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‘be’ returned to

revenue-relief side, stands

24> Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 25, 1 987. 7

Budget —

increased from seven to

‘eight percent. The budget

announcement states the
extra percent collected will

governments for tourism
development,

have the tax increased
another one percent on re-
quest.

- An unexpected blind-

- side to prospective home

and land purchasers came
in the form of a new prop-
erty transfer tax. The
previous land registration
fee, paid at the rate of $1

-per $1,000 of assessed

value plus a $35 fee, has
disappeared and been
replaced with a one per-

cent tax. Buying’a home —

valued at $50,000 will now
cost an extra $415 in taxes.
Tax rates on rural proper-
ties went up to $1.70 per
$1,000 assessed value, and

~ the minimum tax payable

after calculating the home
Owner grant goes from
$200 to $350.

An additional two cents

| per liter will be tacked on
‘ to the price of leaded

gasoline with the stated
objective of discouraging
car owners from tinkering
with pollution controls
and burning cheaper

gasoline. In practice this

tax will again hit low-

income British. Colum-—
~bians ‘who drive older

model cars while leaving

-- unaffected the catalytic-
- eonverted who can afford

later models. -
Across the line, on the

“Judges

continued from page 23

with Mallie Bowman from
-Lincoln Centre in’ New

York.

‘SANDRA PHILLIPS
VOCAL AND CHORAL
“MARCH 30 TO APRIL 4

Sandra Phillips received
her Master of Education
from the University of
Manitoba in 1982, |

She has been working as

a teacher and music spe-

cialist since 1973 and is
presently teaching at Ker-
risdale Elementary School
where she teaches music to
Grades 1-7 and is alo a
half time classroom
teacher.

Phillips has presented a
number of workshops to
educators in B.C. and

Manitoba. She has been. |

Director of the Vancouver
Youth Chorale since 1984
and toured England and
France with them in [985.

continued from page 1 ~

local.

and muni-—
‘cipalities will be able to

a singularly lonely reduc-

tion of one percent in the
provincial sales tax, with a

shadowy proposal for an .
additional ,one-percent |

reduction later in. the year..

SOCIAL PROGRAMS
STEPPED UP’.

Families dependent on

provincial income assis-
tance, . working . parents

who rely on ‘day care,.

disabled British Colum-

bians and the parents of -

children with’ disabilities,
post-secondary ‘students
and low-income individ-
uals who require legal help
will all benefit incremen-
tally from the Couvelier
budget. .

Students who qualify
for loans and grants from
the government for college
and university expenses
will be competing for a
much larger pot with an
extra $9 million, repre-
senting. an increase of 51
percent, going toward stu-
dent assistance. Funding
for post-secondary institu-
tions was also increased by
5.8 percent.

The Ministry of Social
Services and Housing will

have $19.7 million more

than last year. Specified

-uses for the new money in-

clude aid to parents with

disabled and _ disturbed
‘children, programs to help

integrate those children in-
to public schools and
regular day care settings,

and community placement

for disabled adults...
Funding available for
day care’ subsidies will in-

_. crease by 30 percent to a -
' total of §26.7 million: with:
the aim of encouraging -

single parents to return to
the workforce.  ...

The long-neglected area
of legal aid will receive an
infusion of $5 million, in-

’ Single

_ lect

Commitee |
a continued from page 3

‘Ald. Bob Jackman sug-
gested one of the major
sawmills in Terrace has a
large kiln used only for
processing spruce during

three or four brief periods .
during the year. After in-

vestigation, however,
Jackman stated in a subse-

quent interview the facili-

ty, beeause of its large
size, does not have the
precise temperature con-
trol necessary for custom
drying of secondary pro-
ducts.

The committee’s recom-
mendations will be con-

sidered at the next meeting j

of Terrace council March
30.

Derksen’s
Watch

Repairs

WATCH & JEWELLERY
REPAIRS
- ENGRAVING —

Phone 635-4538

. $-4819 Lakelse Ave.

Terrace, B.C.

“The. provincial welfare.

: rates, frozen .for’ several *
years, will go up nominal-
“ly for some GAIN’ ‘(Guar-

anteed - Available. Inconie |
for Need) recipients.
‘individuals and
couples without children

will draw the “same

amount, but support rates

will go up five. percent on
June 1 for families with.

children’ and another five
percent will be added

December 1. The shelter —

allowance for all recipi-
ents will expand six per-
cent:December |.

