THE CROWN LAND OWNER’S DREAM come t
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Best landis
in private hands"

an artifically low holding
cost, combine to encourage
the small owner to hang on
to his underdeveloped
property.

At attempt has been made
to counter this.trend in
Ontario. . There, the
provincial government tevies
a “speculation tax” on the
sale proceeds of property.

However, this approach has

difficulties with fair ap-
plication, and with ad-
ministration. A more ef-

fective move would be to
increase the visible cost of
holding under-developed
property.

There is an easy way to do
this, by means of ad-
justments in the property
taxation system. Even
putting more emphasis on
the land = portion of
assessments
buildings would work. More
elaborate systems, such as
higher tax rates for
properties developed at less
than specified densities in
certain zones, could soon be

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‘desirability of

and less on.

devised. The high visibility
and unavoidability of
speculation taxes of this type
would certainly decrease the
land
speculation. Such a system
would leave the actual land
supply process in private
hands, but could easily be
adjusted to produce the land
marketing desired by
government. ~

So there it is. The Crown
Land release idea is a myth

April
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Circulation 986-1337
1139 Lonsdale Ave.,
North Vancouver

Ronald Billesberger-
a ‘veteran’ at 17!

Ronald Billesberger has been with the News longer
than a lot’of our present staff He's had a paper route
in the area near the Ridgeway School Annex since
1974 when we ssitill

Ron's going on 17 now He's in grade 11 at St
Thomas Aquinas where he’s very active in sports He
plays defense on the school soccer team and next
year will be on the volley ball squad as well

Ron's Zone Manager, Madelaine Leroy, describes
him as “very courteous and reliable. Ron makes sure
there is always someone, a friend, his sister, or even
his mother, to take over his route if he’s sick or on
holiday He's one of our very good and reliable

ve

rue -- provided you're not fussy

in every way. The land that

would be needed probably
doesn’t exist, releasing it
would cause more problems
than it would solve, and
other moves would almost
certainly be simpler,
cheaper, and more effective.
How long will it be before we
file the Crown Land Myth
with other fairy tales?

(Adrian Stott is a

freelance writer living in |

West Vancouver)

called this paper the

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