aw

~gountry, :

Conservative MPs said

. "Monday... 4
as i have. ms warn. "the

weed wae
~ ease’ of income’ tax. eva--
“on and could’ even con-
feb to the fall of the

Progressive

* “goverment that in the past
tax systems. have
‘destroyed countries. I think:
‘thet ts. what ig happening in
‘Cafada today,” ‘said Gor-
‘don’ Towers, MP for ‘Red.
‘Deer, Alta *

People are ‘becoming 10°

’ overburdened by taxes -

they will soon rebel againat

paying more, he said —
‘during . the - sixth day’ of

debate on a wide-ranging -

income tax bill,
Blaine Thacker, who

represents. - ‘the Alberta

' riding of: _Lethbridge-

Foathills;. bald the. tax
system {a - “unfair , and

much too complicated.” .
People are going past -

fiddling with their Income’
tax returns for a small gain

_here or there to outright

Y ~ evniiion because the lays

ICHANCE AT BUCKS

4 Josing out co unemployment insurance payments
; because of government regulations. :

or Warr |
~-FOR ONE MORE |

: VANCOUVER (cP) —
says he's one of the lucky ones. ;

"Despite a dlanstroua season for-B.C. herring and

- galmion- fishermen, Boyes not only managed his

inteseai payments but also pald part ef the prine|pal .
on the bank Ioan for his 14-metre troller. -

7 Add unlike somo of his friénds, he-haan't had to
, Scroihnge for other jobs to survive. One has started
.~ (iberiworking, others painting houses — anything to
make: it through the rough period before the herring

_ season in February and salmon fishing in April,
~‘*But Pm oof that well off, or I wouldn't be living
here," says Boyes, who's homes his boat moored in

Vancouver harbor, :

"+ “His prospects, and those ol B.C. ‘5 5,000 to 8,000
Other: fishermen, ‘aren't bright for the coming
*" spasOn,

Low berring prices and declining salmon stocks
are just t two of the problems that will Plague them
this ‘year. °

“The banks would love to tocectone,” says one
fisherman, ‘but what would they do with the boats

_ if they repossessed them? ;
~-3 “The market is so' soft already that: would just
_ drag prices down even lower. They know they have
. a better chance to recoup thelr investment by let-
ting us fish another. season.” |
oa But if losing their boats hasn't been the biggest

Uireat facing fishermen this year — though many

~ are Tight on borderline — for many it has been

Fisherman Dave Boyes

he

“Dennis . Brown, of the United Fishermen and.
Allied Workers Union, says a survey of its 3,500
‘Vancouver-area members showed hundreds were
denied UIC betanse, ofthe requ the main

‘one being for ‘Van-

‘qguver jen both this yea and lest .
“#1 know one person who worked 1D weeks this
year and 18 last yesr, and wha doesn't get
anything,” he says. -

“Most of them are desperate and it's not pleasant
to see It. And nobody is bailing these people out.”

But more than one fishing industry spokeman has
come out against the idea of the government ex-
panding its #4 million emergency fund set up for,
‘West coast native fishermen to inckude others.

“Fishermen know they're in a eyclical business,
“with ite ups and downs,” says one fisherman. “I
. inaiston the right to go broke if 1 plan badly or have
* bad luck, and on the right —ifT' hacky —tomake-

Lae

“She wins battle
_ but faces a war

- VANCOUVER (CP) —- from outside Canada.
"Daphne Willams has wor a If immigration officials

“Federal Court of Appeel
‘deptetation fight but still

* Ou Iaooday, ‘the court

‘overtiirned @ deportation

on

‘ordex: against her and

_ ordered a new hearing. But
j still might have to

return . ito the ® Corton

"here |ahe sys ahe won

-\pe able to support her tive

ghdrem na7 Uving In a

‘Inpmnigration officials 7

katy will jasue a depar-
ture notice which, unlike a
Sepeetation order, does not
her return to

Canada as a domestic, sald
lee lawyer, Reiner Rothe.
Williams, a resident of

" Canada for the past seven
‘years; was . ordered
‘ last August after
she had bem discovered
“Hving Wegally in Canada.
Hee work visa had expired,
‘and the bad taken 2 job in
fhe laundry reer at Van-
‘couver “General Hospital.
. Rothe said be will ask
*Jinmigration Minister
-Liogd “Axworthy to grant
‘bee Minded immigrant
rm oo ministerial
‘permit because of the

Rab tpt
hoped she might only
“havh to cross into the U.5.
to. satisfy the ‘ fegal

‘agit ce apply

faces “a. battle fe stay In,

‘

turn down her new ap-
plication for a work visa,

she will have to return {0

Jamaica. -—

Wiliams, whose children
range’ from eight t 17
_years, held two domestic
positions before taking a

job at VGH 18 months ago. -

‘In both homes the legal

paperwork was done by the

employer, and she said she
was not aware that she had
to have het work permit
_altered and-or extended
when she changed jobs.

