NDP taking credit for money
for at-risk children, families —

. NEW DEMOCRATS are taking some of the credit for last

week’s $35. 4 billion provincial government budget which
puts more money into services for children and families. .

' “T think it reflects there is now a strong opposition. There.

““are no big tax cuts,” said'Skeena NDP MLA Robin Austin

*'» after’ finance minister Carole Taylor’s Feb. 21 release of the,
. budget which takes hold April l. |

In particular, Taylor has promised: an additional $421

million to be spread out over the next three years for at-risk

children and families.’

- “This government r now recognizes what it has done to
_ schools and families over the past three or four years. It’s.
_ ‘now taken care of their interests and of the people who sup-

. ported them. .They’ve hurt a lot of people in the process,”

' said Austin. “AS, a foster parent for the past nine years, I

“From front .

oe Robber given two. years in jail
° - In this case, dangerous: operation of.a motor vehicle could.”
be considered to be included in the flight charge, said Zacha- “

rias. “You know when there are multiple charges, it is some-
“times in the interest.of resolution to ensure ‘that there’s acon-'

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know the Ministry. fof Children and Family Development]
~" has been devastated. um

“*What we are seeing now is putting back only a portion °
of what was taken out,” the MLA continued. : o

Austin said he was glad there were no large tax cuts, say-

os ing the government now realizes it has to’ start spending on
* children and families. - ee

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’ “T think we are now y competitive in terms of taxes,” he

a added. “I don’ t think at this time we’ need to be cutting back
"on taxes.”
» Taylor’s planned expenditures for the most vulnerable of .
. children and families includes $305 million. over’the next
Voge a three years to hire i more social workers and to Provide more. 7
a therapy. ®
_ >. The: provincial Liberals found. themselves heavily criti-.
: cized for ‘past family and children services cuts-which found -
.. a foctis in the investigations into the death of 19- month old.
Native child Sherry Charlie on Vancouver Island. : _
..,° (She was placed in a. foster home: where She, was beaten to:
: death by an uncle. .

. Although the province i is to > spend $400 million over the

“next three years on skills and training, Austin described itas

too little; too late...
“We've known for. the past four or five years there was

a growing skills shortage. and what the government is doing

“now isn ’t enough,” he said. =
The MLA .was: particulary disappointed there was no

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Judges always t take a quick guilty plea into account when

. i _ sentencing, he said, Rody. took responsibility for his crime
_ and told the court he was very Sorry, for the trouble he had.
- caused, ‘Zacharias added.

. Although Rody was also charged v with three other charges

_ theft over $5,000 for taking the pickup from Ken’s Marine,
: darigerous operation of a motor vehicle and possession of oo
- stolen property under $5,000 — he was convicted on the more
_ serious charges, which i is the Crown’ s goal.

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POLICE NEED help to. determine what happened to'a young

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woman’ ‘found unconscious on the street’ in the: niiddle of a
- }cold: night last week::..: -.

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~The woman was found at about 2: a.m. Feb. 24 near r the -
‘Shell station on the corner of Kalum and Olson. She was -

taken to Millis Memorial Hospital with minor injuries and

: released..

“She was fine. She was taken to hospital and released a

, ‘few hours later. There’s some circumstances we’re looking |

into,” said Staff Sgt. Eric Stubbs Feb. 24.
-Police officers interviewed the woman later that same
‘day in an attempt to piece together the events leading to her
discovery. ;
‘The victim is described as a 20-year-old aboriginal wom-

mo an, about 5’5” tall, with shoulder-length black hair. She was °
‘wearing a black sweater aid black pants.
a _ Anyone who saw her near the Shell Station around 2 |.

a.m. Feb. 24 is asked to call Terrace RCMP at 638-7400 or

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* Zacharias added * -
Rody has a record of ‘several ‘charges from Winnipeg;

which included a robbery. in 1988. His last conviction for a a

crime was in 1991. Rody moved to Terrace late last'year..

emphasis on in and training for rural areas such as ‘the

Northwest where the unemployment rate is higher than else- .
‘where in the province.

Austin described the $100 increase, to $570, in the basic
home ownership grant,.as extremely modest. “ "
The grant for seniors, veterans and. disabled people will

rise from $745 to $845 and the program will be extended to

include more people with disabilities.

_ Overall, the grant increases* amount to $309 million

spread out over the next three years.”

Austin gave the budget a five out of 10. “Hopefully, down
the road, with a strong opposition and as we get better at our
job we.can do more to convince this government,” he said.

cost is modest when spread out over many years. |

_ “But that $600 i is more than what individuals receive on

social assistance,’ “noted Austin. -

Taylor's planned $35.4 billion budget revenue ‘figure
‘calls for expenses of $33.9 billion, méaning there will be a
surplus. It will be used to pay down’ the provincial debt but
‘ because of increased expenditures on schools, hospitals and:
‘highways, the finance minister is forecasting a rise in the ~

debt of $2.5 billion to $29.9 billion-within three years.
The province has benefitted from increases in oil‘and gas.

revenues to produce surpluses but Taylor warned the:prov-
ince cannot expect that to continue because of unknowns re-
, garding energy pricing. :
‘The considerable sum 1 of $6 billion has: ‘been set aside
over the next three years for civil service wage increases. A —
further $1 billion has been tagged for civil service wage and -
benefit packages but-it must be taken up by the end of March. oe

Otherwise, it will go to paying down the provincial debt...

‘In total,.the province says various tax relief measures will
cost $733 million, about two-thirds of which will go to fami-
lies and individuals. The remainder will go to businesses.

Mining companies are expected to benefit from an exten--
sion to a program which provides for accelerated tax relief
on monies spent on n exploration.

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