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PAGE A2, tl HERALD, Wednesday, December 4, 1974

“Trust us” Government hitting
the little man

Public financing of such
facilities as the Kalum Ski Hill
in Terrace, Kitimat, the
Thornhill. Communily Centre
and the. Hazellon Community
Center that are voted on by all
residents of an area regardless
of financial obligalion, creates a
tax burden on the properly
be
unable to bear...

- the right to vote on capital
cost: by-laws without financial

obligalion’and ..
+ the fixing af rental income
increuses remove. the

possibilily of the land owner
recovering lhe increased cost of
such facilities,

We all realize’ thal ‘laxation
without representation is a
wrong concepl, so. should we
recognize ‘represéntalion
withoul taxation on such direct:
cos! increasing money by-laws.
If our N.D.P. Government is
puing to give the right lo all te
vote on such referendae then
they must allow rental fees lo
float with the ‘resultant. in-
creased costs.’ :

However we can plainly sec
the . design behind. such
legislation when, alter net too
many such referendae the real
income derived from rental
unils will erede to the point of a
net monthly loss or subsidized
renal units for all renters

creating an ideal situation for
government takeover, Then
rental anit owners will be told to
grin and’bear it because they
are private business people and
not recognized unions, and have
no rights, as was the case with

‘the insurance people handling

LC.B.C.

It Is interesting to forecast
whal percentage loss’ private
insurance people will be forced
te sustain next year when ar-
bitrary rate increase for han-
dling of 1.0.B.C. insurance and
automobile registration comes
due. Will an increase be of-
fered, or will all real estate and
general insurance offices he
taken aver or phased oul?
Owners of rental, units; can
expect no bet(er treatment.

Our basic freedams are

quickly eroding under. this -

N.D.P. peoples’ government, —
Surprisingly, this “trust us"
government is hitting the little
man they ‘are committed . to
help...”

- insurance and real estate
people have lost their freedom
fo negotiate adequate rates to
handle government insurance,

- freedom of choice was losl
by all by compulsory collision
insurance in the inefficient
government program,

‘,- freedom to dispose of land at

favourable prices by senior
citizens na longer able to farm
their land and now deprived of
their hoped-for relirement
income, and many will be
foreced to live out their days on
ihe dole. ‘
-+ rental accommodation
owners have lost the freedom to
recover the cost of providing
housing as costs spiral,

- service siaiion and energy-
relaled small businesses have

lost the freedom from fear of.

government dictatorship and
fakeover. al personal
business expense.

- the freedom to-vole al an
election has. been seriously
eroded now thal one cannot be
registered to vote at the poll
when’ he has -been missed
inadvertently or “selectively”
during enumeration. °

cv the: right of any non:

community resident to run for a,

public office has robbed us of
the freedom of. knowledgeable
government, guaranteed when
only residents of a given area
were allowed Lo sland for office.

The insidious combination of-
the right of any person to run iit

any ‘community, the right ‘of -

non-lax payers lo vole on money
by-laws. the pessibility «or
probability of selective voters
lists, restrictive rental incomes,
lack of privacy: in the home.and

or

place’ af business leaves us
openly exposed ta further
totalitarian exploitation. With
just such legislation Hitler,
Mussolini gand Stalin ravaged
Europe, -

While Mr, O'Donaghy no
doubt: would have done a fine
job In public office, his present
unbiased position will work to
public advantage, We urge him
in his professional capacity lo
continue to critically examine
and report through his press all
public and*government affairs,
that his expertise — will
guarantee the freedom lo
read the news as it is , nol
coloured or controlied by
polilical parties or con-
siderations. A free
absolutely essential to any hope
of regaining our lost freedoms.

Free speech without fear of
retaliation has not yel been lost,
but following the sequence or
erosion of other freedoms, can
we- soon -expect either
legislation to curb eriticism of
‘our N.D.P.° govenrment, . or
active party goon squads wha
will be enforcing the will of
stale socialism upon all oul-
spoken people? ; :

Let me urge .., think freedom,
talk’ freedom, ‘and work for
‘freedom, There Is very little
lime left.