Her supporters, in-
cluding the International
. Committee Against

alate to such newcomers
‘their legal obligations,
especially prohibitions
against taking jobs for
which Canadians sre
available. ,

WHIN ran LAST
L. CHECN UNDER THE HOOO?_J

are r complex ‘and in

comprehenalble, he said.”

“Don, ‘Blenkarn,.- députy.

Conservative . ‘finance. .

egjtig, sald the-entire in- .

come. tax.system ;'is

“enormously complicated”

and called for its comnpiete .

im-
tax

“The

‘Jegislation
plements. ‘various
‘changer . announced -by
Pinages Ministet ‘Allan

VICTORIA (cP> ad
Federal: cabinet ininisters
and senior officials’ have
told ‘B.C. that Ottawa in-
‘tends fo. make major
cutbacks “in jointly Nanded
social ‘service’ cofitracts
‘due to expire soon, B.C.
Finance Minister Hugh
Curtis said Monday.

_ ‘Among contracts which
could be affected is the
multi-billiondollar
Established Programa
. Financing arrangement
which expires March 31,
-1982, - :

Ties
Suits

 MacEachen in his Oct. 23

budget and his April.
_ economic statement, Some-
of the provisions were:
retained from.
Dacember, 1979, budget.
that led to the defeat pf the. -
short-lived Conservative
govenment. . . -
Earlier in the day, Con
‘. Servative . Frank - Oberlé,

MP ‘for Prince George.

Peace River in. British

Columbia, said northerners,
shouldn't have to pay in-

come tax unless they earn
more than $80,000 or.

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The agreement,
negotiated | every. five
years, was worth about $1

- fax transfer payments it

“accounted for about 25 per
cent of 1980-81 B.C.
government spending.

“Nothing's been: placed

on the table yet, but it's
going fo be very, very
tough and we have to be
particularly concerned

about an exiting by the |

federal government from

_MEN’S WEAR |

the’

"Everyone else who lives ©

on low. or medium wages

- should not have to pay any “

"income tax,” be said,
, ‘Oberle, who has preased

hard for<'tax breaks for

{hose who live in isolated

. _ Commusiiies; especially in .
._ the ‘North, ‘said Avstralia
Y and Denmark already give-.~

tax breaks to people who

live where. costs are

* eordparatively high.

provides incentives to

- encourage peopleto live in .

Stheris; be said:

° obviously:

rhe burden’ of heavy taxes grows

Oberle alo soled that. 4g

government. employees

posted in “idolated’ -com-:

' munities ‘receive between

$1,000 sind $12,000 a year in.

- bousing, travel and nor-

theen, ‘living allowances:

cs te is’ * ttc te

. federal, public. ‘servants,
it must be’
“equally difficult, for’ ‘the
a small entrepreneur auch as.
‘Even the Soviet’ Union -

‘the | baker, .. plumber,
shoemaker. and = their
employees ta cope: ‘with the
same realities.” ¢ mo

; - Social services cutbacks. set

programs that have beéa in ~ federal provinelal buman

place for a. long. time,”
~ Negotiations fir a new’

+. BPR, agreement are not |

expected ” to’ start until © cutbacks ‘Qitawa is con-

+ sidering, butits negotiating

said he intends to discuss -

‘thefunding issue next week

: March or April, but Curtis:

rescurces agreements and

_ Curtis daid in an interview. post-secondary. education.

Curtis said he is worried
not .erily about’ the kind of.

strategy as well. The:
minister sald he expects.

in Montreal with treasury - Ottawa to tie the EPF

“| think we're going to.
havea hard time an all the

social service programs,” :

Curtis sald.

. board president Donaid
Sot sessions to. other revenue

and spending conflicts.

Inevilably, we're going
to .re-fight the -whole.

question of energy sources —
These include Medicare, -Of revenue,” be said. °

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