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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.

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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.
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