Ad - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 8, 1995 Locals tackle MP Scott on pending f federal cuts LOCAL UNION MEMBERS and others took their campaign to stop. pending federal social and educa- tion spending cuts to Skeena Reform MP Mike Scott last week. Kitimat-Terrace and District Labour Council. president Norm Lavallee told Scott that proposed culs and suggested culs in the - | next federal. budget will hurt northwest citizens. '. “People are going to have no alternative but to go to the wel- fare rolis,”’ he said. And Lavallee nated that the federal government might have more than one kind of revolution on its hands, He said the balance of federal taxation payments has shifted away from corporations to indi- viduals. Scott said the country faces a serlous problem in dealing with the federal debt and deficit. “There’s no question many Ca- the provincial government’s deci- Public Employees employ - Family willing to be a support to Alana in her culture and “ nadians are going to be hithard,’’ —_sion to stop the Kemano Comple- Tammy Simmonds disagreed on h it said Scott “‘If the problem was tion Project has hurt northwest how jobs should be created. eritage dealt with 10 years ago or 12 years ago we wouldn't be in this position.” . *'] find it appalling the Liberals campaigned saying there isn’t a problem. They weren’t very. honest about it as far as I’m con- PEOPLE worried about the impacts of pending federal spending . cuts debate the issue with Reform MP Mike Scott, right cemed,’’ he added, Scott and Lavalice agreed that job prospects. . “There’s one move after anoth- er preventing people from going to work,”’ said Scott of provincial government decisions, including the creation of a park in the Tat-" shenshini which stopped develop- Meat of a copper mine. But be and Canadian Union of “Flow can you destroy the en- vironment to make a health econ- omy,” asked Simmonds, “Tf you don’t want them ta mine here, don’t come in here and say you want money from the goverament,”” replied Scott. Home buying plan changed - THE CANADA MORTGAGE and . Housing Corporation (CMHC) has recognized the high cost of housing in Terrace by changing a program which helps first-time home buyers. Before, people qualifying under the five per cent down program were limited to a maximum pur- chase price of $125,000. The new | limit is $175,000. ‘We did a study of a number of communities and found that with construction prices and other fac- tors, an increase was justified,’’ | said CMHC official Gordon Johnson from Prince George. The new level applies to homes , within the City of Terrace limits, The maximum in Prince Rupert, Prince George, Fort St. John,: Williams Lake and Port Alberni was also taised to $175,000, “Finding a quality home at $125,000 just isn’t as it was when this program was introduced in 1992,” said Johnson. “When you look at what's available now, homes in the $125,000 range are small, older and dated. The $175,000 maxi- mum fits in better with what we're sceing,” he added, . - Johnson said more than 240,000 houschokds have taken advantage of the five per cent down program since it was introduced. “With the new level, im certain we'll see a new interest in those communities,’ he said, To qualify, home purchasers must occupy the house as 4 prin- cipal residence and cannot have owned a principal residence at any time during. the past five years, -_ Buyers may consume up to 35 per cent of their gross family in- come for principal, interest, prop-. erty tax and heating costs. A buyer's total debt load cannot ex- ceed 42 per cent of gross. family income. CMHC adds a premium of 2.5 per cent on loans it insures under -the five per cent down program. There are now 69 communities in Canada plus the Yukon, North- west Territories, | Northem Quebec and Labrador where the maximum purchase level is $175,000. The maximum is $250,000 in Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria, All other places remain at $125,000, Johnson said he was surprised (that Kitimat's level didn’t in- crease to $175,000. | Thirteen your: ald Alana looks forward to living in ina family that | can swims & skis, and is outgoing and sociable. She is currently — atte CAN You SHARE YOUR HOME ~ WITH ALANA | accept her for who she is. Alana likes to go to dances, she nding school Monday through Thursday. Alana can be strong willed and likes her independence. 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