os 9781 - 2nd ST., Sidney, B.C. V8L 3C5
a SECOND CLASS MAIL REGISTRATION NO. 0128

VIC SWAN, Publisher _ |
_ . GEORGE LEE, Editor —
ESTABLISHED | 1912 Proprietor: Island Publishers Ltd.

"-Provincialization

7 What the government decentralizes with one hand, it
_ centralizes with the other. .

Sidney council has joined its provincial association in -
trying to convince the B.C. government to ditch. plans of
taking over local industrial taxation. The provincial

_ government would set rates, rather than allowing local

_ governments to set them within the current variable

_ system. -
_ The government, in its infinite fairness, would then

7 - be in charge of redistributing the dollars it’s so kindly
_ collected on behalf of local governments. This, we sup-.
Pose, would more evenly. distribute the municipal tax

: dollars industry genera

This is an affront to several principles. First, the | | ee

: “municipality that has the industry deserves the taxation

| 7 _benefits. They should not be evened out, because in-
_ dustry requires increased local services and sometimes _
_ brings higher risk to the local ] public. The dollars raised

| are an offsetting factor.

a Second, local autonomy i is critical to local concerns.
Tt S.

Pow wer as possible to collect and distribute its own cash.

~ It is government closest to the people, and the people | |
erve a say. An ero ion of autonomy is the same asan |

- erosion of democracy. oes,
—. And. third, it goes against the government’ s decer
: ‘tralization plans. What will this be. called? L
decentralization? Recentralization? a

cussed by the pro. ince’s select standing commit
‘Cro C rations and government. se service

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ent. the taxa ‘
and finally, the ir

essential that municipal government have as much © [ /

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Alderman, 0 one year term, to help 7
bring more fiscal ie
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orm that's . Tequire an increase.
easy to vote for, But after ‘hea i. Go od a ,
and election a Ad Gordon votes (on a. maties'

7 does not ake S#O0,000 tn do te tew.e i
_ that he does not comment onthe |

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available 10 us, one of which Te.
quires no borrowing and no in- |
crease in taxation to pay for bo

“Tread it as saying that three of “if you had a

- North ‘Saanich taxpayers, who -

ip the silent majority. a
“Ald. Gordon. further. States that,

per week and ran on two
ders you would ete

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