. Gundy). - The three letters, GST, didn’ t mean: much - until. they. were. coined. by ‘Finance Minister Michael Wilson for the nine per- | cent Goods. and Services. Tax. - The. new Conservative tax is alinost universally - unpopular. The predictions of increased un- employment, higher inflation, higher costs, and lower incomes are coming now from even the most right-wing and establish- ment economists. (i.e. Wood The Conservatives will .no doubt “‘sweeten’”? this unpopular. tax. before hitting us with it in a year’s time. But let’s look, at what the price increase will be - for an average B.C. family (two children; two wage-earners). A staggering $860 more in sales taxes. The GST will raise the. ‘price of almost everything we buy. One hundred and eighty | dollars more tax on clothing; $130 more tax on household - utilities (phone, heating, elec- tricity); $100 more on car fuel _. and maintenance; $55 more on personal care (haircuts, soap, etc.); $120 more on restaurant meals; $55 more on recreation —— and there’s more — -As-'we live a considerable distance from such distribution _and manufacturing centers as . Vancouver, our actual tax rate increase will be more than for - most Canadians. Even though the Prime Minister promises that food will not be hit with the GST, our food costs will rise because of the indirect impact of the.tax on transportation. Right across the board our cost of liv- ing will go up. “Mr. Wilson promises ‘this month (in full page newspaper — ads which you and I paid for) to implement a scheme of tax credits and breaks for low and middle income families. The average B.C. family will get a $21 tax reduction while paying $860 more. . Mr. Wilson plans to sent out millions of these ‘‘credit’? - cheques in December of 1990. We all like to get a cheque in the mail, but this is ridiculous! What we need is tax fairness — not another regressive rip-off. Low and middle income earners across Canada bear ‘the weight of this new tax. Frankly, I think we are on the verge of a tax revolt. We now work until the a “IP says Gi GST bad none for Northwest oa | To the Editor; middle of July. in Canada: just. a paying taxes. Bank. profits. are up. Victoria has: cut corporate taxes by $500 million while rais-: ing them :$500 million: on. workers. | Corporations (profit- able ones) owe Ottawa $32 billion in unpaid taxes this year. For us in the Northwest, the GST isbad, bad news. It will put. a tight lid on -many. small businesses (who created 85 per-- cent of the new. jobs i in B. Cc. over the past year), - Brian Mulroney is our. Prime Minister for four more years. Mr. Wilson wants to stick us _ Minister ‘at: Rt. . - Mulroney, -24 Sussex Drive (a with the nine percent GST: while sending ‘us a few. bucks. ‘of-our own money in the mail. If you -aren’t mad enough: to write the ‘Prime-Minister (postage free of course) about the GST, you - should write and ask him why corporate taxes and taxes for the rich are going down while yours are. going up. - You can write to the Prime Hon, Brian house you pay for),-Ottawa, (in- cluding maid service), Ontario. Jim: Fulton, MP, . Skeena. Open letter to educators To the Editor; So you want to show videos on AIDS prevention to our chil-- dren in our schools. Did you ask permission from the parents to do that? Are you aware that there is not such a thing as “safe sex’’? The advocates of the condom seduce our young people into deep waters from which they .seldom emerge. Its intensive promotion does more to arouse and stimulate the imagination and encourage genital sex among the young than to curb unprotected. sex among the promiscuous. Psychologists can tell you that such promoters are in effect sorcerers’ apprentices, unable to stop the flow which they have fostered. One cannot bail out the ship when the water keeps. rushing in. A national advertising campaign should be implemented which stresses that virtue is a necessity, not an op- tion. Educational media should be prepared which teach that there can be no safe sex apart from abstinence, chastity until mar- riage, and fidelity within mar- Tiage. True love is self-control To the Editor; I would like to thank everyone - who came out to the cast call for ‘Cinderella Meets the - Wolf- an’’, Regrettably, we have had to cancel plans for this show due to a lack of male singers. We hope this situation will be re- | | solved in time to do a musical |. °.; for the fall of ‘90. ~ Marilyn Kerr, President, Pi fer: r _ continued from, page 4 publications over “the past few years aré a number of ‘‘clues’’ to the intention of some of the. ‘more avid (rabid) self- appointed environmentalists. For example, I found this in- triguing quote by Vancouver scientist David Suzuki, from a 1985 question-and-answer ses- sion at a Prince George high school: . ‘(Moresby stands as a sym- bol. If environmentalists win on Moresby, it’s the foot-in- ‘the-door. It represents the beginning, at least in terms of the forestry industry, of the deathknell of (that) industry.” - Now I don't know about you, but I don’t believe there is is any wisdom at all in trying to kill the forest industry. Yes, we must preserve and profect our ecological balance; and yes, there are some areas where log- ging would be foolish and must not be allowed. But. surely trying to eliminate the province’s main industry | and biggest employer is a stupid, even dangerous thought?! _ With all sorts of ‘‘green’’ groups seeking more power, perhaps they should be asked _. to explain their positions on the 7 . issue-of just how far they want ‘to take the matter? ' Terrace Little Theatre, . and even self-denial. The following letter sent to the Yukon Department of -Health and Human Resources by a Yukon