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Page A4 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, Septamber,4, 1991

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_ Aviurlzed ts second-class malt panding the Post Office: Department fray postage inch

One of: the ‘great privileges of being a

‘payers’: money to. the long-suffering
public which forked it over in: the first
-place,” This takes the form of grand pro-

nouncements and subservient thanks on

the’ part: of those who receive the money.
In. B.C; there’ sa sub-set to this prac-

tice. It’s. called’ the B.C. Lottery. Cor-

poration, a government. cash cow which.

holds out. the: ever. elusive prospect of. -

wintiing big money. |
Just as with liquor. profits, money rais-

provincial bank account. And just as the
province turns back. some of its liquor
profits to inadequate alcohol abuse pro-
grams, it ‘hands. out: lottery grants to.
various groups and for various purposes.
"This'is a highly political business, The
pot of money is controlled by cabinet
‘ministers. There are’ constant accusa-
_tions that ridings held by government
. members I receive more money than those

tis" ‘ironic:’ “After, more, than seven

des "SF the west ‘telling the Soviet

that. troubled section of the world has
taken: ‘the message to heart. And the ef:

buck’ ‘attraction of northwest angling to

- well- heeled: visitors from. Europe and

Asia. For years, the northwest has prid-

ed itself on being the home of the
ultimate fishing experience.

But no more. Nowadays, aggressive

; enterprises in Soviet Siberia are taking

politician i is the: ability to turn back tax-. ©

: Siberian Lure
their toll on local. guiding . perationgyic

‘Union its economic policies won't. work, -

“fects: aré. even: being felt in the northwest...
ao At stake i is fishing, particulary the. big- _

It’s. a system that nee "Teplacing.

How about the creation of regional com- [BS

mittees to decide disbursements? ‘Each

would receive a chunk of money relevant

to the amount of lottery sales within its |

region.
~ The. committee ‘would establish and
publish criteria upon which’ grant ap-

ed through lotteries. disappears into the - plications will be adjudicated; A list of

“gucécessful grants would be issued once a

year, as would a list of applications not
approved.

All this would take the mystery out of
the lottery grant business, It might not

' pe as much fun for politicians, but it

would shine some light on the. process.

And, it would cut back on a politicians’

workload so they could spend more time

“on the, important issues s of the day.

Better travel contiections — a rpeteont ¢

now fly, from, Alaska to:Siberia, for in-*. \"To John

stance — and the sense of something new:
and exciting has created a tremendous:

; interest.

‘Just as. ironic is the realization that
good old-fashioned free enterprise is one
of the reasons for the decline of fishing”
in the northwest. Too many people and:
too many economic interests have been-

chasing too few fish in a growing and

depressing cycle resulting i in Poorer and
poorer runs. :

i report; released recently by

‘ of $430 million, an: admirable,

i haven't quite recovered: from”

Pick of the pics —

hey photograph ‘worth the

is

expense of film, development,
and album space deserves iden-

‘Through =| j

tification.
- ‘For a week, I've been study- - Bifecals .
ing-a deck of snapshots taken “

when I was three and four years

by Claudette sandecki

old. During those two years, my
family lived ina developing sub-

division of Timmins, Ontario |
‘ while Dad ‘worked in a gold
: our

would otherwise escape notice
— a truck dwarfed by distance,
house ‘invisible. among

various stages of building a-
structure no bigger than a~

. the recession. -
the figures, however, you'll

find an entry ‘called ‘‘Transfer
from: ‘Budget Stabilization co

¢

several photos show Dad in

VICTORIA — I got good

news, bad news, and néws ot’

more creative book- keeping by
your friendly, albeit somewhat .

' desperate neighbourhood ©

Social Credit government,“
~All three are key. ingredlchis -

from the
Capital —
_by Hubert Beyer __

of the latest quarterly financial ~

out ot the way first. According -
to the report, which covers: the,
first three months of the’cur-
rent fiscal year, the govrnment
spent $3.95 billion on your...
behalf between April | and
June 30.

-During those same three
montis, the government col-
lected $4.38 billion: The
report, therefore concludes |
that it has an. operating. surplus

feat, considering we. still

‘Upon closer examination of:

Fund. :.$839 million.””
Wait’a ‘second.: ‘Isn't that: the ©
goofy fund that’ never was? : .
Sure is. Commonly, referred: te
as the B.S. “Fund, it Was never’ -
more than a smoke-and- mirror
book-keeping:t ‘trick that:

* budget. E

wigosa. i 1g, eg si “asia ye

stg eh A Nene’ NO. 843
million, surplus: afler;the.. First:

three: ‘months. of the. current -
fiscal-year.: -There's s.a-$409°.
‘million deficit: instead.

