Tax
changes
needed

_ TRAIL - A complete
revision of government
policies and taxation as
they relate to mining are
necessary to correct the
problems that threaten

é long-term future of
_the industry, a
spokesman said here
today.

. _ PLR. Matthew,
Managing Director of
The Mining Association

of British Columbia, told

the Trail Rotary Club
that if present economic
and political conditions
persist the entire

Canadian mining in-

dustry may end in chaos.

. “Mining is so wrapped
up in bureaucratic red
tape and saddled with
-Stich rapacious taxation

that only a drastic
revision in government
mineral cy an
taxation will produce any

long-term promise for the
dndustry,"" Matthew said.

. Matthew said the in-
ustry is optimistic that
vorld economic con-
ditions and markets will

vhen they occur.

.He said there were at

t four changes
equired in govenrment
f tude and legislation.

‘First, the stock ex-
flanges must not be
troyed as a source of
uity financing, a
velopment which may
pren in a drive to
inate abuses. Almost
B.C, mines have been
covered by companies
fnanced through the

, flock exchange, he said..

‘Secondly, procedures
tust be simplified for

proving new mining
gerations. Delays of a
yar or more are ex-
rienced in development
ycause sO many ap-
Fovals are required
lom governments.

‘Third, labor mobility

ust be improved
rough = trainin,
ograms an by

oviding tax incentives
employees who move
work in remote mining
as,

Fourth, income and
sysource tax reform is
required.

I
“Both levels of
givernment must create
atax structure that will
the stage for new
ine development when
cinditions
Matthew said.

“While market con-
dtions are basically the
chuse of our present
dlemma, aur mining
ctmpanies have been so
hiavily taxed that they
hive no resources to
weather prolonged down

riods.
Powe must be allowed to
keep some of our ear-
nings from the good years
tohelp us over the bad,’’
Matthew said. ‘This has
not been possible under
the tax policies that have
existed in recent years.”

Matthew said the tax on
mining operations should
be. no more than 50
percent . At present, it
can be almost 57 percent
for a mature mine.
Earned depletion, which
reduces the effective tax
rate for companies
engaged in exploration
and development, should
be retained as an in-
centive,

The provincial
government should
abandon the policy of
taxing each . mine
separately, Present
policy discourages
mining companies from
opening new mines. And,

latthew said, the write-
off rate for development
expenditures should be
increased to 100 percent,
in line with the write-off
rate for exploration and
capital expenditures.

improve,'’-

Grade 3 students at Thornhill primary had an enjoyable lesson on .
“What to listen for in music”’ yesterday to coincide with Canada

Sti

Chamber concert
dazzles audience

by Kate Hudson

Special Correspondent

Atruly unique chamber
ensemble, the Andree
Colson Orchestra, per-
formed for a small but
attentive audience
Tuesday evening at the
R.E.M, Lee Theatre

sponsored by the Terrace:

“Concert Association
affiliated with Festival
Concert Society.

Their artistic director,
Andree Colson,

aduated summa cum
aude from the Paris
Conservatory as a
brilliant violinist, and
married moving to a
country estate south of
Paris. Here she gathered
around her young
musicians from over the
world eventually forming
a touring orchestra under
the sponsorship of the
French Government who
have played all over
Europe, toured Israel,
India, Far East,
Australia, New Zealand
and Africa as well as the
Americas establishing a
solid international
reputation,

esday’s per-

formance began with the
Premiere Recreation De
Musique, by Leclair. The
overture and six dance
movements that followed
were played with careful
precision and in definite
style but were a bit
cautious for my taste.

_ The Quartet No. 2 by
Rossini showed off the
fine ensemble playing of
the group and displayed
the humour of the
opening moderato in a
most skillful manner. The
Andante movement gave
us that Rossini sense of

pure opera and the lilting

allegro completed this

work with vivacity and
ace,

A little known work, an
Adagio for String Or-
chestra Op. 3 by Lekeu,
followed. This Belgian
composer who studied in
France’ with Cesar
Franck and _— Vincent
d'Indy, was the hope of
his generation with
Debussy and Ravel.
Unfortunately he died at
the age of 24 before he
could explore his own
ideas unfettered by his
teachers influence. This
adagio which brought to
mind romantically im-
pressionistic ghosts of
other times was played
with great rapport by the
artist and gave great
satisfaction to this
listener as well.

The Six Preludes for
Strings by contemporary

French Composer, Jean.

Franciax, completed the
programme. These short
peices, enhanced by the
programme notes, gave
an unmistakably French
flair to the topics at hand,
Apertura, L’elegeia,
Scherzo, Intermezzo alla
tedesca and Sogno.

Two encores _par-
ticularly delighted the
audience. The first, the
familiar Suite for Strings
by Corelli and the second
a Rondo by Rossinni. This
rondo was perhaps the
orchestra’s inest
moment. Playing a well
loved and fine piece of
music with such
delightful grace and style
sent the audience away
hoping it won’t be too long
betore we hear them
again.

Guides enrolled

by Debbra Ann Brown
Special Correspondent

Monday night was a
special night for
seventeen girls ranging
from ages 10 to 12. They
were being enrolled as
Girl Guides.

Fifteen parents wat-
ehed as Kitsumkalum
District Commissioner,
Nancy McMahan,
Captain M. Sandyke and
Lieutenant Debbie
Campbell enrolled the
candidates.

In order to qualify, the

irls had to learn the
ollowing Guide Primise:
I promise on honor to do
my best to do my duty to
God, the Queen and my
Country, to help others at
all times and to obey the
guide law.

