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OTTAWA (CP)

— RCMP wrongdoing for an interim report, 0 The government no longer thinks it would be beneficial to ask for such a report from the. commission, which has in, business: for two __years and may not enmoplete

Alcan celebrates this Saturday

_-Alean’s 26th anniversary celebrations beging Saturday with an expanded tour of the Kitimat smelter for the public and press, ; | ‘The first tour starts at 10a.m, at Bgate. Guests will Your the control room in building 205 and the rectifier building on foot before boarding buses for a drive } the switch yard.and wharf areas. . ‘Tours. are continuous from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with ‘buses leaving loading areas as soon as they are filled. “Visitors will travel by foot as well as by bus so sensible walking shoes should be worn. _ Hang Larsen of Alcan’s public relations department warns that people with cardiac pacemakers should not enter the pot lines or the rectifier building, “Cameras and watches which can also be affected by magnetism should be left at home or locked in automobiles,’' Larsen said, The company expects that about 3,000 people will turn up for the tours.

Millions lost

OTTAWA (CP) — Income for Multipte Unlt Residential tax shelters designed to

Ss. It suggests that stimulate construction of the plan be altered to ensure have cost the, they operate in tandem with

the over-all aims of gov- ernment housing policy, it also suggesta that profits on bale of a principal residence. should be taxed unless the money is rein- veated in another home or used for retirement income. It estimates annual loss of tax revenue from this source alone at: $1.4 billion, MURBs, introduced in 1074, allow persons with a minimum of $5,000 to invest in a share of a large apart: ment and write off paper Josses on ihe project for a 10- . year period, They are particularly attractive to high-income investors becausa they allow a writeoff of losses against

quastlodable benefits

le , SAYS a

report by the Canadian

Couneil on Soclal ent,

‘The report says the tax shelters — which allow avoidance or reductions In waive big beatin ace =—give ts to = ine ens bt ensure mn of housing for senior ed and low- income families who need it

| Glark backs down on.

its work until late next year,

Lawrence sald in an in-

terview. But he added he has :

not made a final decision. On related subjects, Law- rence said: -

—The cabinet has taken no -

steps to fulfill Clark's campaign promise to in- troduce a bill allowing the. RCMP to open private mail,

—The Progressive Con- sarvatives. have reversed a position they. held in Op- Position and no . think a judge should be allowed to review a solicitorgeneral's

lion to issue a mail- opening warrant in national security cases,

Although cabinet ministers think Mounties should have more civil liberties within the force, the government is in no hurry to relntroduee a Liberal government bill that would have modernized internal RCMP discipline.

When Clark said during the campaign for the May 22 election he would ask the royal commission, headed by Mr. Justice David C, McDonald, for an interim report, the Conservatives had no idea how much work the commission had already done, Lawrence said.

in income

income from all sources, not just against rental income from the project,

‘The council report estimates the deductions Cost the government §60 million in lost ‘revenue -in 1978. ’ Often the eo never sees the project — usually built by a large developer and operated by a management firm.

“ built

are

with a view towards maximizing the short-term tax aspects of the in- veatment,” the report says, It says investors ara en- couraged to withdraw thelr money when the tax writeoft ia 8ed up after 10 years.

That could mean refinancing of the project would be required after the 1}-year period al higher cost,

:\with the -three com- missioners earlier this month, Lawrence said they could aot add much to public teatimony,: which ° has

security fervice ‘llegally opened mail, stole dynamite, burned a barn, broke into homes and office bulldings and stole Parti Quebecois membership lists. Lawrence sald he ia inter-

ink .ested in the commission’s

recommendations, and it has not considered that area yet, Public hearings have been adjourned ‘until the fall. arate we aon also is pre ig & report on the Official Secrets Act, which must be amended if the government goes ahead with Plans to give citizens greater access’ to government in- formation. ‘ . Clark has given his highes priority to freedom of in- formation legislation when Parliament convenes Oct. 9. wrence said cabinet has mot yet discussed legistation to allow the RCMP to open mail, as the force has beer doing illegally for 40 years, “T don't think there’s any question that a means has to be found to enable law en-

