ccm ne a ea mar = honest others. | don't feel peo-: The Terrace "Review asked: What is your sarciis . _to the provincial _ ‘Jacquie Terpstra Disgusting. The defi- cit Is irrelevant, espe- -Clally when you hurt old age’ pensioners. They deserve more than to be ‘hit between the eyes by having. to pay extra medical. Seniors should be our responsibility as. citizens. Government could have left. the tax on restaurants and left _the seniors alone. | also disagree with property ‘tax. Getting taxed once on the sale of ahouse is enough. The 30 percent . hike in taxes. for small business is wrong. Gov- ernment should divide ‘taxation equally.among | ~ larger businesses and leave the small com- panies alone. They pay enough taxes. already. The reforestation pro- gram will create more jobs in B.C. which we need sol can agree with the addition of funding. There should be a Straight across the. board tax. | don’t think. | - there should: be a per- ‘centage difference as now exists with the hotel. and sales tax. Taxes should all be con- sistent. The gas tax was introduced, they say, to discourage tinkering with poliution devices. | don’t believe we should be penalized for the dis- actions of ple on low, fixed in- comes should be penal- ized. | agree more mon- ‘ey should be funnelled. into social housing, daycare and student grants. Vina Auger They have done well with providing more funding for housing. The government shouldn't ‘increase taxes on mid: die or lower Incomes. i] Burga Anderson “It’s great to have the deficit.come down and It's good there is no more tax on meals at restaruants. It was pro- bably more bother than it was worth. | don't agree with the 30 per- cent hike on taxes for smail businesses. Why should. they. have to be ‘made to pay, why hit them? They’re the ones who are keeping us go- ing. The drop from eight to seven percent in the tax on hotel rooms. shouldn't affect us too - much, it’s a luxury. The provincial sales tax should be five percent, it’s easier to calculate than the announced six percent. The money for reforestation is neces-- ‘Sary as funds ‘are re- “quired in order to keep our major industry: go- ing. - r - Wayne Ridgeway It's: kind of hard to tell; some of the an- ,.nouncements are bene- ficial while others are pretty serious. The gov- ernment seems to. be getting harder on smalt businesses and the mid- dle class workers. _ Taxes on land transfers . could make the real estate. industry a little more shaky In the fu- ture, while the news on government funding, the sales tax, and the tax on meais In restaurants is . all good. Jake Terpstra | think the budget is vague. There are a lot of hidden areas in there. The government is look- _ing for money which is. alright. but. they could have feft the tax on meals. | think the ‘trans: - fer tax on. property: is: horrendous: ‘It's a poor way to get money as it hits small people. When government introduces a two cents per litre in- crease on gasoline to supposedly discourage people from tinkering with pollution controls, | feal It isa wishy washy way to raise cash. And our seniors shouldn't have to pay more, they have paid their dues. The. $54 million more for reforestation | question. | would suggest that ‘those funds were ‘cov- - ered in. the lumber ex: - port. tax. The transfer - tax on property disturbs me. As far as. !’m con- 7 cerned though, no bud- get should have a defi- cit. If you were a small ' businessman and oper- ated. at a deficit for . long, you’d be out on your ear. Stan Parker The budget decrease. is satisfactory; we have to do something. The two percent more per litre on leaded gas makes me mad. Gas is high enough as it is. The sales tax should have ‘been left the way It was at seven percent rather than six percent. That - system might have en- abled the government to eliminate the transfer tax on the sale of real - estate. The extra funds being directed towards reforestation is a good idea. 695-8011 _ ogies,. Lo: J ottor a To all concerned parties; an ‘Terrace Region - The recent _announce- - ‘ment. of the building of a - ‘néw. mill on the Pohle site budget announcement? . by: Skeena ‘Cellulose is wel- -, come,news for the town, _ . for the Company, and_-for - most of the workers, - _ Without a doubt, -be- cause, of. the new technol- there will -be a reduction in staffing at the | mill, This has happened at — the new mill being built in © Hazelton, and it will hap- pen here. Four years ago B.C, ‘Timber, logging division . of ‘Westar Timber, . then owner of Pohle, elimi- nated their logging staff, © - throwing 300 loggers. out , of work. A. bitter settle- ment was’ finally reached, | but it in.no way compen- - Sated for-the jobs and-the - ‘seniority and benefits that — were lost. Some, in fact many, of these loggers are still not working fulltime, and many took a forced early retirement. =~. ‘I know; for | was there. The need for extensive. silviculture onthe Kalum block of Tree Fram Li- New government budget generates _ local comment TERRACE — Although the news of a lowered sales tax in the province, and.an abolishment. of taxes on meals in restaurants seems to-have been well received by Terrace residents, con-. cern was expressed over several other issues in- cluded with the provincial budget report. On. the positive. side, more money is available for reforestation, social housing and student grants or loans. ‘The deficit is down - from a projected $1.1 billion. to $850 million, thanks to'the 15 percent tax ‘on lumber exports and other revenue sources. On the serious side, cent increase in taxes paid by small businesses making less than $200, 1000 in taxable income, a |. one percent increase on hotel room taxes, a 7.5 percent increase on taxes for lower and middle. income people, a transfer tax'on property, an ‘increase of two cents on leaded gasoline (sup- . posedly to discourage removal of catalytic. converters), and an announcement of higher medical costs for seniors. ; As for the results of the budget, only the future can tell. at this time. Stan Parker Terrace resident "Wisdom — : dime, Wisdom is a forgot- _ ten-value, We create a rot- ten situation for ourselves and then turn around and blame our government. The ‘‘reds” want it that way. But there is more. A lot of people simply do not want to work. They need vatives to” job layoffs _ there was a three per- ‘continued from page 4 cense number | is - - well known and very obvious. The workers in the mill are - '_ experienced, . dependable and willing. © _ Skeena. Cellulose, who now owns TFL number 1, should take all mill per- - ‘sonnel who will be laid — off, form a Silviculture “Division and ‘put : these _ people. .to: work on the - TFL.. ' ; We wish to make the -- following proposaltoyou,... — _in hopes that it will pre-.. “ vent the suffering, the . hardship: and the’ bitter- ~ ness that the last one caus- . ed. a a Rates. would have to be 2 negotiated, but (and most important) seniority and =: benefits - and. pension _ would: -be retained, Any: . -one:in the Silviculture . _. “Division could be trans- .. _ fered back to the, mill at - any time if: a position . , came open, and would re- ceive the rate of pay for. that job. ' We: fully. realize that silviculture is presently be- © ing done at a price that is. __very low, and perhaps we might not be able to match _ that price. I should think. that you. -- will agree with me in-say- ing that the Company owes us something, A” chance to do useful. work — to help the Company fulfil its -obligations in-~ silvi- culture is far, far better - than being on the. dole, and after that, on welfare. We trust that you will receive this proposal.in the way it is intended, sincere- ly:and honestly. . a Bent Nielsen Les Watmough | - Terrace, B.C, payers money instead of | accepting any job. They . have no pride. . Selling drugs to school children is another way of making a nice buck. Who cares about ‘a job? Not them. - Watch for part IT on this subject next week, ‘Bill Homburg | re-education. They are very happy to collect tax Terrace, B.C. CLASSIFIEDS WORK DAY & NIGHT ROGER CARLING-KELLY (REGISTERED MASSAGE THERAPIST) IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF HIS CLINIC | _ NORTHWEST MASSAGE THERAPY > 4603 Park Ave. Suite F TERRACE, 8.C. 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