THE RE VIEW 9781-2nd St., Sidney B, om

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_. The evening meal is $17.50
per person. “If that

ting the private restaurants, rm
2 sure I don’t - understand,

H Cameron said.

‘a t luncheons, again. with
i ed menu

nak t available. 7 i
Drinks without meals _ are.

served at the lodge, but only

during confe nces.. And even -

then, the bar doesn’t open until
4:30 p.m. ( ameron said.

muir has not inten-
I tionally wooed | ‘specific
7 employees away from brivate
businesses, Cameron said.
_ The lodge. advertised - for

‘— employees in May, before it a
d, and was. deluged with. from,’’ t 7

7 representative _ of” the

2 ington-Wyatt Tea. Room

opene
“appl ations by the dozen.” |
hey a the | rity ree cas

“of salary drops of £3300 to os

| amonth,

eae and Se ‘ime staff
Victo

nsmuir ir Lodge has beds for

s undercut- |

only available
nces, sell for $9 a cor
= ‘ial ial Sunday brun- -

ches are not offered const ine

nference-goers.. | Beds ate,  ¢
- ~ syst

not, however, provided for the

- general public unless by |
-reference from fully booked
“hotels. “I invite you to try it.

"You will 1 be told, ‘Sorry’.’’

grea hotels, meron sa

; Lewis said,

From | point of view.
the lodge hasn't done me any
harm.”

Lewis said spill-over business —
from the | lodge must help many ©

Peninsula private businesses,
although it may not always be

- visible.
“You could have ‘three execs
Yeu" there having a drink. |
ou’ re not going to go up and

and Restaurant in Sidney said
the lodge is not harming. local

businesses “‘if they’re not con, esa - top tv two Canada Land Inventory classifications,

eens outside their man-— nan is my lunderstanding we will not be doing away with the
: ; .. land freeze,’’ he sai .

- coe a ; otis _ “We feel it is important to recognize that land is one of our

10 : Beis limited resources in B.C.,”’ said Savage. Lakes cover much of ©

> said - uel land, and “‘the \ ast ma ity” of the land base is m nade up

} , a aA,
vas the practice” of the lodge.
Lodge operators ‘‘should be

accountable for what they do,”

e jase has directed about 7 _

‘One of hoe one ie |
he said in Sidney last Wednesday.
. farmers off the land. That’s the issue,’ John Savage told e a.

7 assessment qualification will follow suit.

_ the fisheries and agricultural minister assured the crowd.

g their land assessment tax brea,

“If we’re interested in preserving farmland, don’t tax

60-person Saanich Peninsula Farmers’ Institute meeting. at
Sanscha Hall. ~

‘Presently, a farmer must make $1,600 from every 10. acres”
of land to qualify for farmland assessment. _

The qualification level for agricultural programs has risen
to $5,000 income per 10 acres, but Savage said it’s s unlikely

to $2,500 is too much in Savage’s mind, -

Savage also stressed his support of the supply m
system f agricultural production, the need to | better market
B.C roducts, and the land freeze.

Just three per cent of B.C’s land is arable, and only one

per”

aid population growth is alway at 16
“pec use iti is usually the least expensive l

because of the involvement of «°°

dollars,

taxpayers”
‘said.

1 of serving the pu

~ the provi ee. After. processing me figure jur

Paquette

eron” said the current oN
ublichas aa dc
been in place from the lodge’s reserve.
9% oS
He. believes the lodge i is ‘help- 7
ing the. area. It makes Victoria a

ops is th way to escape tet oar oe
ister ret ‘ pathized with farmers. Be coe
Verop Maze -

: Savage said: a agriculture is is a thajor industry | for the ‘proc - oe
vince, but he recognized that it is also an unpredictable one.
‘At the farmgate, agriculture is worth $1.01 billion : a year t »-

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