The tenants would have to

pay these costs with higher -

rents, th

It asaya ey also encourage absentee landlord operations _ and ne government seems to have had surprising lack of control over the " location and quality of MURB projects,”

The report also recom- mends that profits made on ‘the sale of an owner- occupied home should also be taxed unless the money ia reinvested in another house or Lavested to provide a farm of pension Income,

This latter provision would allow the elderly to avoid paying tax on sale of a home if the money were used ‘to provide retirement. income. However, to quality for this, it should be established that the elderly person does not

revealed that the RCMP

RCMP report

After a lengthy meeting

forcement. agencies to open mai] in certain restricted cases," the solicitor-general ‘said, “We are grappling with the fairest way.” .

and the New Democrats ‘opposed a Liberal. govern: ment bill introduced in the _ last Parliament to legalize mail opening in drug in- vestigations and cases of na- tional security, ”

Conservatives said the bill: denied civil liberties because a judge could: not review a solicitor-general’s decision

to issue warrants for mail.

ing in cases of natlonal security. (Applications for warrants in drug cases would go through regular courts).

But now that he is the man who would Issue national- security warrants,

assoctation must be organized.

Both the Conservatives -

OTTAWA (CP) —The new government will appeal to

the measures in the Nov. 16 Liberal budget as quickly as possible eo it can get-on with its own economic . Finance Minister John Crosbie said Thursday,

Although the budget was . Dever approved by the Com- mona, Most business affairs ‘were conducted in the belief that the tax reductions and other ¢ eS announced by former finance minister Jean Chretien would become law. oe

Nevertheless an at-

mopshere of uncertainty ” de d when it became clear: that the. fall budget would not become law before

“Si goverment hi ea ¢Hiotce but to enatt many of |

the key measures of ‘the Liberal. bidget since they have already been im- Plemented, Crosbie said.

The -only Liberal program the new government does not intend to adopt is the doubling of airport taxes which Chretien Proposed to implement March $1.

never increased thé air transportation tax -to a maximum of $15 (from the current $8) as they planned,

The measure proved unpopular and the goin postponed it twice, sa they ‘would not increase the . tax without Parliament's ‘endorsement,

The main measures the Conservative government intends to enact as soon as - possible are:

Reduction of the the federal sales tax to nine per cent from the 12 per cent Which prevailed prior: to November.

Lawrence-said he no longer ©

believes general’s actlons should be scrutinized by a judge.

Lawrence said the govern- Ment won't nec walt

for the McDonald ecom-" '

mission to make its final report before changing discipline procedures in the RCMP.

-tax shelters

have other substantial assets, the Tt says.

The council says lack af taxes on houses means that homeowners are getting a tax break over renters and the largeat percentage of renters are those in the lowest income brackets.

But even among homeowners, those in the highest income-tax brackets tend to benefit most from the lack of tax on the profits of a sale, the report saya. Higher- Income homeowners own More expensive houses mnich increase in value

Ttionately more. Pit says the introductlon of & plan promised by the Con- servatlves to allow deduc-

tons for mortgage interest

will ‘add another tax ad- vantage for homeowners at the expense of renters.

the aolicitor- -

—Iherease in taxpayers’ employment expense deduction to a maximum of $500 from the previous $250,

-A cut in veomployment insurance premiums paid by workers to $1.36 from $150 per week for every $100 of insurable earnings. The employers rate was reduced ta $1.89 from $2.10,

muroiewnone ets huttonholed

to make large profits by buying me debentures and preferred shares from ‘Heir clients.

—Tax incentives to en- courage firms to Increase in dhadeentaany eeate

vantaged regions.

One Liberal economic pro- gram introduced after the

udget which the Con- servativea also plan to im- plement is a series of tarlif changes allowing out-of- Season fruita and vegetables into Canada at reduced rates of duty.

Tn the fall, however, when Canadian prod

the market, a bitive tarlif is imposed on toe same agricultural goods,

“Tt ls important that this legislation be passed as quickly as possible by Parliament before a new

budget ig introduced,” Cros ie sald. ©

Parliament to pass most of .

