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June 1, 1986 News 985-2131

THR E employees ofa North ‘Varicouver research’ comipany .
- have :/bee formed." by’ Employment and Immigration

2 Cana a ffi ci Is that hey are working i in 1 Canada illegally.

TIMOTHY OENSHAW
News Reporter °

of the Immigration Act: ;
“We've told them. that.. their
_ work authorizations Were improp-
ferly issued,”’ Froese. said.”

* Though he declined . to ‘release .
the names. of ‘the employees, the :
’ the’ disputes. just a bureaucratic

News has confirmed that they are
WTC;engineer Ron Fraser,-WTC’'s_
senior technician ‘Calvin © Archer:

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and computer operator Ann Ar-
icher. All three currently live in
West Vancouver.

Froese said the three had been
issued employment authorization
after immigration officials .were
advised that the: WTC. employees
would be. entering: the country
from the United States to work via
an inter-company transfer.

pany in the United States. eo
wc: President Ron Miller‘ said

misunderstanding: + betwe

‘But WTC currently-has no com-

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Immigration.
He said WTC had a sister com-

_pany in Provo, Utan when. the
“employees, were transferred. The

Utah branch was shut down after
the transfers, he said. ;

. ‘Manpower directed us in filling ,
out the documents,”’ Miller said.
The WTC employees will now be ~

“called, before an -inquiry, Froese

investigation into WTC employees

complaints by... former’. WTC
employees that, the: company ‘was
not using monies: raised through
the: federal government’s. scientific
fesearch tax credit (SRTC) “pro-
gram for bona fide research.

WTC’s -lawyer..Ken Anderson
has described the allegations as‘ de-
famatory, damaging and based on
‘incorrect, information .

. -- WTC. raised: approximately. $25
fo we gt tees million i in tax ‘Sredits..
“He added that his department's "

$2.8 billion -in ‘lost Canadian: tax :

evenues-

Revenue ; Canada’ offi cials’ have.
clainied in written evidence that an
audit found $10 million: spent . vby
WTC under the. Program’ did® not:

But! federal court: Justice Frank
Collier. ruled. ‘that’ Revenue’ Canada -
had no “authority. to assess. WTC
tax year ‘and ‘would have to wait

ntil: WTC ° filed: its “income. tax

turn” in ‘September: before claim-
ng any amount due :

Miller said Friday that ‘neither he

nor; his employees: have received
oS any written notification from’ Im-
migration,’ “but [can assure, you
~ that’ nobody | at ‘this: company is

working illegally in Canada.”

“ /Miller: said. his company: has

research: centre at ‘233 Wes! First:

“Street, North Vancouver. -

The. Archers and Fraser: were -

‘unavailable for comment Friday.