vee ~— Couvelier fears rising | _ During a no-host dinner in _ Terrace last week, the Minister of Finance, Mel Couvelier, dis- closed the government’s strategy over the next four years is designed to bring health care costs under control, develop | secondary industry, and estab- lish the province as a trading partner with Pacific Rim coun- tries, . According to Couvelier, B:C. has taken ‘‘some dramatic new direction’’ in the past nine mon- ths and by achieving those goals the Social Credit government could erase the current $850 mil- lion provincial deficit by the fall -Of 1991, _ Couvelier said the government had taken the first step by ad- dressing the critical issue of labor/management relations with Bills 19 and 20,and now that people have decided that apparent threats carried in the ea ost of health care | CLEARANCE 18 Nemthanie ey "Terrace Review — Wednesday, September 2, 1987 3 Te te eS ee = eareseraa an! 95 SALE ‘Come in and see Leo or Jack. ' “The guys on Top of the World!" 1985 BRONCO! sf Std. transmission, S 1 2, 99 5 | | 1985 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER § striping package 2.2 litre engine, * a Bl __ $12,995 | sy Fe ee eee om Ls —, legislation don’t exist, the new labor laws are being accepted by a ‘growing number of people. He admitted that the govern- ment did a poor job of properly’ explaining the new labor laws last spring, causing used a great deal of confusion in the province but he also blamed the media for not carrying their message ac- curately. He predicted that his next job, bringing health care costs under control, may become. another Bill 19 in terms of public percep- tion if he doesn’t get his message across, / ‘Health care costs are out. of control,’? Couvelier said. “We're presently spending one third of our provincial budget on health care because it’s an During a no-host dinner in Terrace last week, B.C. Minister of Finance Mel - Couvetier said the province is presently spending one third of its annual | & budget on heaith care costs and that the system is “out of control.” He ’ predicted that because our health care system is “open ended” and “has budget on health care by 1991. no discipline In it,""the province could be Spending up to 40 per cent of its rocketing medical costs, Couvel- ier did hint at controls by saying the government can no longer allow that amount of the budget to be diverted into a system that has no control or predictability, _ In addressing other areas of the provincial economy, Cou- velier said the Social Credit government believes the way to economic diversification in the Province.: is..to.. place decision making responsibilities with community based organizations and to encourage local credit “unions to provide the “seed open ended system that has no discipline in it.’ He explained that the present System doesn’t allow the Minister of Health to contain. medical costs and if that trend capital’’ necessary for new in- dustry. _ *‘We’ve now come to realize that the citizens of this province continued on page 17 Parker — the lack of locally based assess- ment and treatment centres and the absence of parent training in areas specifically related to rais- - ing handicapped children. ‘Following the meeting, Parker | said he understood the concerns that had--been raised and -will relay them, as well as a copy of Skog’s presentation, to the ap- propriate ministries. He added that he will return to the centre in three months for a follow-up meeting and advise them of any progress made by the government in addressing the concerns, ' continues, the government will be spending five billion dollars, or forty percent of the annual provincial budget, on medical care alone, Although he didn’t indicate CITY VAN FURNITURE WAREHOUSE CLOSINQG-OUT SALE - Come to the Warehouse! _. Shop Smart! 4910-B Greig Avenue, Terrace, B.C. 638-1119 how he plans to contain sky- LIVE FROM SCOTLAND | Return Performance - of Tom & Jack _ THE ALEXANDER BROTHERS | At the R.E.M. Lee Theatre in Terrace Saturday, September 19 Tickets $12.00 each — Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Show 8:00 p.m. oo Brought to you by: _ A Touch 0’ White Heather _ and 147 Squadron of the Air Cad - Terrace Tickets availiable at: Skarrat Novelties, Kalum St. Fields | Pet World Shefield & Sons CJFW Radio ~ dets : THORNHILL HYUNDAI J THORNHILL SUBARU J 5-Speed transmission, only 35,000 km. _. LIKE NEW! | 1983 NISSAN. SENTRA satotiarmison QhP ‘striping package. EXTRA CLEAN!! 1986 RANGER —sd@ eee. $10,895. | ~~ 1982 SUBARU | " 4-wheel drive, station wagon. 7 $7,5 9 5 : 1985 SURARU roof rack, striping package ~ 4-wheel drive station wao~ ob 1800 engine, ; S Automatic transmission, AMIFM radio, striping package 511,500 | 1982 HONDA CIVIC 1985 FORD F150 PICK-UP | B 2scopguht Sincere $9,500 | 1983 SCAMPER 19ft. fj Bera” $40,995 | B= 1979 VANGUARD 11ft. | crgeywin incre, CAMPER . $6,995 | oven, 3-way fridge. SPECIAL SPECIAL OF THE YEAR! 1981 Mercury Lynx $9,595 | 5-speed, 2-tone paint, radlo. . Station wagon, 4 spead transmission, roof rack, radio 3026 Hwy.16East ‘Terrace, B.C. | 635-7286 Open Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. DL 7041