Vol. 3, Issue No. 12

_ TERRACE, B. C., WEDNESDAY, March 25, 1987

Legislative Library,

Victoria, B.C.
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50 CENTS.

-Repap confirms $24

TERRACE — A_ new
high-tech sawmill will be
_ built in Terrace at a cost
of $24 million by Skeena

_ Cellulose to ‘replace the

- gompany’s existing mill on
Keith. Ave, The project
was announced recently
__ by George Petty, chair-
‘man.-and chief executive
Officer. of Repap Enter-
~ prises, Ltd,- of Montreal,

“the parent company of

Skeena Cellulose.
‘Construction of the new

mill, along with a $65.
- miltion expansion of the.

Skeena Cellulose pulp mill
in Prince Rupert, was ap-
_ proved in principle by
" Repap’ s board of direc-

-. tors in January, but com-—

Dany Tepresentatives _ in-

approval would not come
until the B.C. government
decided on a-clear method

of collecting the. 15 per- -

cent tax on lumber exports
to the U.S. Federal and
provincial
however, ‘have just begun

considering the matter this

week: in Ottawa. .

Jim: Davis; production.
manager for the Terrace .
“The owners |

mill, said,
have “expressed an ade-
quate comfort level with
the economic climate in

“B.C., and they feel that”

this is the right thing to do
at this time for them and
for the Northwest.”” Davis
said Repap executives are
now confident the govern-

ment. won’t “‘change the

ministers, -

dicated .at-that time final Soalposts'” ‘by = making
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million project for
_New Terrace sawmill

‘sudden and radical
changes in the’ fees and
taxes levied against the
forest industry in B.C.
Work on the new mill:

will begin sometime within |

the next three months, and

itis expected to require.

about a year to complete,

During peak construction

activity - the. project will |
employ about 50 people.
‘The structure will be sited

in an. area presently used

as a log yard, and: the
‘shutdown period — for
transferring . operations.
from the old mill will. be
minimal.

The highly automated
nature of the proposed
millis going to result in
layoffs among Skeena
Cellulose employees, but
Davis declined to specify

exact job loss figures until”
workers are notified.

‘Lumber ‘production in

the. new facility will use
‘the same volume of

sawlogs now being pro-
cessed, but productivity i is

expected to increase by

about 18 percent due to

better utilization possible

with the new technology;
the mill is. designed to roll
out about 150 million
board feet of dimerision

continued on page 18

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- Gloria Nichols, a.member of the Terrace Little Theatre, will be moving: to Ontario in, ‘Apri :
‘Nichols has participated in several theatrical avents and the members of ine local theatre will.

"Farewell .

_miss the energy she radiates on staga and off.

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Welcome new Canadians! On Citizenship Day, Friday, March 13, 21 candidates took their oath
of alleglance promising to be loyal to the Queen, observe Canadian law and to fulfill their duties
- a8 good Canadian citizens. Judge Cecil Chapman officiated at the ceremony. Terrace Mayor
|. Jack Talstra presented new Canadian Huy Huynh with a poster commemorating the 40th an-.
niversary ofthe Canadian Citizenship Act. .

Photo by Daniela Barquiat.

B.C. ‘Finance Minister

« Mel Couvelier’s first
+ budget cut the provincial
deficit by a sort of
‘shellgame rearrangement
of ‘the government’s
-gources of revenue. In
-combindtion with the $350.
‘million windfall from the

15 percent tax on lumber.

| -exports to the U.S.,. the
provincial debt will come

in this year at $850
million.
On initial examination
the most prominent

' feature of the budget i is the

taxation burden it will
place on low and middle
income earners and small
business operators. The
provincial income tax will
now be levied at 51.5 per-

cent of the federal rate,
and, with: the elimination. .

Budget sends.
wage earners
to front line.

of surtaxes for upper in-
‘come brackets, everyone

will pay the same rate. The
result will be a minimal in-
crease in the rate for high
income workers and a hike
of 7.5 percent for people
with taxable incomes at

the middie and lower end

of the scale.

One of ‘the more sure

prising components. of the

Couvelier budget is athree |

percent increase in the tax

on business incomé for.

small - companies, : those
having a taxable income
of less than $200,000 year-

_ ly. The small business vote, .

Middle class drafted
in war on deficit

is widely perceived as be-

ing the consitituency that’

put. the Socreds in office,
but, the government has.a

wide time margin before
the next election to rectify -
“any political

problems
arising from this move. |

No: changes were an-
nounced to the corporate

tax ‘structure for com- ©

panies with earnings
beyond the small business

category. The mining in- -

dustry got thrown a crust
in the form of sales tax ex-
emptions for some types

‘of equipment and SUP ...

plies.

‘+ In another smoke-and-
mirrors act, the sales tax.
-On restaurant meals. over:

$7 has been abolished, but

the fax on hotel rooms was -
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