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of having to shell out an additional
nine per cent whenever | get.a
haircut, buy a beer or a hamburger,
or engage in any of the financial
transaction that | do in the course
of a. year.

I’m sure Pll do my fair share of
grumbling at the checkout counter
when the sales tax is added to an
already big bill. But failing a
workable alternative, Pl support
Wilson’s tax scheme.

Another point I'd like to stress
is that while the new tax will be
somewhat regressive because it is
applied across the board,. hitting
the rich and the poor alike, there
are provisions to soften the impact
on lower-income groups.

Those earning up to $40,000 a
year will get increased tax credils.
The personal income tax will be
cut by one percentage point for

those earning between $28,700.

and $57,400 a year. Overall, fami-
lics with incomes of less than
$30,000 a year will be better off
under the new tax system, Wilson
says.

Now, what’s. so bad about all

restraint was necessary to come to
grips with British Columbia’s
deficit, he went ahead with it,
ignoring the public outery,

Seven years later, with a bal-
anced budget, B.C. is doing very
well, thank you, and aside from

NO CURE

pointing to certain inequities in its
application, few people will critic-
ize Bennett's restraint program
today. 1 don’t like taxes any more

- than’ the next guy, but 1 don’t see

anyone offering a better solution to
cure our deficit problem.

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lo be a formidable opponent. Con-
sumers, after all, include a large
number of Canadians who simply
~ cannot afford the extra cost associ-
ated with this GST.
For example,. single, working
mothers, first-time home buyers
and middle-class families of four

can all expect to feel an extra
pinch from the Wilson tax initia-
live.

And as Canada’s leading job
creators, small business owners
must be wondering when the
seemingly endless burden of taxa-
lion and paperwork will ever be
alleviated.

Missing man’s body recovered

A coroner’s investigation has
determined that a body found by a
fisherman in Haro Strait near Dis-
covery Island late Aug. 29 is a man
who went missing from Island
View Beach more than two wecks
earlicr.

Shawn Benoit, 32, of Esquimalt,

aftcr an overnight birthday cele-
bration at. the Central Saanich
beach.

Police said Benoit likely. was ‘a
victim of drowning. His body was
recovered by. an RCMP. patrol
vessel after being spotted by :a

fisherman, about 10- miles south- .

. TeReview _ | Wednesday, September 6, 1989 = A2i

r James Forster
is pleased to announce

the relocation |

of his medical practice to

#9-7816 E. Saanich Rd.

(Pioneer Village Shopping Centre)
Effective Sept. 5, 1989

Dr. Forster’s Practice in Family Medicine will share

Office
Phone

| office facilities with Dr. Lloyd Hildebrand.

652-4457

GAIL TAYLOR

(Former Stylist with House of Russell)

INVITES HER
PREVIOUS CLIENTELE &
NEW CUSTOMERS

TO THE
GRAND.

-... OPENING”

: CALL FOR APPOINTMENT
| 9768 - 3rd ST. (Opposite Goodwill

| OF HER NEW SALON

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| 655-4760

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“thav? Why is it that otherwise
normal and intelligent people who:
are fully aware: that they can’t
continuc. to go into personal debt:
forever don’t see the necessity for.
stopping Canada’s: roller-coaster.
ride into the financial abyss?

—~. And why are the Torics so
damned apologetic about wanting ©
to reduce the deficit?’ With every ©

- billion added: to ‘the..deficit,

» another $100 million is taken out,

of meaningf ul circulation and used | a :
40 “pay-the ‘debt load. With every Information available. by calling the registrar,

billion added 10 the deficit, Can- ‘Norm Friesen at 656-1708 or 656-0099. .
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