Useless to protest - federal tax grab In mid-February Terrace city council received a rather abrupt letter. With no consultation or prior warning from the Communi- cations Canada, the city was told there would be a 1,039 percent ‘increase in their radio communica- tions licencing fee. They were better off than Surrey, who was hit with a 3,035 percent increase, but that was little consolation. The city was faced with a bill of $2,452 for public works and $750 for fire department radio licences compared to a total of about $325 for both licences in 1989, The city wrote to the federal Minister of Communications, the Minister of State for Privatization and Regulatory Affairs, the Radio Regulatory Branch, Prince George MP Frank Oberle and Skeena MP Jim Fulton expressing concern over the amount of the increase and the lack of consultation before implementing it. _ At the time, alderman Ruth Hal- lock said, "We don’t anticipate too much success,” .and it appears: as. though she was right. The city has since received a letter from Minis- ter of Communications, Marcel Masse, who says consultations began with municipalities in 1986, No one in this area, though, seems to. be aware of the consultation _process. But according to Masse, Robert De Cotret, the president of ' the Treasury Board, confirmed the government’s position to remove the preferential licencing rates for municipalities last December, and his government moved on the - initiative. . “These policies require all users of the radio frequency spectrum to contribute equitably to the cost of managing this scarce public resource," Masse said in his letter. Action plan for seniors | . Over 40 seniors and health care professionals attended a "Strong _ Communities for Seniors" work- shop in Terrace last week. Accord- ing to Strong Communities in the 90’s facilitator Doug Smith, the workshop was aimed at developing senior’s facilities and support services in Terrace; among the factors considered, he said, are housing, health care, income, trans- portation, safety and security. Smith says that once these fac- tors had been defined, separate lists of available and needed ser- vices in Terrace were prepared, and a tally of the results of that exercise will be discussed futher during a May workshop. From that point, he says, an action plan for developing or improving services will then be formed. One positive suggestion that came out of the workshop was the concept of a Senior’s Advisory Commission to city council. This concept has received support from Terrace council and will be dis- cussed further by the Committee of the Whole, If formed, a Senior’s Advisory Commission would keep council informed on senior’s issucs. "Licensees should neither be subsi- dized by other licensees nor by taxpayers in general." After reading the letter, alderman . | Dave Hull pointed out that the city was using radios for the. direct benefit of the- city, not for profit, and beat Hallock to the punch in criticizing Masse’s letter by sayi- ng, "We didn’t want clarification. We wanited’a reduction.” A motion to receive and file the letter was then carried with Hallock’s ap-. proval. Why? "It’s not going to do any good to protest," she said. "It will only make the pulp mills Terrace Review — Wednesday, May 2, 1990 Ali Schizophrenia Is the most prevalent form of mental iliness in Canada, affecting one percent of the population, and a particularly devastating disease because its onset.is usually in the teen years. 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