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Forest Cutback in rate |
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® Don’t be deceived by headlines close the legal loophole. The-
ro | ng intimating that school taxesin most _ cabinet prepared its amending Bill
” districts won’t rise again next year. 11, but withheld its introduction. |
Sy ‘ That’s the warning from’ Betty Appearing before Burnaby
at Griffin, chairperson of the Com- council recently, school trustee
: woo j 0 LY mittee for Fair Assessments and an Elsie Dean, now contesting a coun-
Ys aldermanic candidate in North --cil seat asa BCA candidate, argued
x Continued from page 1 Vancouver District. for councils being given the right to
h Breed of Nov; in Kelowna, 2 “The provincial government, in _ set variable mill rates, pointing out,
sf Local 423 h, cn a =: k. setting its assessment rates for however, that to be effective this
2 Pie ae inthe 1982, has lowered the taxable rate right would have to be given -
| $5; here was genuine anger in the for homeowners from 11 to 10 per- _ without restrictions.
0% ae of several delegates who cent, a decrease of only nine per- “The immediate effect of the
a a the floor to address the cent, but assessed values of homes court’s ruling is to deprive school
| | telegram to Trudeau and the | _ will have increased at least 25 per- boards of hundreds of thousands |
d ao but the statements were E cent,” she pointed out. of dollars in revenues for 1981, and |
ee oo with Crustration, and, 12] “At the same time, the govern- this could leave them in a deficit |
di e the telegram, without a clear | ment will get a good boost in position this year,’’ Griffin noted.
As emand for an alternative Policy. o} revenues by increasing the assess- “Immediate action to rectify this |
s ‘ Jack Munro’s opening address 8] ment rate for forest properties _ situation by the introduction of the
al; | 0 the convention was similarly Z from 30 to 40 percent, andthe rate necessary legislation is essential
ar Spiced with invective over the 21 for tree farms from 60 to 80 per- when the government opens for |
<% ee her , G*I cent. Since most forest land is in business again on Nov. 23,”” she
JACK MUNRO ... anger at government but still few militant unorganized territory, the money added.
ty pe pues Mae policies. 8 goes directly to the provincial  “‘Since school boards are facing |
yn ment” to bewrittenintotreefarm native to the ‘‘savage assault on already been set for Ottawa on aoe stip sreaiShie nat and a ge eae raed |
xd | licenses, but he did not call for working people” by Bank of Nov. 21, and for Vancouver, oie eRe bade De tes Gakic each
oy specific action on the Honey- Canada director Gerald Bouey Nov. 29, but if those actions were pes ‘his ad ES Se Sine Genet eee sea tie ita: |
re moon Bay situation, nor for the and the federal government, not successful in changing the government’s share of school tained. It’s alarming enough that
ws re-negotiation of forest licenses. Munrosuggested“‘schemesoftax government policy, he would coat, which now is at an all-time _ the federal hascut $1.5
¢ al strike. “If this 1 government cut 31. |
1 | Western Forest Products cited relief for low and middle income support a general str low. ahe'said. billion from its payments to pro- ty
ng shortage of timber as primary mortgage holders, that give an resolution means shutting down - Sch ool boards also will lose _ vinces for education, which means
d, reason for closing the Honey- equivalent break for renters.” the country, if the Ottawa protest | venues as a result of the B.C. _ there will be no more money for
ts moon Bay mill and Munro — Howeverstronger policies were doesn’t work, then I’m in favor | cypreme Court decision obtained such programs as French in our
‘jl’ | devoted most of his addresstothe advanced and adopted in several of it,” he said, drawing applause | }, P Woodward’s that portable dainedtaryactiools
ss, | SUbject of reforestation and resolutions from local unions. A from delegates. sniiaiieey and equipment are not ‘What's happening is that both
a forest management. He_ resolution from Local 357 called § Inthe absence ofa political ac- ]. part of the ‘assessment base in senior governments are iiissedan:
ve estimated that 100,000 jobs will - for a housing program which tion program for the union calculating taxes for school pur- _ lypassingthe bills — for education
\ be lost within 20 years unlessthere would provide subsidies for low around the economic crisis, atten- poses. The effect of this ruling will _ as for other things — to municipal
gs are new forest management and middle income families wan- tion was inevitably turned be to reduce school taxes for in- governments and homeowners are |
se Policies. ting to purchase homes, a federal towards the New Democratic dustry and business andtoincrease _ being saddled with a tax bill out of |
tO He called for a forest land government mortgage program Party and NDP leader Dave Bar- taxes oo homes: all proportion to ability to pay.
ol reserve similar to that for making money available at low rett took up the cause of Reportedly, the Diets Ap- She said that instead of passing ‘ql
ill agriculture, and enhanced rates of interest, and government unemployed woodworkers when ei ponamee representationsto on the bills, “governments should :
he research and sivilculture methods housing programs ‘sin direct he addressed the convention the provincial cabinet for amend- be passing out the bucks they are
ed along with a massive government competition with the -private Tuesday. ments to the Assessment Act to withholding.”
dl | Teforestation program with the developers and speculators.” Citing the record of the NDP
13° | aim of maintaining the present Other resolutions adopted call- government 1972-1975 which
he | Proportion of the Canadian work ~ ed for nationalization of banks bought out forest operations at
ge force actively involved in the and the energy industry and for Ocean Falls, Canadian Cellulose,
forest industry. That wouldentail an immediate forestation pro- Pleateau Mills and Kootenay
he the creation of 150,000.additional gram to employ laid off wood- Forest Products to avert shut-
be jobs by the year 2000, he said. workers. downs, Barrett pledged to take
Hie However the ‘‘alternatives”’ to One resolution ‘from Maple similar action if re-elected. “The
ne. | Present economic policy sug- Ridge called for a “day of same pledge (as in 1972) goes for .
on gested by Munro seemed weak. protest” against high interest 1981,’ he said, “We need a
ed As an alternative to increases in’ rates. New Westminster local government with the guts to say
nn energy costs, he proposed energy _ president Gerry Stoney respond- that we willrun those plants if you
conservation. And as an alter- ed that a aa of protest had won't. 4 7)
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