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anything in the budget. which

“would “cancel the’ $2. million’
which. the federal government —

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35 Cents Wednesday,
VOLUME 74 Sidney February 17, 1988
ISSUE NUMBER 7 Peninsula

Established 1912

budget. will have an impact on
industries in this area, . said
Hank Vissers, Saanich Penin-
sula. Chamber of ‘Commerce
president.

By JULIETTE PROOM
_Review Staff Writer

“As long as (the government)

comes through with money for
our. breakwater, . this budget

doesn’t really affect us,’’ said
couldn't see

promised for that project.
However, Finance Minister

‘Michael Wilson promised to cut

non-statutory spending by $300)

-million annually. This covers all.

projects not required by federal
laws,

The breakwater grant.will:be |.

made through. the Department

of Fisheries and Qceans' ‘small

“Saanich ‘school trustees
argued for almost an hour anda
half. before” adopting. a new
policy on foreign language - ine
struction, Monday night,

The policy, vague enough to

be applied (o French and other
languages, Says:
“The Saanich school district

believes that) learning other ~

languages and cultures enriches
our students’ lives.

“Ht is the policy of this board
to. provide kinguage programs
to Saanich students provided

thats
A't, there is niterest nm the con
munity;

there isan availability: of

“facilities and resonrees!

83, other programs shall not be

adversely affected;
“64 the | Tangaage™ “propramts)

adhere to the same clase sive!

supplies and staffing allocation:
applied: generally | ino the
district.’

 Prustees endorsed the con-
' sept of enrolment limitations ia

reonlations. However, they dd >

Aveo nioreatenate iosewnenucnailt tial

troduced in Parliament.
Budget papers tabled ‘last —

craft harbors program.. qe eta

‘Canada: has enjoyed strong

economic. performance, _ said.

Wilson in‘ his Feb. 10. budget
speech. More than 1.15 million:
jobs have been created since the
Progressive. Conservatives came
to power in 1984, he said.

~. Wilson recounted. details . of
programs which have been an-

nounced in the past, including

‘tax reform. Although many of.
the. major‘ reforms: to the per-~

sonal] and corporate income tax
system took effect: Jan. 1,. the
draft legislation has. not been in- .

week do not include a bottom
line figure of revenues or expen-
ditures. -However, the. federal
government forecast a decrease
in its deficit to $28.9 billion for
1988-89 and to $286 billion for
1989. 90,

The deficit is now: - estimated

to be $29.4 billion.

Hehe pays off i in formation
_ of language policy — See

Hot entrench specific numbers

in their documents.»

“*T thought we. were: going
through this whole painful exer.
cise to protect the 50750 ratio,”
said chairman Joe Lott.

Last) year trustees stated

French. immersion programs

would be offered as long as no
more than 50° per cent» of
students attending a school were
enrolled in the foreign language
studies. .

‘The board! § French advisory
committee,
parents, -teachers, ad-
MNES ators . wid trustecs,
recommended boosting enrol

ment levels in the first: year,
Ve have n history of attri-
tion in’ the immersion pro-

gram,’ © said the,
report,

Surdents tend 10 drop aut of
French immersion after Grades.

conunittee

Lor 2. ‘The advisory committce ”

suggested if S40 per cent. of

“students were enrolled in’ im
mersion In Grade 1, only 40 per:

cert tof ther would still-be in’

‘ocean te fe

[oe
ris ENOUGH":

Bu: iget r means, little o

Nothing i in last week’s federal.

introduced last. week. Gasoline
and fuel taxes rise by. one-cent
per litre on April 1.

After six years as a Central Saanich alderman, Eric Lewis
announced his resignation in the aftermath of a midnight call
to his home from a fireman’s wife.

By GLENN WERKMAN
Review Staff Writer

The 58-year-old businessman’ said at Monday
meeting that attacks from volunteer fire department members
. and: their wives, many. of. whom he said: are municipal

employees, prompted his resignation. _.
_.The situation has reached ‘‘the point that they (believe they
have) the right to phone me at midnight and start this harrass-

ment of saying why aren’t you down here, and then shouting
freebies, freebies, freebies.

most of the evening,”’ Lewis said.