The guide law is: (1) A
guide's honor is to be
trusted, (2) a guide is
loyal, (3) a guide is useful

and. helps others, (4) a
guide is a friend to all and
sister to every guide, (5)
a guide is courteous, (6) a
guide is kind to animals
and enjoys the beauty in
nature, (7) a guide is
obedient, (8) a guide
smiles and sings even
under difficulty, (9) a
guide is thrifty and (10) a
guide is pure in thought,
work and deed.

The Guide motto is Be
Prepared.

e tenderfeet enrolled
are: Gina Bryant, Sylvia
Clayton, Cindy Clayton,
Lacanne Bilger, Carol
Anderson, Helen Anne
Baranieski, Cathy Ann
Martin, Milea Hiles,
Bernie Boulton, Bunnie
Haigh, Kelly-Anne
Tassell, Kirsten
Clarkson, Chantal Mc-
Farland, Genny Caron,
Catherine MacDougall
and Debbra Ann Brown.

Muste Week. Above, Kindergarden ‘student Nichole Jenkins
played a short plece on the piano.

Childrens recital
highlights music week

“Music is a powerful
and versatile medium of
expression. It reflects
man’s inner self and his
image of the world, and
an appreciation and

-understanding of it helps

contribute. to: the com-
plete.. individual.” said
Pierre Trudeau on a
letter to the Canadian
Federation of Music
Teachers on the ac-
cassion of Canada Music
week, Nov, 20-27, 1977.
This is the twenty-
sevventh observance of
Music Weeek and is
sponsored annually by
e music teachers
throughout Canada and is
chaired this year by Past
President of the
Federation, Helen
Dahlstrom of Trail, B.C.
Celebrations in villages
and isolated communities
as well as towns and
cities encourage people to
reflect on the part music

plays in their lives. Some
are fortunate to hear
concerts of world famous
artists saluting the great
masters of the past as
well as the Canadian
Composers of the
present. Others are
applauding Canadian
musical artists, both
vocal and instrumental
and still others are
hearing the wide num-
bers of student per-
formers playing for their
families and friends.
Residents of Terrace
have a wide of musical
activities to choose from
this week, Tuesday saw a
performance of the
Andree Colson Orchestra
of Paris, France at the
R.E.M. Lee Theatre and
Saturday evening at 8:15
violinist, Jack Glatzer,
accompanied by local
pianist Stuart McCallum
will appear at the same
place. Both these con-

certs are sponsored by
the Terrace Concert
Association.

Also during this past
week local! scnool
students have had an
opportunity to hear a
special school concert by

e Colson Orchestra and
the Thornhill Primary
Grade Threes had a
special concert, “What to
listen for in music” by
Debbie Graf, Inga Davis,
Leah-Ann Bahr, Nicki
Jenkins and Connie
Rauschenberger.
Students are pupils of
Marylin Davies.

In addition, Caledonia
High School Drama
Students are putting the
finishing touches on their
up and coming musical
‘Doctor, Doctor’
opening Nov. 29 at the
R.E.M. Lee Theatre.
Yes, Canada Music
Week is alive and well
and in Terrace.

Damage due to mining

imminent inquiry told

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Aspokesman for Denison
Mines Ltd. said Tuesday
that open-pit coal mining
in northeastern British
Columbia will cause en-
vironmental damage, but
asked environmental
groups and government
ta keep things in per-
spective,

Richard Hermann,
vice-president for coal
operations at Denison,
which has plans for
development in the area,
told theroyal commission
investigating B.C. Rail
affairs that the coal-
mining industry has a
reputation for environ-
menial damage, but the

industry now is en-
vironmentally = respon-
sible.

“Jt has been suggested
... that we will destroy the
Rocky Mountains, but
that is pretty far-
fetched,” he said. ‘‘if you
look at the percentage
that will be disturbed

then you get the situation
into ils proper per-
spective.”

Denison holds nor-

theast coal reserves
covering 200,000 acres 100
kilometres south of
Chetwynd, 8,C. Other
concerns hold equal
areas of coal deposits.

DAMAGE TO MINIMUM
“It's not possible to
carry out projects
without some environ-
mental damage, but it
can be kept to a
minimum,’ Hermann
said. ''We have to comply
with government
regulations, and we have
a responstbility to do a
minimum‘ amount of
environmeftal damage.”

“We dqzplead with
environment’ groups and
government to please
keep things in per-
spective,”

The commission said
Denison’s predictions of
the economic benefits of
northeast coal were
justifiable, despite fore-
casts of magsive
development costs of
several hundred million
dollars.

Commission counsel
Peter Ballem reported
that B.C, Rail's

estimated cost of con-
structing a lirie into the
coalfields and upgrading
existing line is $276
million from Anzac, 100
kilometres north of
Prince George, or $277
million from Chetwynd.

There also will be the
costs to provincial and
federal governments for
new Prince Rupert port

facilities, northeast town
sites and road links.
Hermann said he is
convineed all parties will
benefit. He said even B.C.
Rail, with $650 million in
debts, could see returns
for capital and profit as
high as eight per cent.

WILL PAY
Under cross

examination by Mr,
Justice Lloyd McKenzie,
commission chairman,
Hermann rejected
Suggestions that existing
coal concerns in south-
east B.C. will face serious
cutback should northeast
coal proceed. Both areas
can share in expanding
markets, he said.

“And we would not
expect BCR to pay for
transportation services
without their satisfaction
that they will receive an
adequate return on.their
investment,’ he said.
‘We expect to pay for the
BCR facilities.”

Justice McKenzie said
northeast coal concerns
such as Denison and
British Petroleum would
not have spent vast sums
of money on exploration
if northeast coal was not
an acceptable risk,

“It seems to me that
the optimisra seems quite
justifiable, and I hope it
will be fulfilled,’ haid.

THE HERALD, Thursday, November 24, 1977, PAGE 3

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