"Now to the good‘news. ae

B.C, economy has emerged
from the: recession, that began
late last; year, and i ‘is growing’

- again, although’ at avery.

modest Tate. ~
; Several sectors of the
economy. are’ showing: clear |

signs of recovery,’ Jansen says. -
_in his quarterly report.
> Employment: during the second

_ quarter incréased by 1.5 per
‘cent, and the end result for —

1991, Jansen adds, could be
ter than predicted i in the

- On the iidtional: level, the:

_ ed'out. “The: latest. economic

: indicators point ‘to an increase:
olin ‘reall’ ‘gross domestic’ product -
‘int ‘the second quarter,” he

says,”

~ any actual money'in it, was: _

80 i sive vi

a Tiave ‘créated for themselves th ;

—_ Anflation. pressure cased. dur-
mo ‘ing'the first ‘half of the’ year. Sry
- While the Consumer Price‘In-
“dex ‘peaked. at 6:8 pér‘cent.in:
. January, a direct result’ ofthe |
GST, it now seems to have Ste.

- ;
yniggul sili cs dop.g wi & shi
6 dalicints: ommeandltits, supth rs
as pulppnewsprint.and metals «.
are:not ‘expected to make‘é any ie

mas significant gains in 1991,

“This' could-mean that income:

‘assistance case loads will re- “3:

main relatively high, thereby :

~ contributing to what already.“
"begins to look like a billion-

», dollar-plus deficit at the end of
' the fiscal -year.

.. Failure of itie ‘ming abd
: pulp and. paper ‘sectors. to re-
‘bound. from. the. recession.

i could: also. spell. trouble for the :

government in the ‘upcoming *

“election. : oo (
te

Whatever the i issues in the:
election campaign, it’s clear A

..,, that the Socreds can’t stand on:-
their’ political record. For: more *
Ls * than three years, the Socreds “{:,:
‘minister: says, it -also ‘appears °
~ that-the récession-has bottom: |

image of a party that is. aching :

“_ to'be put out of its misery. *

. The'only. chance the partly had’ co
7 UO, outshine: the NDP'was by: - a
" proving ‘tobe | wise fiscal
managers. : 7

--But if the current 409"
: million deficit: that. ‘threatens tor"
become a ‘hillion-dollar-plus, ;

year, doesn’t “shake the public
‘iy oe inthe Socreds’.

“'Mom ritually wrote on the
back of each picture the date
‘and an explanation of the scene,
“$0: that, on the farm in Saskat-
chewan: Grandma and Auntie
could share’ our new life.

“By. “contrast, - photos taken
while. we were- all together on

. placed an X in one ‘side mary

“out”? Which tells me ho

leafless trees, a
Sometimes they tell me what ;
was just: beyond — the
viewfinder’s range. On. a: view
of our house front Mom

. Hed. at bout three | percent.

-single-car garage. . widely: ‘criticized by Ca

: Alight went on for me when I’ cial:
‘read Dad’s notation where he's." ag, a questionable b
shingling the roof. ‘This was Prpelce at best and’near.
before we added the 10 x 10 : fro 7

i a recovery in. Cariadian
economic: co in: the: ‘second

dget deficit, may: prove. to:
prophetic. Asked by.a: -
orter at the recent. Premiers

“| just cut Mr. Greer’s-shack::

im crease ty et sales and

the: “farm, -before ‘or after. the
Ontario years, Jack elucidation,
: Pity. os
Thirty of 50 years ago when I
embankment, .

Salamanders up a rocky. ralay

ved i in Ontario.

Mom: ., writ

hen: you're depending sat :

‘guess the Socreds , we
pea the  cannin:

of, manufactured. :

7 ‘turiiig, sector, ‘and an Increase
in eraployment rates.
b

- glued these photos helter-skelter™

into my album, I never dreamed.

“They. were bound to
I'd.one day want (nay, need) to. - es

read the remarks written on the | or

reverse. ‘But- tonight, in despera- there...
= section police."
‘Patches of black -

tion, 1 carefully tugged each pic-
ture. ‘loose: :
album | paper : -stuck, obscuring
some of-the writing. -

At the risk of washing away
the, i
paper: Joose’. with .a saturated

cotton ‘pall. The album. paper
caine: ‘off, ' revealing. the ‘words

wiitten beneath.” ‘Mont, sused ~

quality: ink ard'a fine nib. Very
Hite. ink ‘swam “away. 90

om’s penned. mninicstories :

on ‘the back of each shot not on-
ly'éxplain the setting; they also

driwrettention: ‘to: features:that

=

ink,“ F° s0aked . ‘the black >
ight-of-way, .:.,

almost meet over, my now

Now ‘BEFORE. LUNCH!

T'M To SEEINK LYNX

b FAMILY, FALCON FAMILY
+ EN PIKA FAMILY coce:

A hint of Mom’s d
tactics there. Clearly, Grandma.
imagined we might be run over. .- fyi
bya. train; our back fence. ©: ;

separated our lot from ‘railway

NOLVERINE
FAMILY!

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