$500 grant for new home buyers

The Honourable Barney
Danson, Minister of State for
Urban Affairs in ‘addressing
Parliament indicated his in-
tention of fulfilling a campaign
promise of making available a
$500 grant {o people acquiring a
new home for. the first time.
The following is-the details of
his message In the House of
Commons:-

T-would like ta confirm, ‘the .
Government's intention to in-.

troduce in the House, very soon,
legislalion which would
authorize, for a one-year period,
the payment of a $500 gran! to
peapie buying a new home for
fhe first time, provided the
hame is moderately priced. -A
home may be defined: as .a
principa! residence of per-
manen| type which confarms to
local slandards. or by-laws.
This was a commitment made
by ihe Government! during the

> gleclion campaign in order to °
", make, il easier’ for Lamilies; lo
“ purchase their first ‘home.

The auto

Text ofan Address Delivered

Wednesday, Nov, 27, 1974, by ~
‘the Hon, “Graham oR. Lea,
Minister of Highways, to. a
conferelice ef Department of
Highways Foremen at the Villa
Motor Hotel, Burnaby,

Tt seems these. days there is
ho area of public life which js
nul wracked by controversy.
Much of ihe controversy over
our business - (he business of
building and -maintaining the
road system of this Province -
concerns the effet of our work
un the physical and social en-
vironment. Even if we were so
timid, there is:‘ua way we can
avoid this controversy, Evenif
we were so irrespensible, there
is no way.ve could not share the

+ _ public's concern.

In this circumstance, it ts
important {hat we establish
clearly our philosophy and the
priorities which deriye from
that philoséphy. ‘It is no longer
possible to operate on habils or
(radilichs ar safe practices of
ihe past, :

This is most evident when we
are faced’ with the questions

(hat arise when we are about (o

develop new right-of-way. We
must justify the cost. We must
justify the intrusion on the
landscape. ~We .must
prepared to find ‘alternative
routes, Bul even‘atler these
considerations are made; there
are still profound questions
Unanswered.

A gentleman by the name of
Frank: Higgins, who is Chalr-
man of the Transportation

: , Committee of tlie City af Nat-

lingham in Engiand, recently
atlempted (o prapple with these
profound questions, ‘
Heobserved: “It is clear thal
new ‘roads are themselves a
major generator of traffic and
thal building more in order lo

cope with increasing traffic -

loads is ‘a policy doomed to

” defeal, We have to accept that

there is 4 severe limil to the
resources the communily can
afford in order io solve its
transport problems... The
priorities we decide are. crucial
to our future and they should nol
be decided by who has the
loudest voice or mounts’ the

slickest | public!’ relations
campaign." : .
Mr... Higgin's., concern is

transportation in. a densely
industrial part of England, But
‘cannot help but feel his ob-
servallons are very applicable
to some of the problems we
have in B.C., such as the effort
to provide Inier-regional

aA,

-aulomobile,

he‘

Rather than wail unlil
legislation can pass through the
House, | wish to make this
benefit available to families
immediately and lo remove any
uncertainly on the part of the
home buyer or the housing
indusiry.

T would like to adyise “the
House, and the people of
Canada, that when. this
legislation is presented: lo
hontrable members for: their

- approval it will stipulate thal

the grants will be payable to
people who fulfill the required
conditions and who ‘purchase
and who accupy-. their new

‘homes.on or afler this day,,

November 1, 1974. ©

In other’ words, the.
legislation, if approved, would
be retroactive and would
benelil people who bought and.
oecupled their new house now,
withoul wailing any longer.

.

The conditions under, which

jhe grante.may | be paid 5 will. be
spelled out in the legislation but

has taken up too much ‘land

corridors free of the congestion
af commuter traffic in
Fraser Valley, or the planning
af a new roule belween the
Inlerior and the Coast.

