of Alberta, who was out of the coun However, Bill Bennett of British, Columbia, chairman of the conference of premiers, protested it was unfair “to be. ‘summarily asked to appear 36 hours after the budget has been introduced,” While not fiatly rejecting the June 30 . Gate, Bennett said: he would-prefer'a__ ' postpanement and would contact the other premiers to discuss-the matter. — The Liberal govern- ment plans a $500-million job creation fund and a housing stimulation program for but it will balance _ _- those spending. measures with wage ’ reatraints for politicians and public ser- vants,as well as a government cost- cutting program, sources Say. And Prime. Minister Trudeau wants to follow up quickly by meeting all 10 premiers — probably to make. another pitch for solidarity on public sector wage - ‘restraint — two days after Finance Minister Allan Mj Eachen brings down the cusable,"’ t stem at the top. oA “It's very to take better. Quebec- Premier Rene Levesque said he’ _ would makeno decision until_he sees. » -. "what kind of abortion’ the new budget (Ottawa). : provinces to consult with us beforetiind sand ‘as usual they haven't."-—______ . Progressive Conservative- Leader — Joe~ ‘will = bring. “We asked - Dollar continues. fall "MONTREAL (CP) — It appeared -the- decline of the: Canadian - dollar was B. regaining momentum today -aB the currency dipped a “& tit of a cent to 77.24 cents... & in ‘noon-time trading on foreign: exchange markets, traders sald the “dollar's mid-week surge .. was probably over, citing a b-"-gantinued strong U.S. dollar and ; market pessimism ‘about Monday’s federal budget for. the currency’ 's- Yenewed retreat. . The dollar closed Thur- sday at. 77.84, maintaining A _ strong American _ eueney “has been singled "putas one of the main “culprits behind our dollar's recent irée fall and most _ ~ observers expect the U.S. dollar. to stay strong. In tamdem with virtually | _ Post ‘of the dizzying gain it |- f" ‘ made” “Wednesday. when it [2.7 ; ” shot, up more than a cent to’ ie cents U.S, even. ; . time being. budget. all, major ‘currencies, -€anada’s- dollar has-been pushed to unprecendented lows against the U.S. currency for the past. month. It closed at-a record . ‘Tow close of 76.86 Tuesday _after slipping to 76.83:at one point in the day. Canada’s. deapening . economic crisis has reached “egt “point- where. financial. iiistitulons theriselves may ™ be on the brink of collapse,” Bays Robert. Splane, ~vice- ‘ * chairman of the Canadian” Salaries of MPs and Senators are to be. frozen, but .pay rollbacks for cabinet ministers are said to-have been, ruled out. Commenting onthe threat ‘of wage limits, Jean-Claude Parrot, militant head of. the 23,000-member Canadian Union of ; _ Postal Workers, said. public sector ° | . “-worthetd wil tite “unprecedented actions = = such controls. The minister Ce , Commercial Bank. _& bank or trust company, - = bankruptcles could teach 33,000 this year compared rates are not. lowered.” Clark, expressing surprise at the Tradeau invitation, said if the meeting is intended as “a trap for the provinces; it’s inex- “On the other hand, if it’ 6 an attempt to create a consultation on. the economic _ policies of the country, Mr should let the provinces know clearly.” - The government wants to sell the: budget as a package showing it remains serious about fighting inflation — sow running at , 11.8 per cent — but ls willing to provide “selective stimulation” in an effort to. rising bankruptcies. - While MacEachen has told the public not - to expect too much, officials sald the budget: is. bigger than the tinkering © planned two weeks ago. In. effect, the Zovernment has pushed up the timing of the full budget it had earlier planned to present next fall. Libefal sources said cabinet has chosen: a restralnt program for more:than 200,000 -. ‘federal public servants imposing a seven- per-cent ceiling on their wage increases. Other options which had been considered for public servants were a freeze on everyone’s salary, or 4 graduated scale. that would provide. bigger raises for the - lowest-paid workers and nothing fo for those udeau unemployment and i" Sources said a '$s00-million job creation - fund approved for the budget is more than twice the amount MacKachen originally intended, and results fram pressure by back-bench Liberals and the left wing of cabinet, including Employment Minister ~ - Lloyd Axworthy. - - _ The fund, to be spent on ‘community projecta anda youth job corps, is expected — to put a very heavy dent: in the post- * Depresssiori record unemployment rate of 10.2 per cent — or an all-time. high of 1,241,000 individuals, not counting tens of thousands of others- who have given up © ‘looking for work, Statistics Canada reported Thursday that industrial production declined for the 10th ‘straight. month in April, and the Conferencé Board of Canada predicted things will get worse before they get “The conclusion that: Canada. is in the throes of a severe recession is quite inescapable,” the economic forecasting organization said. oe a '>. 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