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_ from the January 11, 1999 issue of the Globe and Mail.

Helmut Giesbrecht, MLA

{Skeena}
Parliament Buildings
Victoria”
British Columbia

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-M.LA. REPORT

Community Office
2-4623 Park Avenue
~ Terrace, B-C. V8G 1V5

Province of

Phone: (250}435-4146 Terrace ; British Columbia
{250)632-4184 Kitimat Legislative Assembly

Helmut Giesbrecht, M
{Skeena)

Fone: (250)638-2195
How often have you heard critics compare BC with Alberta
and Ontario? Is the grass greener on the other side?

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

20000 SPENDING ON HEALTH Alberta spends about $450 less per capita on
1900 |. Healthcare than BC. If the BC Gov't cut Health
eo, T., ae Spending to make us equal to Alberta, BC
Nope ee ceraee would save about $1.8 billion or have $1.8 bil-
1700 ;=°°"" cos Ontario lion to reduce taxes or increase services in other

Wein begins

huge cuts
jancescaooeane

CANADA areas.

1,500 | eu ga
< quetes If BC cut Healthcare spending to Ontario levels.
99091 S28 BC would save about $800 million.

Source! Statistics Canada, Finonciel Manogement System CARRIE COCKBURN/The Globe and Mail

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON
1997 $ percapita POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION

It the BC Gov't cut postsecondary education
spending to the Alberta levels, BC would save

see PL a -» about $60 million or have another $60 million
b a Poe... i . ao s . .
©2008, Quebec to reduce taxes or increase services in other
400  qreas. |
. BC.
a a | me CANADA ee
Boop" atts my her If the BC Gov't cut post secondadary education
et ntario . Later eee Le Dee a ;
| ana to Ontario levels, BC would save about $100
200 500 a 92 33 oa a5" 96 97,98 million. coud SP | es

Source: Statistics Conada tnonca! Management System CARRIE COCKBURN /The Globe and Mail

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING

“E9997 $ per capita ON SOCIAL PROGRAMS

1,300 _ If we didn’t cut taxes we could at least use some
| 0m et occ... Gunes Of the money fo improve BC's place on the graph
“Faeak so? cease mesacce a4 Harris cuts to the right. .
Soe agpe | 0? wn se welfare rates

Percent cuits in Social Services spending

1990) ‘9 ‘92 "93 ‘4 “95 ‘96 "9? ‘98 i
Source: Statistics Conada. Financial Monggement System CARRIE COCKBURN The Globe and Mai! Altlantic Proy, 6.0

GAMBLING REVENUE
Percentage of proyincial government
revenues and-actual value ($millions):

been | [ the BC Gov't increased revenue through gaming with the. a
Se same open gaming rules as in Alberta, BC would collect)
_ about $580 million instead of the $291 million in the graph

Manitoba

Nova Scotia

on the left.

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Please note! | do not support any of the above measures for saving money or increasing
revenue. These facts are necessary fo understand the challenges of government. We can
do like Alberta and Ontario but

pay.

You won't get a true picture from the hostile southern media. You can verify this information

Ontario | 1990-1998 -
~ BC. BC. 0% Alta GO
Alberta Sask | 1.8 Man od 6.8. - - S -
500 ! ! I ! I ! Ont. 11.5 Que. | : 78 oe : : |

“If the BC Gov't collected gaming revenue with the same rules

$291 million. Even all the provisions in the White Paper on
Gaming in BC will not increase revenue anywhere close fo

ere is a price that, so far, BC has not been willing to

| The Terrace Standard, Wednesda March 24, 1999 - Al3.