Corporate agenda avoiding tax

reforms to

Dear Editor:

The Reform. Party’s apparent
popularity with their corporate
‘.agenda seems to leave.out many
‘important facts that are available
from Statistics Canada.

-I say ‘‘corporate’’ agenda
because instead of hearing ubout
tax.reform to address the deficit,
we constantly hear about the pro-
posed cuts to establistied social
programs.

An: 1950, individuals’ ‘and cor-

‘” porations ‘paid about the same

share of total income «taxes col-.
lected in Canada. By 1991,-the in-
dividual share was nine times the
~» corporate share.

As-an_ example. during, the last
.. 15. years, personal. income taxes
- have : increased from. 20. 8% to
«36.6%, while corporate income.

ax has declined from 13, 7%. to

6.7%
As. well in. 1991- 92, personal
id. corporate incom:..taxX as a
percentage “ofall. federal govern-"
ment: budgetary ‘revenues: was’ for
the: public: 49.6% versus 6. 8% for
the corporate, sector. °22

To illustrate, during a recent tax a

period, *Canadian’ banks, on prof-

its of.over ° $7.64: billion, paid’

palling Tate of. less than 2. 5%,

: “Dear Edito

- Regarding your. Oct.17. cover story

“reform - gathering. steam”: Only

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sense’ of :momentum -could.;say a‘ |

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cut social programs?

for theaverage taxpayer if he or
she could take advantage of such
a low tax rate!

Current: statistics show that
63,000 corporations pay no in-
come tax; meanwhile 37,000 cor-
porations pay minimal tax while
reducing their workforce.

One per cent'of the largest cor-_

porate bodies in Canada control
95% of all corporate assets.
Don’t: worry, we live in a
democracy. We have a franchise.
We have a free press appor-
tioned out to us by the. Canadian
ectablishment as if pablum..
‘It is common knowledge that
several large corporations like. Im-

perial Oil ($25,000) have given
significant donations to the
Reform party.

But hey, they are different;
Manning and his Reformers are
going to solve Canada’s deficit
problem with a fresh approach
and by saying things people want
to hear,

He who controls the past con-
trols the future, paraphrasing
George Orwell. It’s now or never,

" my fellow Canadians.

Wake up, before ‘‘yesterday
comes suddenly,’’

Sidney Waite

_Viire Daniels

North Vancouver

-gommittee to

Setting the record straight

Dear Editor:

I was reading with some in-
terest a letter to the News with
the heading ‘‘Culver worthy of
honor’’ signed by one Coun.
Paul Turner of the District of
North Vancouver.

According to Turner it was
he ‘who “recommended the
establishment of a citizens’
recommend
honors so that all worthy. per-
sons will be considered under
established guidelines.’

A motion to that effect was
in fact made not by Turner but

by Coun. Gadsby and seconded
by myself.

And according to the
minutes which I enclose for
your perusal, Turner,’ along
with Coun, Harris and Coun.
Cuthbert, voted against this
motion at that time.

The matter may be of trivial
significance but since Turner
has taken the trouble to distort
the truth I went to the trouble
of setting the record straight.

Coun. Ernie Crist |
District of North Vancouver

oA Public Hearing wil} be held on MONDAY, OCTOBER 235, 1993 at 7:30 p.m, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 141 West.

-..14th Street, North Vancouver, B.C., to receive representations in connectin with the following proposed amendments to,

"Zoning Pyiaw) 1967"; also known as Bylaw 3778, and the "Zoning Map of the City of North Vancouver" which is an integral

_ Part of

“OUTDOOR VENDING

‘ BYLAW NO. 6455

To amend the "Zoning Bylaw,1967", also known as + Bylaw No. 3778, as it pertains to building supply establishments by”
permitting mobile food vending carts within the M -3 special industrial zone. : wo

BYLaw NO. 6443

I “APPLICANT: CITY OF NORTH VANCOUVER

9 rezone Lot 1, Block x, D.L. 265, Plan 11806, located at 901 West 3rd Street, (indicated i in hatched patter on, athe map below)

EROM: M-3 SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL ZONE

TO: .

D- 252 COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT 252: ZONE

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To permit an increase in the office space within this industrial building to provide for more head office/industrial ‘plants uses for
development and "high-tech" industrial facilities. The amending bylaw will regulate the use, size, shape | and siting of buildings -,
; and structures, off-street and accessory off-street parking, and location and screening of refuse containérs, landscaping and -

maintenance.

WEST IST STREET

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- WEST SRD STREET.

FELL AVERTS

ee :

APPLICANT: NOWTASH HOLDINGS LTD./RAFIE ARCHITECTS:

ALL PERSONS who believe that their interest in property is affected by the above propnsed Bylaws shall be + afforded a a reason-
able opportunity to be heard - in person, by attorney or petition. The proposed Bylaws and relevant background documenits may.
be inspected at the office of the City Clerk between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, from OCTOBER 11 - 25, 1993,
except Statutory Holidays. Written submissions will be accepted up to and including OCTOBER 25, 1993. but submissions will
NOT be accepted after the conclusion of the Public Hearing. NOTICE of this Pubtic Hearing i is pursuant to Section 957 of the
Municipal Act of British Columbia.

Bruce Hawkshaw
City Clerk