Parliament .was' dissolyed’ forthe May 22 election, and peshis hopes to clear thia up: "|: :

significant

However, the Liberals

; Alberta border, because the regional district felt thig ternal disputes within tourist regions, but said from

In an interview Wednesday, regional district ad- area was too large to be served by one association. the ministry's point of view if tourist regions are

ministrator John Pousette said the district: made an _ Bernie A , director of the B.C. Special Services realigned, proposals for new. regions must have the initial decision to withdraw financial Support from the — branch,said in order for a new tourist region to be

Conservatives want Liberal budget passed

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CLARK

OTTAWA

(CP)

four years,

prea ea:

be carried out over a

period of time when the

economy permits. and

when Croumstancea

t,he told reporters

oe his first formal news

‘, “Crosbie aid the only

” pa Fry can pealistically introduced once it gets

vestigates the cir-

cumstances.

He gave no indication how much of Clark's Platform he intends to incorporate into his first budget, due in three months, except to say that the party's mortgage interest plan will be in- cluded, .

Liberal finance critic ‘Hérb Gray (Windsor

- news conference, said Crosbie “has abandoned the program that was the basis of thelr election cam 7 “All he has are pages of figures. This is ao desperate attempt to evade the reality that the Conservatives are not Prepared to keep. their lection promises,’* Crosbie + was subjected to repeated grilling from reporters on his refusal to guarantee that the tax cuts, industrial incentives and other goodies held out by Clark in his bid to be come prime minister would be in his first. budget. He said he was not convinced people voted for Clark’s tax cuts, his Stimulative deficit or his

PROMISES BUT...

but it might take three or

responsible course anew: takes in, ‘ ~ "Under these restraints, — ” he sald, a gung-Ho budget ~

into power and: ih-

- West) who attended the |

TO KEEP

economic program, They voted against Trudeau and the Liberals. “Political partles keep their promises as far a5 they can, but no political party ever did everything it promised in the first year.” = . He. said the govern-

ment’s room to Manoeuvre is severely restricted by the fact that -it is feading toward a $7- . ‘billion deficit in {ts in- ternational account and the expectation that the ‘government will spend $11.3 billion more. than it takes. in, .

with large tax cuts and. other spending ams ‘to’ ‘stimulative the economy would be risky, Tt probably would worsen inflation and the coun- try's deficit with the reat mane warld by encour.

Peopue to buy im- ported goods. The dollar also could begin: slipping if international investors lost falth in the govern- ment's ability ta manage the economy wisely,

Crosbie was reminded that Clark said, prior to his election, that the

y Was prepared to

reage the government deficit temporarily -because this = was essential to ‘get the ecomomy moving,

“Conditions have changed since we were talking about a stimulatlve deficit,” he replied,

He Indicated that his October budget would contain some measures designed to stimulate depressed regions of Canada and certain sectors of the economy such as the stagnant housebuilding industry, but these would be balanced by increased restrain In other areas,

Conservative MP

OTTAWA (CP) — Some Progressive Conservative MPs have found that winning the May 22 election means being buttonholed more frequently by constituents seeking everything from sinall favors to miractes,

“I'm getting more calls and requests for favora,"’ Harvie Andre (Calgary Centre) said in an interview this week. “They want me to we my influence on the prime minister,’ '

Stan Darling, from the rural Ontarlo riding of Parry SoundMuakoka, says: “A lot of constituents now think miracles can be performed, That's not the case,''

Darling referred to con- atituent pleas to change regulations governing umemployment — Insurance benefits and to implement the main Conservative election promise — allowing

homeowners to deduct

mortgage interest and

property tax from taxable ome.

“You take unem- ployment,” Darling sald. “Those regulations are in effect until they are changed by Parllament,” Changes can take months of debate before being Implemented.

Walter Dinsdale, from the Manitoba riding of Brandon- Souris, sald Western

power,

“I tind a great sense of relief which has resulted In oplimism now that Pierre Trudeau is no longer prime minister,” Dinsdale said ina telephone interview from his Brandon office,

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