Page A2 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 28, 1990

Feds faced tax >
revolt, says MP.

TERRACE — Federal finance
minister Michael Wilson would
have faced a citizens revolt if

_ there had been tax increases in
his new budget, says the NDP
MP for Skeena.

“Canadians are sick and tired
of tax increases. In the past six.
years, Michael Wilson has come
to the House of Commons and ©
raised taxes 32 times either
through budgets or other
measures,”’ said Jim Fulton,

And although there are cuts
in federal spending, Fulton call-
ed the budget a ‘‘paper
maneuver’’.as it didn’t address
areas in which real cuts could
have been made.

‘*There was no serious cut to

defence, business subsidies or
any other programs of that
sort,’”” Fulton said.

He added that Wilson did an-
nounce there would be a $600
million reduction in the cost of

| government operations but then

failed to give details of how it
would be accomplished.

The NEP MP estimated that
since the Tories took office in
1984, Canadians have had at
least one month of take home
pay taken away in the form of
new federal taxes.

Fulton was also disappointed
Wilson’s budget did not contain
information on a new reforesta-
tion agreement with the pro-
vince.

Jim Fulton -

Native radio service
hit in spending cuts

TERRACE — Northern Native
Broadcasting (NNB) has had its
budget cut by between 380,000
and $90,000 as a result of the
federal budget announced last
week,

NNB financial consultant
Mel Bevan said the amount
represents 16 per cent of the
organization’s operating
budget.

“Tt could mean less program-
ming and maybe staff cuts, but
we'll try to avoid that,” said
Bevan.

NNB was established six
years ago and has a staff of 13
which broadcasts four hours a
day to 23 native communities
via satellite and produces pro-
grams for CIFW-FM and other
radio outlets.

Also cut was work planned
this year to hook up another 20
communities by satellite. It’s
part of a plan to eventually

Federal

* Cuts in federal spending and
placing caps in other areas will
mean a federal deficit this year
of $28.5 billién, down from the
$30.5 billion of last year, says
federal finance minister Michael
Wilson.

® There are no new tax increases

© There is, however, a continua-
tion of an eight percent sur-
charge if federal taxes amount
to more than $12,500.

* Since the beginning of the
year, workers and companies
will have noticed their
unemployment insurance
assessments have increased.
That’s because the federal
government is getting out of the
paying for the unemployment
insurance scheme.

* The three tax bracket income
levels will increase with infla-

Number
crunchers

happy

VANCOUVER -— Cuts in
transfer payments to the pro-
vinces and now new federal
taxes announced in last week’s
federal budget are steps toward
deficit reduction, says the presi-
dent of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of
British Columbia.

“The deficit creation was like
an 18-year drunk and we're in
the midst of a 10-year hangover
while the federal government —
tries to reduce it,”’ said Rick Ac-
ton.

Although Acton said provin-
cial governments face a
“challenge” in maintaining ser-
vices without increasing their
taxes, he added chartered ac-
countants ‘‘are pleased that the
federal government is attacking
the deficit, though we'd like to
see them go after it harder and .
harder.”’

Acton said chartered accoun-

“tants are also happy the federal
government has capped growth
in government spending and has
reduced grants and subsidies.

He added that.B,C. has to ac-
cept reduced transfer payments
as part of the effort. to reduce
the federal deficit. a

We have to endorse overall | :
the responsible actions of the | — ..
-government in its fight stain a.

the defi cit,” Acton sald.

Mel Bevan
broadcast to 69 communities.
“It hasn’t been cancelled, but
it has been put on hold —
possibly we'll be able to do it
next year,” said Bevan of the
$300,000 program that was to

take place.

He said the other native
broadcast outlets across Canada
also had their budgets reduced
by 16 per cent, Grants to native
newspapers are being complete-
ly eliminated.

The reductions end what had
been a ongoing program to ex-
tend native news and informa-
tion services in the country, he
said,

“Until David Crombie
(native affairs minister in the
mid-1980s), approvals were year
by year. He brought in a
perpetual program, long term
planning. It wasn’t something
that was to be terminated. It’s
another broken promise,”’ said
Bevan.

Bevan said NNB will try to
find other monetary sources, It
can’t sell commercials for its
programming but can line up
sponsors,

budget in brief —

tion, but not bythe full amount
and that means higher taxes.

® And although there are no
new tax increases, placing a cap
on federal transfer payments to
the provinces could mean they’ll
have to raise their taxes to cover
the shortfall.

Provincial ‘finance minister
Mel Couvelier estimated the
shortfall will be $120 million
this year, affecting advanced
education, health and social ser-
vices programs.

If Couvelier decides to raise
provincial taxes, that could
mean an additional $100 per
person on average. —

Premier. Bill Vander Zalm _-

and Couvelier have delayed the
provincial budget. -announice-
ment, probably until mid-April,
to re-write their spending and
revenue plans. “

® There’s been a shift away

from giving subsidies and grants
to businesses. Instead, the
federal government will call
those payments loans. and
they’ll have to be repaid.
e Although a federal-provincial
reforestation agreement finishes

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TERRACE —_ Spending cuts

in last week's federal budget.

mean a loss of $30,000 to the

‘ Terrace Women’s Resource

Centre Society.

_ Society president Carol :
Sabo said the amount.is ap-.

proximately 80 percent of
the centre’s budget.

_- “The centre won’t be able -
to operate at the level it has -

been, As much as the govern-
ment says women are a

valuable part of society and
should be paid for their -

new

work, “they're not putting
their money where their

-mouth is,’' she said. -

Sabo added the centre has

enough money to operate as

it hasbeen until: April 1,

when -the new: budget “year
.. begins, and isn't-yet worried.
about’ its’ office space in a
converted house because it is

leased for a $1 a year from
the city.

“The frustration is that
women’s centres across’ the
country have touched women

" in every shape and form. At a

this. point . ‘in time “wien

women are getting out of the .
house and. are beginning ‘to .
feel good about themselves,

the government wants them

- pack in the home: — to ‘be
cooking, ‘barefoot and preg: |

nant .in’ the kitchen,” she

said. '

More decisions will be

made next. week when the
centre’s members. hold. an
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