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By SARAH A. - ZIMMERMAN |

, ALOCAL businessman says ‘a proposed 30 per cent hike

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‘to import duties on foreign- ‘made bikes: is a threat to - independent - dealers : could hit consumers of mid- - priced bikes in the wallet. Bruce Martindale, owner of the Terrace McBike shop, is talking about a proposed tariff. recommended by

the Canadian International Trade’ Tribunal that would

target bicycles that have a-

retail price point of between $400-$700. = That means it targets peo-

«ple just getting into cycling, children’s. bikes’ and the -

“commuter market, he says...

“We're ‘talking about an attack on two groups — par-

ents of kids and people look-

_ ing. to enter the bike market

at a time when all indications’

are: going the other way,”

says Martindale, who is also.

a father of two young chil-.

» dren. “Children’s obesity is

» a huge issue and we can’t. * make it difficult for parents

to buy bikes for kids.” The proposal was made

to ‘the federal finance min- -

ister earlier this year stem-

. ming from requests from two Canadian assemblers of

lower-end bicycles —, Pro- cycle Group Inc. and Ra-

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The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - A15

TERRAGE STANDARD

USINESS IKKEVIE\

Bike tariff threatens to cripple independent bike dealers

BRUCE MARTINDALE says a proposed 30 per r cent increase on imported bikes unfairly targets people trying to ‘enter the cycling market, children and commuters.

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“We are talking about

two companies that are not competitive,” Martindale

says, who adds that dealers | such as himself sell. higher end. bikes than do big box.

leigh Canada Ltd.— which © stores. are typically sold in big box: stores such as Wal-Mart and ~ the bikes they sell will then Canadian Tire. 6 price them out of reach of They argue the surtax many people, he and others will protect the Canadian argue. bike industry from a flood of In a statement released in cheap imports. October, the Bicycle Trade But retailers such as Mar- tindale argue it will affect consumers and threatens the _ livelihood of independent bike retailers.

the proposed tariff could cripple independent bike re- tailers. ~ ;

“The bikes that would

Placing a high tariff on

‘survive,”

_ Association.of Canada, said’

be affected: by this tariff are generally the largest unit volumes that an indepen-

dent dealer sells, bikes that:

introduce consumers to the freedom of cycling and that, hopefully, - cyclists and long term cus- tomers. We cannot stand by

_while our members fight for.

their ability to succeed and said the associa- tion.

In addition, both Pro- cycle and Raleigh have their manufacturing plants in two critical federal Liberal. rid-

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retailers have indicated they — are worried the Liberals might approve the proposal ..

to save jobs in those ridings,

especially. leading up. to ‘a 7 federal election. |

- Martindale himself is a

federal Liberal and ran un-

successfully for the federal

Skeena Liberal nomination ;

in 2004.

“This is old style poli- tics and there is not a single party that wants old style,” Martindale says.

“Is this in the public in-

terest? Absolutely not. This

is not an Ottawa issue, this is about’small towns.”

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