By far, the greales| source of
increased traffic is the private
While there has
been an increase in lruck traffic
and public transit, this increase
has been small compared to the
increase "in private
automobiles. ‘Thus, our efforts,
whether we like it or not, have *
been largely to ‘accommodate
this’ increased number of
private gulomobiles and to
encourage il. We have played
un important part in the grand
design of Detroit. In so doing to
a large extent, we may have
jeopardized the grand design of
British Columbia.-

Now, I am not saying thal
"there have nol been benefits to
the increased mobility of the
privale cilizen as a resull of his
access to a driver's licence and
the necessary credil.lo gel |
behind a steering wheel, But 1
do think -Ihat' those benefits
mus| be weighed agalnst cer-
jain costs - the loss of valley
land, pollution, the waste of
fossel fuels,

Tam afraid thal if we were to
weight (he benefits of {he rapid
incrense in the use of ihe
private automobile agains!
these other costs, thé «private
automobile would look like a
very luxurious item indeed.

Of course, this does not mean
that we can abandon” our
complicily in this affair. We
will continue to improve our
highway system and there will
be cases where jl will be
necessary tp develop now roules
which of caurse will facililale
iravel by private car.

‘If we are to exercise
respousibility and to heed (he
new. voices which are being
heard in our communities, we
must begin to develop a new
altitude lowards the highways
we build and mainiain. We
mus! see them as parl of a
“continully in’ which tran-
sportation ‘is integraled with
land use. We musi seck a
grealer return from our in-
yestment. and planning by
encouraging public transit and
trucking. When we are asked to

WE TAKE

the *

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AYU PoP shor

10a.m.-é6p.m. Fri. till?
STOCK UP FOR XMAS

I would like, today, ta sketch out
our-intention in general (erms.

The Homeowner Grant would
be payable to people who are
buying a new home, lor the first
lime, within price limits which
vary by markel area, They will
ba those used by CMHC. in
selling the upper limit of loans
tt will insure under the Nalional
Housing .Acl. -In Regina, for
instance, the granl would be

payable to someone buying a’

house costing’ $31,500. In
Toronto,- where costs are
substanlially . higher,. the
maximum price eligible for a
grant. would be 344,915,

The’ legislation will. provide

. thal the housing must be new;

nol previously occupied ‘and
must be (he owner's principal
residence. Al such lime as the

legislation may be approved, °

the owner who has bought and

occupied his new home,may,.
local Central”

apply, to. the -

; Morigage,. and “Housink’Cor-

poration ‘office: who would

raise (he capacity of anexisting

-roule, our first consideration

must be; how can this capacity
be increased to move more
people and more gaods without
significantly inereasing- ihe
numbers of vehicles, In such a
framework, the consistent
demand io widen and improve
"highways will be answered with

“the reply:

process his application and, if it
is aceeplable,. send him
cheque... .

This grant will be a selective
measure, directed to those who
.need help. As the Prime
Minister pointed out’ in - an-
nouncing .the _Government’ 5
intention:

“Tl will go directly lo the
home-buyer ~ to [he consumer.
It will not -be. available to
housing. speculators or ‘to ‘the’
weallhy purchasing expensive
homes, - Il will be available. to
first-time buyers or moderately
priced homes.”

I hope, that this legislation
will find” favor among

honorable members, when‘it is -

‘presented, asa timely help fora
very large number of Canadian
familles,. Il is ‘an important
initalive in-the broad range of
federal housing measures and
one of a number. of proposals

“which I sKall- be. presenting™to-.
the House during this’ Session of

Parliament.

Yes, we will widen
and. improve, but for rapid
transil or for rucking, and only
for the private aulomubile,
when all other alternate public
lransit methods have been
explored. The private
automobile has already taken
too large a share of the land and
resources of our, people.

press is.

In an effort to raise funds for the Terrace

Association for the Mentally Retarded

and, at the

same time, give Terrace residents a chance to get all

their ‘Christmas greeting

done’ at once, the

Association has installed giant Christmas cards. in

two Terrace locations.

