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A By BETH CHOBOTUK
n February 17th. more than
200 P.T.A. delegates from Van-
Couver Island and the lower
mainland assembled on the steps
of the Legislature and
ee cee to the Committee

San) i iti
aa the various political
ae delegates — some of whom
ib een travelling since 5 a.m..
a nd the corridors of the
eg ment rooms completely
s Cked off by guards who pro-
aimed *‘no admittance.” A
pe ely arranged meeting
eae Mr. Brothers, Minister
oa ucation, and all the
peranes at the Museum Audi-
ae Was cancelled by the Min-
an: In favor of a small
cae the top Federation
sane much milling around and
ae ings of disgust, the dele-
fey met with three
Roi : from the Liberal Party.
ones people crowded into the
Rane room to present their
the qyautiterium was utilized by
aes 2, members to hear
rari: and problems from
ae pues: Many delegates
oaia Ke Opinion that the tax
eee c taken off land for
Shane finance, and money
a be allocated from
ae revenue. Both the
~--and Liberals expressed
ent with this mode of

. to fight for isi
: provision of
ae a care for Students. He
ae appalling the state of
he ee because families
Sie: € to afford the high
sae co Another facility
Care facilities ae
ae moblems raised were
ate aa forensic clinics for
hone enders, educational
eee overloaded and under-
TH ee health units, the ~
< a the Public School Act
cee ee Capital expendi-
anne Regional Colleges ‘on
na aoe S of local taxpayers,
ee unds to provide greater
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recreation, and most important
of all was the government
finance formula of 110% and its
effect on every school district.

All delegates described the
seriousness of the cut-backs on
school spending in their areas.
which their local Boards had
been forced to make under Bill
86.

A general feeling of anger and
dejection prevailed when the
Education Minister refused to
meet and discuss problems with
them. It was very evident by his
afternoon address in the
Legislature that no hasty
changes would be made in educa-
tion spending and that he con-
sidered B.C.’s education the
best.

Brothers treated the
assembled delegates, (those that
were able to get into the public
gallery at all,) and the House, to
a capsule documentary on the
Socred school building program
and made the ridiculous
assertion that all technical
school graduates were placed in
jobs.

Boarding the buses at 4 p.m.
for the homeward journey, the
lower mainland delegation,
while tired and disappointed,
voiced the conviction, ‘We'll be
back, in bigger numbers!”

ANDREI VOZNESENSKY,
leading Soviet poet, who is
touring universities from coast to
coast by arrangement of the
external affairs department, held
two readings of his poems at UBC
last Wednesday. The full houses
and press applauded his perfor-
mance.

The Soviet artist, who already
visited Toronto and London before
coming to Vancouver, left for a
stop over at McGill and Catholic
Laval Universities in Montreal.

While in Vancouver
Voznesensky, the director of
cultural relations of the USSR
embassy in Ottawa, and the
Canadian correspondent of
Pravada paid a visit to Joe
Wallace at his home in
Vancouver. They brought
greetings from his friends and
collegues in Moscow and
discussed with him the possibility
of a future journey to the USSR.

Fraser Valley C.P. urges

The. annual membership
conference of ‘the Fraser Valley
Region of the Communist Party
meeting last week in the Dell
Hotel in Surrey, passed several
‘resolutions dealing with pro-
vincial problems, one in
particular dealing with the
critical hospital situation in the
New Westminster-Fraser Valley
area.

Other resolutions being sent to
provincial cabinet members
concerned, dealt with tenants
rights, taxing of natural
resources, taxation assess-
ments, and education financing.

The conference also passed a
resolution which condemned the
Emergency Powers Act as
repressive legislation aimed at
suppressing the movement for
national self-determination
among the people of French
Canada. The resolution said
there has been no evidence
brought forward by the Liberal
government to substantiate its

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“apprehended insurrection’” in
Quebec.

Resolutions urging action on
the unemployment situation,
pollution, the Indochina war, and
the Arab-Israeli hostilities were
sent to Prime Minister Trudeau
and External Affairs Minister
Mitchell Sharp.

Ernie Crist, circulation
manager of the Pacific Tribune,
presented Lenin's biography to
three New Westminster club
members for an outstanding job
of selling Tribunes. The White
Rock club was also
congratulated on winning the
provincial shield.

Paul Bjarnson brought
greetings to the conference from
the YCL, and Maurice Rush, of
the provincial office, spoke on
the 100th centennial of B.C. and
the 50th Centennary of the
Communist Party of the pro-
vince which is being celebrated
this year. He dealt as well with

the situation in Indochina and the ~

dangerous developments there
within the last few weeks.

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Land assessments
curious affair

If you are bored with figurés,

“don’t bother to read this item. If

you are under the illusion there
is fair assessment of land in the
city of Vancouver, by all means
read this item— and weep!

The figures in question were
presented to the Court of
Revision last week by Mrs. Alice
MacKenzie, who has been
sluething the tax situation in the
city since she was close to being
squeezed out of her property
many years ago. :

Mrs. MacKenzie, on behalf of
the Central Council of Rate-
payers, stated in her appeal last
week ‘‘Again, in 1971, I respect-
fully request an explanation (in
writing) of the following
apparent inequalities: . . .”

Mrs. MacKenzie did not
receive an answer adequate to
satisfy her, nor anyone else with
a curious mind. She dealt with
several specific cases of assess-
ment increases which, for no
good reason she could find,
varied from a high of 82 percent
to a low of 1.5 percent.

(In the latter case, it was
Mayor Campbell’s property
involved. )

In a later article, we will deal

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with the first part of Mrs.
MacKenzie’s brief, but in the
meantime here are some added
facts that are to say the least,
extremely puzzling:

American Can, on Alexander
Street, land in 1950 was assessed,
for general purposes, at $260,000.
In 1968 it was assessed at only
$208,000 and in 1970 at $210,000!

Bank of Montreal, Granville
Street, land in 1950 assessed, for
general purposes, at $576,840; In
1960, $456,960. In 1970, $487,000!

B.C. Sugar Refining: Land,
1950, general purpose assess-
ment — $813,740; 1970, $946,915;
1971, no increase— $946,915.

Eatons and Woodwards: No
increase in assessment from
1967 to 1971. In the case of Wood-
wards , land stays assessed at
$1,540,400. Eatons land is
assessed at $1,485,870 as it was in
1967— four years ago.

Many taxpayers, along with
Mrs. MacKenzie, should be very
curious as to how & why the land
mentioned above depreciated in
value, in some cases, between
1950 and 1971, while land in every
other corner of this fair city and
province appreciated in value.
What indeed is the explanation?

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