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' Victoria’s:bid ‘to have our
B.C.’ Government ownéd
“corporations -freed from
federal taxafion.is ill ad-
‘vised. It is ‘downright
damaging from a nation
building point‘of view. Also
it could hammer’ private
enterprise into the ground!

What if British Columbia
- succeeds..-in the _-courts?
-Provincial crown -cor-
porations would only pay
privincial income, sales and
other taxes. What a temp-

tation! Province after
province would set up crown
corporatons in order to keep
their provincial wealth at
home. oo.
The rush to provincialize
(and therefore socialize)
would be on. The richest
industries would be fair
game. Their profits would no

.longer be shared across the

country. As with those of the
B.C. Petroleum corporation
they would end up in
provincial treasuries, those
of Queens Park and Quebec

‘provinces

‘Cityincluded. _
Socializing our major
growth industries is bad

enough. But a rush by the
to keep their
internally generated profits
all to themselves strikes at
the basis of Confederation.
Ottawa’s role in “spreading
the wealth” would be un-
dermined. The “have not”
provinces would be in worse
shape and there would be
more recrimination, Quebec
against “the rest” and, the
Maritimes against Ontario.

Trim Ottawa back byall.

means. But don’t set the
stage for provincialization
on a large scale.. Don't
destroy private enterprise in
the process. That is what will
happen if crown companies
like B.C. Hydro, I.C.B.C.
and the B.C. Development
Corporation don't have to
pay‘ federal taxes. They

could take over and destroy .

Canada in the process.

Jack Davis, MLA
North Van-Seymour

‘McCarthy ‘breaking down’ society |

Dear Editor:

It is surprisingly difficult
to find anything positive to
say about Welfare Minister
Grace McCarthy other than
that she was instrumental
seven years ago in selling a
lot of five-dollar (for four
years) Social Credit
memberships.

So it is time for her to.

come up with something
cnstructive -— which she
promises to do in the spring -
- by introducing legislation
in order to allow judges to
make delinquent husbands
pay to support their families.

In the meantime,
however, mother and
children are caught. in the
crossfire and the family
further eroded by Mc-
Carthy’s cruel programme of
forcing reluctant, frightened
mothers and their precious
children apart by ordering
them out of the home to take
yet another job.

Finally, Mrs. McCarthy is
guilty of helping to break
down otr society's very
foundation -- which is based
on the family. She has set a
dangerous and narrow
precedent by placing more
importance on money than
on the love and care of a
mother for her children.

Absentee
landlords |
to blame

Dear Editor:

if the Hamilton Fell area
has become a “crime ridden
sium” we have the. absentee
landlords to bisame, as they
have intentionally planned
and engineered its domisc.
By deliberately allowing
their properties to fall into
disrepair and by renting, on
purpose, to unsavory
tenants, they hope to drag
down the area to the point
where Council will “have” to
approve rezoning. And at
that point in time they hope
to make a hefty profit by

selling their property to
dévolopers.

Anyone who doubts my
conclusions only has to osk
himself one question. Would
HE rent HIS home to 4
motorcycle gang?

AJ. Ross
North Vancouver

The only real love and _ receive in the whole of their Mary J. Prinz

care the children may well

lifetime. ,

Vancouver

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