Terrace residents sign the cards, each measuring
36"’x36"’, and then donate what they would: have spent
on cards to the Association.

The cards are at the Royal Bank and the Terrace
Co-op. The managers of the two establishments are
seen above, both starting off what are hoped to be
long lists of ‘Terrrace residents. .

- On the left is Peter Konkin of the Royal Bank, On
the right is Jack Adkins of the Co-op and, in the

‘ background, Mrs, Joyce DiGiovanni, chairman of the
Christmas Car project for the TAMR.

in veaard to Bill 171

Colin Fraser, Executive
Representative for the British
Columbia Independent Logging
Associalion, has announced that
the independent logging con-
tractors and log haulers of the
province have adapted a “wait
and see’ * posiure w ith regard lo
the government's Bill 171;

“There are certain aspects of"

the Timber Producis
Stabilization Act which give us

cause for concern,” said. Mr, .

Fraser, “but we are forced to

” apree.with parts of Section 2 of

the Act which provides measure
for raising ‘he price of wood
chips,-in ihe Interior especially.
Hawever, we don't like carte
blanche legislation any ‘more
(han anyone else, “Al no time
have we ever
governmental controls. on’ the
pricing of “forest products" as
defined by Bil] 171;'we asked
only for. shor Lerm measures,”

In a recent. leller ‘to. the
Minister of Lands, Forests and
Water Resources, the

Honuurable R.A. Williams, the’

B.C.LL.A,. — made represen-

tation (o ihe government to,

inlervene in the wood chip
markel and bring the price up 10
alevel where sawmill ‘operalors
could continue or resume
lumber production, | thus
maintaining logging operations.
“The independent! logging
contractor,” slate Mr. William
Schneider, Chairman. “of
Board! of, Directo¥s, of ‘the
B.GIL.A:

companies, We are nol in-
terested in getting caughi in a

squeeze play between those two.

large economic entitles in the
B.C. forest industry. Whal does
interést us is the aconomic
health of the industry, and the
province, The presen{ slump in
lumber markets could aasily
spell financial .disaster for

many of our members who are ,

eapable = of
this kind of
We require

simply . nal
weathering
economic strain:

* some form of relief from this

Dent announces Kitimat
transit system expansion

- Mr, Hartley Dent,.MGL.A, for
Skeena,. announced loday thal
substantial agreement has been
reached between the Province
of British Columbia and the
District of Kitimat on
arrangemanis for revision to,
and expansion of, the Kilimal
Transit Syslem.
| Barlier in the, year, . local

electars in the Municipality’

~ approved an enabling by-law
‘for the District of Kilimat to
-parlicipale in a. new program
for local bus service. Following
provincial assent to (he by-law
by the Lieutenant Governor in
Council, ‘the “Minisler — of
Municipal Affairs, acting
» through the Provincial Bureau
of Transil Services, has been tn
negolialions with Kilimat
Municipal Officials on thé

particulars of an arrangement ”

Jor a private’ contractor to
opernle the Bus Service.
Discussions are continuing al
this lime with Coastal Bus Lines
Lid. on the terms of an -ap-
propriate contract.

Current plans .call fora new
bus roule from Kitimat City
Centre to the Service and” In-
difstrial areas. of .* the
Municipality, “Time “tables: for
each bus run are now being
finalized to coincide with
changes of shift times at the
Eurocan and Alcan Industrial
Plants.

rs

» to. work
problems in the service design. .

Mr. Dent said thal the
Minister of Municipal Affairs
has approved the start of the
new Industrial Roule .on
December 2nd, 1974 for an
initial two week period to give
the Operator and the Bureau of
Transit Officials an opportunily
oul ‘any remaining

Mr, Dent out lined the interest!
of both the Provincial Govern-
“ment and (he Kitimat Municipal
Council in seeing an overall
revised bus service plan: in-
stituted on December 16th, Al
that lime, he said, all present
local routes would receive new
lime tables to make passible
direct connections with buses on
the new Industrial Roule. He
said plans provide for new time
tables to be printed: and
available in advance
December 1th, 1974:

"Nir. Dent vullined the role of
_ the
‘Columbia in underwriting ane...