-midnight Saturday night from a person who was calling from
the. firemen’s lounge during a fireman’ $ retirement party in
the municipal hall.

The party was being held for Tom Polson, a veteran of the
Central Saanich Volunteer Fire Department. Mayor :Ron
Cullis was invited to the reception and made a presentation to
the retiring fireman on behalf of council. Cullis said Tuesday

he had no knowledge. of. derogatory comments made about
- Lewis during the evening.

night’s ©

**Checking a few sources I know that I was being ridiculed

Lewis related a phone cali:-he received shortly before 12

eran | would have thought the mayor might have said, Ot can’t.
listen: to any of this. because every alderman. has the right to.
“vote according 1 to his'conscience and he’s done nothing wrong a
ccm: saying he is: ‘opposed. to: paying. out $1, 200. for a party that: :

~ happened’45 days. earlier.’ ane Paley
Lewis said. in an intervi iéw that he has. alwa ays ‘tried. 10) be- Bae

honest with his viewpoints.

“I try to say the way I think about things, but now I get this
tremendous: backlash. Some of it you can take but there
comes a point where you have to say enough is enough,”’ he
said.

“By leaving now I can focus on the real i issue, that is, there
are too many pressure groups in this municipality that run too
many decisions through.

‘*Aldermen are afraid to vote otherwise, just based on the
fact that they. won’t get re-elected,’’ Lewis said.

‘“‘Honesty gets me into no end of trouble. I’m being brand- .

ed as a person that they don’t respect, but at least I’m
honest,’ Lewis commented.

“I’m not going ‘to have: firemen’ s wives phoning me and
hassling me from a municipal premises,’’ he added.

“If they want to say something, have the guts to come and |
_ say it to my face, right up front, not hiding behind a

telephone.’’

a | thought the firemen of. all people would not want tobe

associated with crank phone calls,”’ he said.

A byelection will have to be called in accordance with
regulations in the municipal act once Lewis tenders.a formal
letter of reignation,. confirmed municipal clerk Gay Wheeler.

“‘While there i is a cost associated with it, it is not going to

put-an excessive. ste on the. municipality,” commented, =

Cullis. © ee
; Central Saanich Fire Chief Bruce ; Elvedahl declined com-
. _ment. : cae
“Lewis was fi irst elected t to > council bya acclamation. ake next

“time he: was. elected by. just one vote. A Fecount, “however, ;
placed him two votes ahead. my

e-

Some ‘sales. tax changes were -

‘*The price of fuel is generally

only one-tenth. of a _boat’s

maintenance cost,’’ said Drew

Irwin, _ manager of. Philbooks

Shipyard in Sidney.
“The People: who run larger.
boats aren’t going to cut. back’’

because of a penny-a-litre hike,»

said Irwin. ‘I. didn't. see

- anything in the budget which.
‘might hurt us.’

The federal’ government. has

~~ also promised to’ eclminate: tax
~ deductible’ northern- living

allowances. Scientists and sup- -
port. workers at the Institute of
Ocean Sciences are not affected
by this change, however. - :
Many IOS staff travel to the
arctic. for ‘research projects.
When away they qualify: for:
travel allowances, not.northern:

living allowances, said: an 10S .

spokesman.

foreign language classes in

- mining what.the 50. per cent for

- know what to do if more than,

consisting ~ of. elementary schools want to ile

ed" approach commonly: used -

cophones will be the first.to be eS fe wh
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Grade 3. :
“Its suggested we take that ;
into consideration. when deter- .

the French immersion program os
is,’' the report continued, :
Trustees also did not establish:
procedures: for: registering .
students in French: immersion
classes for next fall, They don’t”

$0 per cent of students - signe
up for Keating or Deep Cove

tend in French,
The advisory commillice Vacs

suggested either a lottery or tak-

ing the ‘first come,: first: serv:

across the province, aaa
However, ‘The committee: -
came 10 the ceonclusion: that.
neither route" was an ideal
route,"" said) the. report. If
recommended parents be asked
which methad they prefer,
Regardless, children of fran:

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