TERRACE STANDARD

~ Bustness REvIEw ~

Money man
challenges _
gov't spending

THE PRESIDENT of a
provincial accountants’
body says he could cut 10
per cent off of provincial
health and = education
spending without affecting
services.

If so, Don Hincks would
be able to save just aver
$1.4 billion — more than
enough to wipe out this
year’s projected provincial
deficit of $1.278 billion.

Hincks, from Maple:
Ridge, is the president of
the Certified Management
Accountants of B.C. and
was in Terrace-recently.

Certified management
accounts’ provide advice >
and guidance on. planning, '
budgeting and forecasting
in addition to the technical
aspects of crunching num-
bers, he said. ,

[It’s in that capacity that
Hincks is convinced a cer-
tified management ~ac-
countant approach toa
health and education

spending would show re- ,

sults. :

“We could cut 10° per
cent without missing a
beat,” said Hincks. “It’s
not just a question of
spending more money, it’s
a question of how you
spend it.”

“Hineks believes, as do’
others, that there is enough
money im the system — the -
problem lies in how it is
spent.

‘The key is doing audits
to determine value for the
money that is spent, said
Hincks.

That’s been much the
same message. over ithe

past several years, from hgeyn

provincial auditor general.
Hincks also proposes a

Tourist
centre
loses out

WHILE THE Terrace and
District Chamber of Com-
merce’s tourist infocentre
grected more than 10,000
people last year, Kitimat’s
one struggled to attract vi-
sitors.:

" It-resulted in provincial
crown corporation Tourism
B.C. chopping a $4,000
grant. this year to Kitimat
because the centre could
not keep up with the
grant’s criteria.

To: receive the moncy,
the Kitimat infocentre had
to have at least three

people per hour pass
"through. its doors.
‘Kitimat just didn’l

make the cut.

But, only 45 minutes up
the highway, Terrace’s in-
focentre had no problem
securing its money.

*We had 10,353 people
use the centre last year,”
said Bobbie Phillips, man-
ager of the chamber. “And
that’s more then cnough to
receive the funding.”

Phillips believes Kiti-
mat’s infocentre may be
losing visilors because
most tourists stop in Ter-
race first and pick up all
the information they need
before they head down the
highway.

Because tourists are not
using the infocentre, Kili-
mat is trying to attracl
community members to
discover the centre.

“The centre is not uti-
lized by the community.
We are trying to let them
know. what's availabie,”
said Lynn Stevenson,
chamber of commerce
manager in Kitimat.

Stevenson hopes the
new initiative will restore
a prant for next year.

“Funding occurs on a
yearly basis,” she said.
“The more people that
come in the more motey
we receive.” o>

‘management’
“have offered: Premier Ujjal

more radical step in set-
ting right provincial fi-
nances. He suggests the
position of finance mini-
sicr be held by an accoun-
tant.

“If that were possible,
then: you would have
somebody. with. a’ better
understanding of the prin-
ciples of balancing the
budget,” said ’Hincks.

‘Lt would-also do away
with accusations that gov-

ernments manipulate num- -

bers: to: their: political ad-
vantage. _

“An accountant, such
as a certified management
accountant, “couldn’t: do
that because that would-be
against the ethical..code,”
Hincks continued.

Hincks said. certified
accounts

Dosanjh: assistance’ in re-
storing health’ to the pro-
vineial budget,

“If you look at the bud- |

get documents, .they’re

projecting the~ economy —

will grow by 2.2 per cent,

. but government. spénding
Will grow by six per cent.
You just can’t do that,” he

said. -

The result is borrowing
money which then. gets
added‘ to the overall pro-
vineial debt, . Hincks
added.

A FIRM HAND. on the public cash register is the prescription to restore health to
the provincial government's budget, believes the president of a provincial ac-
countants body. Don Hincks says spending could be cut without any accompa-
nying damage to the ability to provide for education and health care.

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