teenager no doubt shows greater sensitivity and wisdom than that displayed by the bureaucrats of the ‘govern- ment. “— am writing in regard to your advertisement for condoms which is being published in both local newspapers. Not only was it offensive, but it seems to me you must be confused in your term ‘‘love’ . In your ‘Keep love alive, use a condom’, the picture below portraying love caused me to question whether you your- selves know what love is. You seem to think of love and sex synonymously. As a teenager in ‘this -society, I feel there is enough pre-marital sex without advertising it. Perhaps you were confused about how to word your ad. ‘Keep lust alive, use a condom’, I. believe, would have been more accurate. If this generation is going to forget morality, let us at least retain our accuracy’’ This was written by Hannah Mercier and published in the Show: cancelled ; ake 1989. a Bill Homburg, Terrace, B.C... THE SIGN OF A GOOD BUSINESS NEIGHBOR... THE SIGN OF ‘A MERCHANT WHO CARES ABOUT PEOPLE... - This emblem identifies the civic-minded - businessmen who sponsor | Vetane Wego. in the community. Terry Kendell 636-8178 | ViMiddieton e26-se72 | Terrate Review —Wednes lay; epte The way : — IT see it... | a by Stephanie Wiebe I’ve started aerobic exercise classes. Yeah, I know this is — old stuff now, that most people | have been doing this sort of thing for a few. years now, but I didn’t want to just leap into this blindly, [ had to think " about it.over coffee and... Cigarettes, carefully considering the pros and cons. . [used to watch an aerobic, TV show at six.a.m:some- .— . times, My. two-year-old was up. - early, and I'd settle down on the couch, sipping liquid caf- . feine, exposing myself to small . -amounts.of radiation from the. color television, watching some thin, healthy bright-eyed cheer- leader-type in a skintight leotard bounce around yelling, “Four, three, two, one — you can do it!’’ | usually fell back asleep. But there comes a time in every woman’s life when drastic measures must go in ef- fect. Age.is taking its. toll. My body resembles that of a 33-year-old housewife ravaged by two kids and a few trips to Dairy Queen. Of course, that’s an exact description of me, but who wants to look like it? I had this class.all imagined, a room full of thin, en- thusiastic bouncing leotarded young things, people who never sweat, happily leaping around the room. I refused to buy a leotard, not wanting my class- mates to collapse in a fit of giggles at the sight of my non- ‘athletic figure. I gritted my. teeth and went to class. It was not bad, with normal people like myself, most of whom actually perspire when exercising. We started slowly, walking briskly round the: room, working up to a not-too-- exhausting routine of aerobics. Then came the hard part — “Cross your left leg over and. kick!"’ Left? Which one is that? Why doesn’t it cross over - when I want it to? “Swing | your arms!" Oh, sure, two ~ movements at once, 1’m not quick enough, and my left leg . erosses Over my swinging arms. ‘A person could get hurt doing this stuff. ~ “Now walk fast! Now back- _ wards!’? I personally know this instructor, but she never seem- — ed sadistic before. “Okay, arms up! Tighten those ab- dominals!”’ J’m sorry, they won't go any tighter without my giving birth. Finally, we were told to get 2 a mat, Oh, good, nap time. “Now, lift your leg, heel to the _ ceiling, and pull back.’’ 77d! need a diagram for this one, My glasses were slipping off from the sweat, and I couldn’t see the instructor. Can a@ blind person participate in an aerobics class? Maybe I can get a note from my doctor. “Now, take your pulse and count,”” Pulse? What pulse? Oh Lord, I’m dead! Surely.this couldn’t be heaven, so. it must be... oh, there it is, I didn’t — know a pulse could go that Sast. We gradually slow down. A few stretches and it’s over. “Today was kind of short, next. - time we’ll get more of a workout and concentrate on those abdominals.’’ Sigh. How I long for the days of the bouncy cheerleader on TV -at six a.m. She never noticed when I dozed off. raca, B.C. ed by the candidate. tlmes: Glen Vowell NOTICE OF BY-ELECTION PUBLIC NOTICE is given to the electors of School District No. 88 (Terrace) that | require the presence of said electors in the places herein designated on Tuesday, October 10, 1989, bat- ween the hours of ten a.m. and twelve noon, to elect: - Trustee (one) — for one year (1989/90 calendar year) to represent the Hazelton area & environs; at the SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE, $211 Kenney Street, Ter- The mode of nomination of candidates shall be as follows: Candidates shall: be nominated in writing by two duly qualified electors of the Assessment District. The nomination paper shalt be delivered to the returning officer, or designate, In person, or by registered mail, at any time between the date . - of this notice and noon of the day of nomination. The nomina- tlon paper shall state the name, residence, and occupation of the person nominated in such a manner as to sufficiently identify such candidate. The nomination paper shall be sign- In the event of a poll being necessary, advance polls and regular polls will be held at the following places, dates and Advance Poll: Friday, October 20, 1989, Fire Hall, New Hazelton, 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Regular Poll: Saturday, October 28, 1989, Kispiox, Hazelton, New Hazelton, South Hazelton, Two Mite, Moricetown, and GIVEN UNDER MY HAND at Terrace, B.C. this 13th day of September 1989 (Mrs.) Elaine Johnson _ Returning Olticer Schoo! District No. 88 (Terrace) 3221 Kenney Street, Terrace, B.C., V8G 3E9 oe ee Oe el dees he P| A at :