14 ~ North Shore News - Wednesday. December 6, 2000

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Annette Martin
Contributing Writer

WEST Vancouver resi-
dent Bill Wedley offered
a condensed version of
his five-year fight with
the BC Assessment
Authority to North
Vancouver District coun-
cillors Nov. 27.

Said Wedlev, “The assessor
works for vou, but you pay
him.”

Wedley, a business profes-
sor at Simon Fraser University,
argued successfully in RC
Supreme Court that property
tay should not be assessed on
the Goods and Services “Tax
portion of a house price, GST
is charged on new homes but
not resold ones.

But despite the recent rul-
ing in favour of Wedley and his

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Fraut previous page

‘1999 in North Vancouver
District.
Before Judge Doug

ks at GST issue

wite Jo Ann, the BC
Assessment Authorin’s: policy
of including GST as part of the
municipal property Tax assess
ment will not be changed.

Coun. Ernie Crist brought
a report te council on the mat-
ter of BC Assessment and
compensation te. district tax-
pavers for GST collected in the
purchase of new homes.

The report recommends
that Calvin: Smythe, the area
assessor for North Vancouver,
be invited to appear before
council to explain what steps
will be taken to compensate
those district taxpayers: whose

jents may have incer-
included an allowance
tor GST.

The second recommenda:
tion is for district staff to out-
line a course of action to
address the serious implica-
tions for North Vancouver
District, its taxpayers and

Moss on June 29:

Ashok Kumar Murgai, 41.
of Vancouver, received 2-4
months’ probation after he
pleaded guilty te using false
pretence to obtain a washer,
dryer and dishwasher from
Combined Appliance Centre
on Dee. 27, 1999 in North
Vancouver District. :

Murgai was required to
pay $2,094.18 restitution and
perform 40 hours of commu-
nity work, A Punjabi inter-
preter was required for court.

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Christopher Kelly Kerr,
19, of North Vancouver,
received 12 months’ proba-
tion after he pleaded guilty to

homeowners.

Crist asked, “Is this our
job? Yes, this involves the local
government closest to us, And
it may afteet us directly or indi-
rectly, So mavbe there is some-
thing we can do.”

Said Coun. Bill Denault,
it's certainly got my atten:
tion. FE can see where this bas
got legs.”

Mayor Don Bell suggested
that council hear Smythe and
gee 2 report.

Coun. Janice Harris won-
dered about the cost of allocat-
ing district stat? resources to”
the task, suggesting that the
Union of British Columbia
Municipalities (UBCM) could
play a mere proactive role as 3
region instead of North
Vancouver District (acting
alone). :

The report: recommenda-
tiens were carried unanimous-

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being an occupant of a vehicle
taken without the owner's
sonsent on Dec. 16, 1999 in
North Vancouver District.

Kerr was required to do
15 hours of community work,

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Charlie Max Disher, 21, of
no fixed address, received six
months” probation after he
pleaded not guilty to possess-
ing less than 3 kg of marijua-
na for trafficking purposes,
bur instead pleaded guilty to
the lesser or included offence _
of possession. :

The — original — charge
stemmed from a July 12,
1999 incident in’ North
Vancouver District.

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