_ 4 Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 18, 1987

Hubert
Beyer _

Terrace Review
Victoria Correspondent}

Hang on to your pennies. B.C.’s not only open for
business, a lot of it is going on the auction block.

‘“‘Any Crown corporation is for sale, | imagine, if the
price is right,’? Transportation and Highways Minister
Cliff Michael said the other day. So, provided you’ve
got a bit of spare cash, you might just walk away with a
liquor store or two, or even a couple of ferries.

That Premier Vander Zalm is committed to pursue
the privatization drive started by his predecessor, Bill
Bennett, is nothing new. Like Bennett, Vander Zalm
firmly believes that the private sector is a better and
more efficient business manager than government, an
assumption that’s probably true in most cases,

It certainly was true in the case of the ski hill --
Cyprus Bowl and Manning Park -- the government turn-
ed over to the private sector. The facilities are vastly im-
proved and they make money for their private opera-
tors, whereas they consistently lost money when the
government ran them.

The same probably goes for the government’s liquor
distribution system, a costly operation that could be
turned over to the private sector without any loss of
revenue to the taxpayers. In fact, by selling off the retail
liquor stores, the government stands to make a bundle
of money. And liquor taxes, which provide huge profits

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Let’s hear an

same amount of revenue. a

finished by the end of June.

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to the government now, will continue to generate the
That government is serious.about getting rid of the li-
quor distribution system is evident from the-fact that it
has placed a freeze on all appointments of licensee retail
stores, including winery outlets. .
The freeze followed an announcement by Finance
Minister Mel Couvelier that no changes would be made
in the government’s liquor pricing policies until after the

-whole question of privatization has been resolved. A

policy review dealing with that matter is expected to be

There is little:doubt that.Couvelier will recommend
the privatization of liquor stores. The money that will
flow into government coffers from such a move is too
much a temptation for the finance minister.

There is also little doubt that it would be a good
move. Aside from the financial benefits to the provin-
cial treasury, there are a number of other reasons why
the government should get of the sales end of the booze
business. °

To start: with, it would give the government a chance
to terminate its patronizing role as guardian of the

public's drinking habits, Canadian society is by and .

large mature enough to take on that responsibility. And
those who aren't, won’t be any worse off buying their
booze from the. private sector. .

But more important, the government would no longer
have to practice the double standard of selling alcohol

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while preaching abstinence or at least restraint... ¢

There may be other recommendations, including the
‘sale of beer and.wine in grocery stores, a proposal that's.
been bandied about for years but never went anywhere,

in spite of wide public support. i. : Ms
‘All in all, drastic as the changes to our liquor: policy
may: be, they'll be good changes. The question is:.will.

the sale of other Crown ‘corporations -- provided. there —

are buyers -- be as beneficial to the taxpayers?
With a $57 million deficit last year, chances that in-
vestors will line.up to buy the B.C. Ferry Corporation is:

slim. But Transport Minister Cliff Michael hasn’t ruled

out a piecemeal sale of the Crown corporation. .

The Victoria- Vancouver run, he says, could probably
be made profitable. He may be right, but at what cost?
Would private operators be allowed to double fares, for
instance? ; ‘

Any discussion of selling the ferry corporation or part.

thereof should be nipped in the bud. W.A.C. Bennett
didn’t nationalize the system for no reason. He was con-

vinced that this vital transportation link must be in_

public hands. That:reason still stands.

And let's all hope that the Socreds aren’t going to.
dismantle ICBC. The government-owned insurance cor-

poration has been good for British Columbia. Our auto-
mobile insurance premiums are among the lowest. in
Canada and, equally important, the money stays right

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I read in the Terrace
Review on March I1 that
the Post Office donated a
weigh scale to the Terrace
Regional Museum at Heri-
tage Park. Good show.

The Heritage Day dis- | Years ago I happened to

Commen iaty

these valuable items were
also donated by the Post
Office. They were put
away behind locked doors
in the basement of the

ment of the library, One Public Library.

when the program begins

play, held lately at the
Arena Banquet Room,
gives me the awareness
that our precious old-
timers are able to donate
much more to the museum
for everyone to see and to
enjoy. ae

I worked in the Post Of-
fice for 23 years and I am
also a member of the pre-
sent Museum Society un-
der the able leadership of
Mrs. Kerby.

‘be a member of an earlier

museum society, with Mr.
Ed Kenney as president.
For some reason that so-
ciety went ‘‘belly up’’.
Our main theme of display
was ‘“‘Early Transporta-
tion’’. We were using a
wing of the public library
building, before an exten-
tion was built. It was an
orderly display and much
stuff was kept in a store-
toom down in the base-

cannot display everything
without making a mess.
We were waiting for more
room in the future.

I obtained from the
Post Office a small brass
letter weigh scale for
counter use with matching
weights of one ounce, two

ounces, etc. Together with

some old rubber hand
stamps, all dating back to
the years of the very first

post office’ in Terrace,

When this building was
enlarged and renovated
many artifacts just disap-
peared. We have been
phoning around, but no-
body seems to know what
happened. I consider this
a great loss. If anybody

knows the whereabouts, .

please phone Mrs. Kerby

at 635-2508.

~ Bill Homburg