Leet sree ie Aa AT, oe yar LS rent Sey atou eb we ais Se Seer Sars MpSent aE Pak 5S SRN EG Wednesday, May 3, 1989 HAIR STYLING HELP from Jennifer Pendray (left) gets Miss Sidney contestant Cherylin Meller ready to model in the Miss Sidney Fashion Fashion show, held at Sanscha Hall on April 26. Borrowing debated after budget Five days after hitting Canadians with increased taxes in a budget aimed at cutting the federal deficit, the government was planning to. borrow more money. ~ By VALORIE LENNOX @ Review Staff Writer “We're debating, quite ironi- cally, a borrowing bill,’ said Saa- nich-Gulf Islands MP Lynn Hun- ter in Ottawa Monday. “The gov- ernment is in the red and they need to borrow moncy to pay the bills.” The. borrowing is to cover gov- ernment expenses until 1988 taxes are collected. Ps Debate on the federal budget is to start: today. As New. Democratic CIDA critic, Hunter plans to speak against culs in Canada’s forcign aid budget. “It’s such a drastic cul to over- seas development. It does jeopar- — -dize Canada’s hard won reputa- tion,” she said. — —. Budget debate is limited to six days and MPs must register fora chance to speak during the debate. New Democratic house leader Nelson Rits. has already criticized ~ the “claw: back’? taxing of family allowances. and pensions paid to wath a_single wage: earner. receiv: ‘ily’ with. two wage: camers,: vi feceivilig $49; 000. annually, Would” — the: family. allowance. high-income ‘people, said Hunter. | : “Under the tax change, a family: ing $50,000. annually. ‘would ‘lose: “the: family. allowance while:a fam-. each’, “There are loopholes all over the place.’ Although the government claims the budget taxes large cor- porations, Hunter said only 3,600 of the $9,000 profitable corpora- lions which have not paid tax in the past will now pay tax under the new regulations. “The loophole is so Jarge that a Mack truck could drive through | it.” Middle income. Canadians will bear most of the brunt of the deficit fighting budget, Hunter pre- dicted. A B.C. family of four with an annual income of $30,000 will pay an additional $719 in taxes in the next year. In 1991. the tax bite will be inercased by a nine-per-cent tax on goods and services. - Regional development funding has been cut and transler payments to the provinces for health: and - post-secondary education have been reduced- ‘Hunter fears-the cut in trarisfér “payments will give the provincial. -government an: excuse to-cut back on health.and post-secondary edu- cation funding,’ “It’s a very, very hard budget. It’s going to. bei increasing. in taxes” -and decreasing in services.” * -, ” Members of ‘parliament, are in.a ~ wage bracket which is notaf fected : by..the budget. Coming! from a iy eeu “salary 1 $24.00 annual oo ‘as an TOSHRME ‘coordinator, . _ Hunter admitted. the $60, 000 paid to MPs plus the $20,000 tax-free allowance was shocking. But she finds the cost of main- taining a home on the Island and an apartment in Ottawa. very expensive. Living costs in the capital city are high, she said. “This is fat city. It really is.” Parliamentary salaries are intended to cover the costs ‘and -be high enough so MPs arc not sus- ceptible to bribery, she explained. The controversial budget lcak, which resulted in budget informa- lion. being broadcast before the budget was presented to the House of Commons, is now being investi- gatcd by the RCMP. ~~ Hunier feels Finance Minister Michacl Wilson should resign, ~ because the minister is ultimately responsible for: problems: within his department. * - “Wilson may be:a fine. fellow but he messed‘ up.” The leak is: now being investi- gated by RCMP. Hunter is still waiting for a so-called normal.House:of Com- mons session. Since. the. Nov: 21 election she has. attended the heated free: trade. debate, had. her: » Staff hustled: away from parl iament” hill during a hostage-taking stand: : off and-seen the Fepercussions: of 7 the budget leak. “Pm. starting 10 ‘om ‘that j in the. regular session of Parliament, any _ thing. goes." THE REVIEW hh Bech St, St, Sidney B.C. A corner so dangerous that one crossing guard has already been hit by a car should not be crossed by children on their own, say parents and tcachers. Linda Cliff, president. of the Sansbury-McTavish Parent Teacher Organization, gave a brief on the problem to School District 63 trustees. Cliff opposed a new board nol icy allocating just one adult cross- ing to each school. For the past six to cight years, she said, there have been adult crossing guards at both Leal and East Saanich Roads and at Lowe and East Saanich Roads. She noted an adult crossing guard was hit by a car at the Lowe-East Saanich Road. intersec- tion last September. Unless the board policy. ts changed, only one of the two East ‘Saanich Road intersections would have an adult crossing guard as ol. September 1989, Chit’ said RCMP reports ‘reveal - traffic on East Saanich Road often travels over the speed limit. This is especially dangerous. in winter, when roads are icy. 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