A8 - Wednesday, June 8, 1983 - North Shore News

Hi mailbox

Dear Editor:

British Columbians should
take a close look at their
MPs stand on the federal
government's proposed
changes in the Crowsnest
Pass freight rates. So far, the
Conservative members from
British Columbia have stood
by their party’s attempts to
block any changes in the rate
structure, and the NDP
members have actively
participated in their party’s
highjack of Parliament over
the issue.

In short, if the farmers
aren't forced to pay more to
ship their grain, as the
federal government is
proposing, the railways will
not be able to go ahead with
their plans for major railway

The Crow must go

construction in B.C.

Solving the ‘Crow
dilemma” through = the
passage of the legislation

now before Parliament (but
being stalled by the PCs and
NDP) will result in direct
railway investment of about
$5.4 billion in British
Columbia. That translatés to
87,000 person years of
employment. The Beaver
Tunnel project alone in
Roger's Pass, will create 800
full-time jobs for the ap-
proximately four years that it
will take to build.

The NDP and_ Tories
should noz play politics with
this legislation. The -prairie
caucuses in both of these

parties are dominating the

“line” taken in Parliament:
that is, that the Crow rate for

shipping grain should be
retained.

These MPs are not doing
any favours for British Col-
umbia by attempting to pre-
vent passage of this legisla-
tion. And if they don’t stop
their antics right now,
Quebec interests might in-
tervene to scuttle the pro-
posed legislation altogether.

British Columbia voters of
all political stripes shouid
send a strong message to ail
members of parliament from
B.C. saying that they do not
want their MPs to play
pohtics when it comes to
British Columbia's economic
future.

THE CROW MUST GO.

Diana Lake
Vancouver

Don’t copy Mitterand!

Dear Editor:

In Mailbox of your North
Shore News of May 25th,
Alderman Crist again ac-
cuses the others on North
Vancouver District Council
of favouring big business
with their taxation policies.
Alderman Crist must be
aware that the options
available to Council are
limited and should the for-
mula: be selected to tax big
business to the maximum,
small business and industry
in the District would be
adversely affected at a time
many are already suffering

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the effects of the recession.
Alderman Crist gives the
impression that business and
industry are not paying their
fa share of Municipal
Taxes but he is obviously not
the owner of business or in-
dustrial property in North
Vancouver. For 1982 in
British Columbia, the
average residential property
owner paid in Municipal
Taxes, $4.70 for each $1,000
of assessed value. The
average industry paid $13.10
for every $1,000 and
Business paid $9.40. The

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by Alderman Crist, such as
massive public works and
social programs, are those
carried out by Mitterand in
France. Instead of economic
improvement these policies
have resulted in devaluation
of the franc, riots, civil
unrest and an economy
teetering on the brink of col-
lapse. North Vancouver
District is fortunate in hav-
ing a council which will not
support these policies.

Ernie Sarsfield,
North Vancouver

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