10 - Friday, March 1, 1991 - Nortn Shore News

Feds ‘tax’ emergency services Ve/, Ao
“A NEW tax on emergency services’ is how Massimo y F4 “ef NQ-FEE

Bergamini, a senior pol analyst with the bederation of NORTH VANCOUVER

Canadian Municipalities (FCM), describes increases in the DISTRICT COUNCIL SOP ‘A Ss Self-Directed RRSP

radio figence fees charged to focal municipalities by the Gigqore me iaderal yovernm

federal government. But not all cong members ry
In) $989, North ; agreed that am advertisement wae, yr Richardson Greenshields o 8 the only No-Fee Seit-Directe
: ; ARSP inves managea oy Mackenzie Financial

bi By Martin Millerchip the most ropriate way te fight 9
Contrituting Writer the new tees, an @ industrial Bond Fund: Hgh cualty bonds with prospects for income

for radios used by its public works °
and fire departments. The pro- Ald. Rick Buchols agreed that BP anc capa growin

posed fee for 1990 is $7,038, been an unwillingness on their the fees were Castronomical.”’ > .

which is a 1,093 per cent increase. part w make any chanees to the But he said that “the thought # Industrial Short-Term Fund: Hign-y:elding short-term
In addition, fees for the North — program,"” and the (990 fee pay. of goine to the newspaper TOrey Tarket SECuIvES

and West Vancouver Emergency — ments are now due on March 31. whenever we disagree with the Jom aur sats Hed cuents Fax th.s coupon to 662-3439

Program would increase from “It’s a money grab, nothing tederal government disturbs me cal!

$280 co $9,556, according to more than that, Berg . somewhat
municipal manager Mel Palmer. Ald. Ernie Crist agreed, Ald. Jimny Cuthbert) said that
The new $39 fee for vach “Ht is one of many items in a while the format of the proposed DAVID BLAIR at 844- 5709.
mobile and portable radio would trend, and € think the time has advertisement could be debated,
even apply to police radars. come to point chem out.’ said the fee increases were so huge as
In 1986, Minister of Com- C who proposed that) the to be considered an exception to
munications Marcel Masse tabled — district place an advertisement i any policy about advertising.
legislation that would require fed. the North Shore Ne aining Mayor Murcty Dykeman sug-
eral and provincial governments this federal poli t nother gested that the timing of any ad-
and agencies and municipalities to 9 example of the shift ‘ot additional vertisement now would be inup-
pay radio station licence fees on burdens onto municipal gesern- propriate, and sugeested hi
the same basis as private users, ments, which will adversely affect public support for a **
thus placing fire, police and am- the ability of municipalities to position’’ based on whatever F
bulance services in the same cate. maintain existing services without decisions are made at its annual < Tew ohare Pao Was ter aieeenntices
gory as courier and pizza delivery ing (axes. meeting in three months, ye Mackenzie veut RSE :
the advertisement :

services.
As a result of municipal lobby- should contain a tear sheet that Council agreed unanimously to i. Ctfer mate

ing, the legislation was delayed, would invite cc ens to support the FCM in its opposition
but as Palmer says, ‘‘there has protest the fee increases by miail- to the new fee structure.

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