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TERRACE — A represen-
tative for the largest local
employer of minimum
wage .workers stated re-

cently an increase in the:

B.C, minimum wage rate
will not affect product
prices or hiring practices.

‘Debbie Miller, senior
head manager for the Ter-
race. McDonald's restau-
rant franchise, said the
compulsory wage hike will
increase the fast food
outlet’s payroll costs bet-
ween one and two percent.
An impending increase in
the retail price of ham-
burgers and other Mc-
Donald’s products, she
said, will be caused by a
dramatic rise in freight
costs between McDonald’s
Vancouver distribution
center and Terrace.

On Feb. .1 the B.C.
minimum wage rate will
increase from $3.65. per
hour to $4 for workers 18
years of age and over, and
from $3 an hour to $3.65
for workers less than 18.
When the new rates were
announced a Ministry of
Labour spokesperson add-
ed that the legislation will
be subject to a two-month
trial period. |

For younger workers
the increase adds 21.7 per-
cent to wages, and for the

older category the rate in-
crease amounts to 9.6 per-

cent; for older workers the
new rate will increase in-
come before deductions
based on a 40-hour week
to $160 from $146. Ac-

' cording to the June 1986

figures from the National
Council on Welfare, how-
ever, the, boost still leaves
single working individuals
about $600 below the an-
nual poverty line incom
of $8,320.
The new legislation will
narrow the differential
between over-18 and
under-18 workers from

the previous 21.7 percent

to 9.6 percent, a develop-
ment which may make
younger, inexperienced
workers less attractive to

minimum wage employ--

ers, When asked if the new
rates will affect Mc-
Donald’s hiring practices

with regard to young peo- ©
replied,

ple, Miller

‘Definitely not.”
Reaction from the Ter-
race and District Chamber
of Commerce was not im-
mediately available.
Secretary-manager Bobbie
Phillips said the matter
may be discussed at an ex-
continued on page 3

TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, January 7, 1987

CounterAttack volunteer praised
Bonita Mercer, a detachment clerk for the Terrace RCMP,
- yolunteered many hours of her time over.the recent holidays to
_help jn.the, annual GounterAttack campaign. Mercer acted as

ee) Roe ye

an “impaired driver" for RCMP photographs in a display put up

in the Skeena Mall. tn the Dec. 31 issue of the Terrace Review

_ Mercer-was featured on page 9 in a mock dramatization outlin-:

ing the sequence: of- events. drinking drivers face. She

volunteered for the pictorial to help local police make Terrace
- residents aware of the procedures they will encounter when

stopped by an RCMP officer. Mercer is one of many RCMP

staff who put in extra effort to help make the roads and

highways around Terrace safer during the holidays. Thanks
’ Bonita. :

. TERRACE — A rearrang-

ment of Terrace council’s
committee structure for
1987 has drawn criticism
from one council member,
but the new system, con-
ceived by Mayor Jack Tal-
stra, will stand for the
coming year. . -
_, Ald... George . Clark
registered . objections. to
several of the innovations
at the Dec. 22 meeting of
Terrace council. ‘‘It’s im-

portant to get this right

from the beginning,’’
Clark said. ‘‘“Fhe commit-

tee system is the basis of

government,”’
Clark was particularly
critical of the two ‘“‘super-

Labour

TERRACE — The
Ministry of Labour re-
cently confirmed an open
public. forum will be held

-in:: Ferrace~ Jan. 23 -to
gather suggestions for.

amendments to labor leg-

islation.

Dale Reid, deputy direc-
tor for the ministry, stated
in a telephone interview

“that the hearing will be

Victoria, B.C.
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mittee.
system |
red

long-range...
said, ~:~
‘tand new supercommitees ~
tend to be disruptive.’’ |
‘Clark also objected tothe
extended life of the Select. -

alt

committees’’, one of
which, the Select Commit-
tee, is a continued pres-
ence from last year, and
the other, the Task Force
on Strategic Planning, a
new concept for 1987.
‘‘The Tourism and
Economic Advisory Com-
mission (TEAC) is already

minister

| to chair meeting

chaired by Minister of
Labour Lyall Hanson,

i $ tary, te pee
parliamentary secreta ys. the planning . function. _

from Economic Develop- .
_.ment to Public Works,He
“also expressed “the belief ~~

Mickey Perrett, assistant
deputy . minister . Claude

‘Heywood and-an undesig-

nated MLA.

The Ministry of Labour
has been advertising
throughout the province
recently for written briefs

continued on page 3

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ae Gone skiing

Terrace resident Scott Spencer recently won a Ski-Bird Holiday as the result of a draw at Jezebel’s Cabaret. A certificate for the

tative Elaine-Wadley.

five-day trip for two to Whistler mountain was presented by Anna Dodd (left), manager of Jezebel's and Halda Travel represen-

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Church Directory 18 Letters 4,5, 17
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into

planning,’’ Clark

Committee. ‘‘It should
go,’’ he said. “‘It was set
up as a crisis committee,
and after the crisis is over
these. committees tend to

look for problems that

don’t exist.” -

Clark asserted that the
Planning and Economic

Development Committee -

had worked well ‘in the

past and questioned Tal--

stra about the shifting of

that the Finance Commit-
tee chairman should be a
member of the Planning
and Public Works Com-
mittee,

Mayor Talstra defined

'- the function ‘of the Task

Force on Strategic Plann-

ing as ‘‘an effort to look
‘1, down: the road, to pin-
point priorities, to find -
“ways and means to pro-
-- mote development and en- .
' sure that regional develop-

ment. benefits Terrace’’.
The committee will meet

from time to time, he.

stated, and for the present
it will have no budget
allocation. In response to
Clark's reservations about
the committee, Talstra
said it was intended to
provide developmental
direction and added that
after years of industrial

‘activity in Terrace the

community has “‘gone no-
where’’ in terms of long-
range development.

’... With regard to Clark’s

other concerns, Talstra

pointed out that commit-

tee recommendations have
to be ratified by a formal
resolution of council in
any case, and he said the

committee meetings are .

open to any alderman who
wishes to attend.

See page 2
Terrace
council
standing

committees

for 1987 |

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