The Ministry of Educa-

tion budget will go up this

‘year by 11.3 percent, a
_ hold-the-line figure which

still includes the Fund for
Excellence, School dis-
tricts can be expected to
continue tripping over one
another to compete for
additional funding. —

Health care spending,
the largest single item in
the budget, will go up a
modest 8.1 percent to
$3.18 billion.

MEDICAL COSTS
ESCALATE FOR
SENIORS:

One. of the most
economically vulnerable

segments of society, old-

age pensioners, will have
to begin paying 75 percent

_of dispensing fees for
- pharmacare prescriptions. -
The deductible limit for |
seniors will go up to $275.
. from $200...

Annual maximum for
' the dispensing fees j is set at
$125,

and seniors who
qualify: for low-income
status will receive compen-

sation through an increase
‘in GAIN rates. __
Hospital user fees have ..

been abolished in. order

for the government to col-
federal’ transfer |
payments withheld since |
. the - ratification of the

Canada Health Act, but

_ user fees are being levied

| ing the f fund 35 per ‘on visits to'¢
on. cent to: $19 million. :

Pre

health rofessicnals peek mi

‘extra $5, per: consultation

with medical. problems,

JOB CREATION AIMS
AT. SMALL. TARGETS ©

The budget’s sole men-.... "
'. The greatest proportion
is the $80.7° million. Job-...
Trac - program. ‘dedicated .
-primarily to putting
employable income assis- |

tion of. direct job-creation

tance recipients to work.

. Wage ‘subsidies ‘will take.

going: into:

Challenge: $7 student sum-.

mer employment * pro- *-
gram... Assistance to the
“disabled -will ‘take $6.5

million and “other. work’

-- experience programs’”’ will: ~ my

receive $8,2 million.

of.work created‘under this

set of programs will be
seasonal .and low-wage.
Combined with the tax
assault: against small
business, which provides

A large number of peopis supported the Dance for Rick held at
Thornhill Community Centra recently. Proceeds went to spinal

cord reasearch for the Rick Hansen World Tour.

“Remember

_ Paragon ineurencs. -
If your licence ~

Al Classes of Insurance
a HOME: OWNERS’ POLICIES

: 1g cathe yu
joint. . -federal-provincial:

‘representing an: ‘additional -:
_liardship: for seniors and
other low-income people:

am ing,

m - 31,000 hectares and fer-
tilize 15,500 hectares of -
previously -reforested ©

- FOREST BUDGET.
NON-COMMITTAL -

An additional | $54
million is marked © for

reforestation in the com- —
‘ing year, ‘an: amount ' Tep-

resenting a 28 percent/in- ©

_ crease over 1986 expen-:

ditures: The money will be

used to plant about 200
million seedlings, prepare ©

130,000 hectares for plant-
stand-tend another

land, It is more than-many
observers expected in view
of recent comments trom
the Premier and the.

_ Minister of Forests, but it

is far less than the industry

. will be paying in export

taxes, $350 million, for
products shipped to the
U.S.

The budget winds up
showing a deficit of about

$850 million, down from

earlier projections of $1.1

billion. More than half the

deficit goes for debt ser-

_Vicing. °

~ Terrace Centennial |
~ Lions Club — 1

DRUG AWARENESS WORKSHOP.

Today’ s kids. are saying “YES” to drugs. You can help them learn to say . :
“NO”. Attend your community’s DRUG AWARENESS WORKSHOP. and. f
learn what action you can take to help | your children say “NO” to. drugs. ~

PLACE: Cassie Hall Elementary School; 2620 Eby s St.
TIME: 7:00-9:00 p.m.

‘DATE: Wednesday, April 1, 1987 |
Sponsored by Terrace Centennial Lions Club. _

expires MARCH 31

Full Autoplan service

with qualified, friendly § staff a

-. @ LOGGING EQUIPMENT
_,.. @ MOBILE HOMES
“@ COMMERCIAL

Paragon Insurance Agencies Ltd.

Skeana Mall —

“Including:

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Terrace,

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@ ACCIDENT & SICKNESS.

635-6371

nimaginative ‘section. of 4
-Couvelier’s budget will do

“nothing to change :B.C.'s

second-place Standings: in - x
. the unemployment Statis-~ - 7 Teas
.. tics league. 7 oh

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