Province of Sritish

half of the annual operaling

- deficit of the local bus service. -
He said thal approval of the .

Minister of: Municipal Affairs
must be secured for new bus
services, and thal the Minister,
has established a new program
to provide transit planning =~
assistance for local
systems,

bus

Mr. Dent said that as part of
the Provincial transit program
during 1975 and 1876 . Mr.
Lorimer was planning for a
fleel of new (ransit buses for
Killmal. .

Infants And fran -
lofants may require additional
tron ‘Since there is only a six

+ mont supply stored within the

body at: birth. Check with your
dolor to'see If your chikt necds
an fon suppliment,

“asked for.

the.

“oslands belweeti the." ”
government and (he large forest:

of

HIGH SCHOOL:

- BEGINNERS .
CLERK-TYPISTS
‘AND
STENOGRAPHERS
Like’ Variety? Receptién Ist
duties like greeting customers
are combined with interesting
general offlce werk. - Light
dictation for stenographers.
Work among congenial career
men and women [n modern
neighborhood offices, Good
starting ‘salary, many
benefits, pald vacations.

HOUSEHOLD
FINANCE CORP,”
4608 —LAKELSE

strain.... we must rely on the
parties which have traditionally
determiend our course. Our
trust is in our own capabilities
of efficiency. and innoyation.”

“The B.C.EL.A.. and ils
members,".. continued Mr.

Fraser, “have never beeninthe -

position 10 determine our
course, Our trust is in our own
capabilities of efficiency and
“The B.C. AL L.A. and its |
members,"’- continued = Mr.
Fraser, “have never been in the
position to determine poticy in

_ B.C.'s"woods, and: have vir- °

* {ually no control over policy
implementation, ‘The only thing
we can do is rely onthe guod
graces of government and
privale corporalions. ‘Till now
neither: has indicaled, in a
tangible: from, any willingness
to bring the chip price to a level
thai would keep the independent
Jogging contractor operating in
atime when pulp prodpels have
never enjoyed a better markel.

We can: only ‘hope that -the |

government of the day is sin-
ceré‘in ils proposals contained
in Bill 171 and = that this
‘legislation will usher in a new
era of cooperation and far
sighted planning belween lhe
' government and the. private
companies. The B. C.LLA,

would fike to see this new Act
create.a spirit of responsible
ce-management ,

of the

Whon David Poskitt dgsians anew-hi
to make sure his cHent ié wetting, thg best.
both In concapt and construction,“

‘That's why, for sever of his letost deste

-racommondat Weslwood Building Systems.

province’: s limber resources
which will benefit all who are

associaled with the industry, -

‘and which will benefit the
people df Brilish Columbia.”
Olher measures requested in
the letter’ to Mr. Williams in-
cludeca reduction of stumpage
charges. during this period of
low. lumber markets, a
suspension of logging in Special
Sale Areas, and. immediale
consideralion ofthe con-
struction of forest access roads
and other projects which may
be contemplated so {hal heavy
-equipment will nol sit idle. The
B.C.1.L.A, -placed special
emphasis on immedate action
’ by both governnient and private

“forest companies so Ihal # near

‘complete. shut-down for the

* independent logging contractor

and hauler could be averted in
the current logging season.

Some people believe that if
one wishes to bargain with
the Devil, he must, play the
guilar at midnight.

Il'sa wise choice, Because at Westwood we use
the finosl, kiln-dried mitertals-and the Iutest:
technology lo build quality homes ala reasonable cost. ,
. What's more, we can help you all the way—from °
inftial desipan to finished product. We cin ‘evan
help you arrange financing. | -:*
If thera’s anew home in your huture talk tu your

Wostwoud dealen

- And find out why Davier Poskitt says. “Westwood is
simply o ona slop ahead, of any other system.”

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