on the other band ARE you a wine-bib- ber? And are you one of those anti-social cheapskates who make their own? Tam. With a litde help from Grey Eyes, that is, she being our family’s vintner-in- chief. 1 help by drinking it. Very good plonk. Would have to pay 15 bucks a bortle to get its equal in the liquor store. We pay only $3.50, at most $6. But the evil empire of gov- ernment doesn’t like what’s going on. It's losing money. Dear Editor: In her criticism of my claim that multiculturalism is flawed (Social Peace Force, April 11 Mews), Margaret Third likens it © democracy, universal edu- cation and other public instiru- tions. How: absurd. The eruth is that many of our public institutions are now strained because of the pres- sures that multiculturalism and its attendant immigration poli- cies have placed on them. Under the family reunifica- tion plan, large numbers of immigrants enter the country and place an ever-increasing burden on health, cducation and social services to which they have not contributed a pen ny. ese services are already strained to the breaking point. Then there is the vast array of government. resettlement programs and other parasitic multicultural boondoggles which have to be paid for by Once upon a time the tax take on wine and other fiquid happiness was reasonable. Paarl Rodeberg, a good South African red, was only $2 a battle. Today it costs $9.95. inflation accounts for much of that increase, but tax is not far behind. Government needs the lucre so it can give it to human rights commissions, human rights tribunals, and commissars of all kinds. The Liquor Control and Licensing Board is losing sleep over the rise of the U- Brew and U-Vin outfits. So are the brewers and wineries. Victoria commissioned a report on this issue. It does- n’t deal with taxes, and Glen Clark has even said that U- Brew and U-Vin products won’t be taxed. But he says lots of things, doesn't he? According to the report there are now about 450 U- Brews and U-Vins in B.C., employing 1,200 people. And there is fear that “the industry will simply continue to expand indefinitely.” Oh dear! The report states further, with tears in its eyes, that it is not possible to guess how much revenue is being lost. But it’s plenty. Brewery and winery owners aren't dancing on the table, cither. There are those who say that government has to get its money from somewhere. If that is so, 1 prefer it to be elsewhere. The report holds that this “we'll brew it for you” idea is being abused; that some self-brew stores are making the whole product so that the customers don’t have to do anything except collect the stuff; also that some busi- ness people order caseloads of wine in order to give cheap presents to their clients. If true, that’s easy enough to stop. MAIL Box Mawkish on multiculturalism the long-suffering taxpayer. Multiculturalism sucks Canada dry. A good illustration of this is the fate of the Lions Gate Bridge. The provincial government announced recently that all it could afford was ad one-time offer of $70 million to repair this critical part of our infrastrucrure. Yer the same government has to nd that much every year on English as a second Tanguage training in our school system. Incredibly, Third also claims that multiculturalism is a force for social harmony, Tell that to the victim of a home invasion, to an innocent bystander in a drive-by shooting or to some- one who has been traumatized by live gunfire in a movie the- atre. These — atrocities — were unheard of before the idiocy of muldculturalism was inflicted on us, What has it all been for? After 20 years of multiculrural- ism, we are worse off and living in a more crowded and much more violent place. It’s time to put aside the sanctimonious platitudes of the advocates of multiculturalism and abandon the immigration Do-it-yourself wine-mak- ing began maybe 30 years ago with the Wine Arts peo- ple. In those days the cus- tomers did everything. They bought rhe equipment and the makings, and got on with it at home. Some still do. But thea came the bright idea of saving people the time and trouble. Hence the U- Brews and U-Vins. In fairness, the Li iquor Control Commissars and the breweries and wineries have never objected to people doing the whole hi ing them- selves. They know thar the num- ber of imbibers who will take that much trouble are limit- ed. But you can bet your bumpers that the pols and the bureaucrats see plenty wrong with losing taxes. So we can wait for the next shoc to drop. Many proprietors fear that the commissars will ruin policy that supports it. We can’t get back what we've lost, bur maybe we can keep what we still have. Joseph W. 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The chap we deal with says that if they do that, it’l! be curtains for him, There won't be any profit in it. One recommendation is that “price advertising or ref- erence to cost savings” and so on should not be allowed, even within the store. That's right. Let’s keep the facts under the counter. Ir was also stated that the making of any other aico- holic product should be specifically forbidden “before technology and human inge- nuity opens up that market, DON TAYLOR Same owner, same high /4| tach equipped od shop as well.” No doubt about it, human ingenuity is bad for vou, Just like facts. The “progressives” keep telling us that times change. T agree. Didn't the horse give way to the internal combustion engine? Didn’e candles give wavy to light bulbs? Why, then, shoulda’r things change for the brew- eries and wineries? Lord knows I have nothing against them. But why shouldn't they take their chances? 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