6 - Sanday, May 21, 1989 - North Shore News With taxpayers to milk, why skimp on spending? IF YOU OR I WERE DEEP in the glue, what would we do first? Slash spending, of course. In Michael Wilson’s budget two simple figures show a very different priority — and why it works for Ottawa but not for US. By March 1991 taxes will in- crease by $7 billion compared to a miserly $2 billion in expenditure cuts. In fact — as William Wat- son, economic professor at McGill points out — if you count the old age pension and baby Eonus ‘‘clawbucks”’ as revenue instead of cuts, the tax-hikes-to-spending- chops ratio is closer to 4:1 than 7:2. . Departmental spending on Employment and Immigration, Indian Affairs, Energy and Mines, Consumer and Corporate Affairs, and Finance itself are up by an average of 16 per cent. There's $66 million more for External Affairs, $280 million for the new Multiculturalism Department, $9 billion in business handouts, a cab- inet of 39 and enough bureaucrats to run a country of 100 million people. Even with four times more new taxes than cuts, this year’s deficit RISES — to $31.5 billion. But then, why skimp on spending when you always have 18 million docile taxpayers to pick up the tab? tee THE BOYS did him and themselves proud when Capt. Brian Seward paraded his 2573 6th Engineer Cadet Corps for its an- nual inspection last Tuesday at the Lt.Col. Felli Armoury on Forbes. Inspecting officer Brigadier Gen- eral E.D. Danby, DSO, OBE, CD of North Van congratulated the cadets on their turnout, smart ap- pearance and training demonstra- tions. Awards of merit went to R. Dezs-Dawiish (best senior NCO), Askman Laui (best junior NCO), S. Hunter (best cadet of the year), J. Pfefferte (best recruit) and D. NEWS photo Tom Burley “HAZELTON TOTEM — 1912''...Sandra Schemmer (left) donates this early painting by Emily Carr ay a family gift to West Van for Its future municipal art gallery. Receiving the gift (right) is West Van Cultural Ceordinator Cathy Matheson. Teen responsibility adults, with the privileges of driving cars, attend- Szopa (attendance) — and veterans’ awards were presented to L. O’Brien and S. Gregorchuk. Next Saturday, May 27, Cadets Deas-Dawlish, Laul and A. Dutt will also receive the Duke of Edin- burgh Award from Lt.Gov. David Lam. Nice work, Brian and you young gentlemen! ate POSTSCRIPTS: Losing weighi is the easy part — keeping it lost is the problem. So a smart salute to North Van TOPS member Alice Bradbury, awarded a ruby pendant at the recent TOPS Recognition Days in Victoria for maintaining a weight loss of 49 Ib. over the past five years. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is a self-help organization with 43 B.C. chapters, and Alice’s North Van Chapter, meeting Thursday even- ings in Neighbourhood House, also won the 1988 Theresa Weston Award for ‘‘Best Average Chapter Weight Loss."” If all this inspires you, call $85-$000 for info! ... West Van bus drivers compete with their skills around an obstacle course next Sunday, May 28, at the annual Blue Bus Roadeo. The family fun morning, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with refreshments and the awards presentation, takes place at the Blue Bus depot, 221 Lloyd, North Van. But spectator space is limited — so call Barbara or Martene, 985-7777, this week if you'd like to be there ... A toast today, May 21, to Fred and Lil Pallot, Nozth Van residents since 1924, on their 55th anniversary ... Better late than never, many happy returns to West Van's Daniel Iz. Proto subraittod HOLDING § tke ltine!...Winning weight-losers Alice Bradbury (Nozth Vas) aad Grace Cole (Van- conver). zard — just back, tanned and fit, from a six-week painting tour in France in time to celebrate his 66th bvirthday Friday, May 19... The same again to North Van City's birthday boy of the week, Mayor Jack Loscks, 7{ on Tuesday, May 23 ... And also this Tuesday, hap- py second anniversary to Ed and Jeanette (nec Libby) Cahill. een WRIGHT OR WRONG: Drive carefully — your car is not the on- ly thing that can be recalled by its maker. I: TEENAGERS want to be treated like young ing parties and making decisions, they must in turn be responsible for their actions. Recent cases involving a West Vancouver house par- ty-turned-riot and a Deep Cove outdoor gathering that turned inte 2 mob scene show an obvious lack of re- sponsibility by the attending youths. But being teenagers should not exempt them from the conse- quences that normally accompany torching an automobile; throwing bottles, rocks and cans; brawling with other youths and police officers; or vandalizing a tome and garden. While young people must continue to test the waters as to how they fit into society and how they should act with and react to peers, parents and teachers, they must also realize that when they wade into deeper waters, beyond the bounds of acceptable behzvior, there will not — and should not — be a lifeboat waiting to transport them back to safety. While police did prosecute six youths involved in the West Vancouver vandalism party, more than 500 peo- ple contributed to the ruckus; and while police set up readblocks near North Vancouver’s Quarry and con- fiscated liquor from underage youths, no charges were laid for the disorderly gathering. Youths should be arrested, jailed if necessary, and prosecuted. They must be accountable for their ac- tions, and should have to apologize to the owner of a wrecked house, destroyed car or to the municipality for a littered park. And they should have to pay for damages through fines and community work. Privileges come with responsibility — the two go hand-in-hand. Publisher ........... Peter Speck 980-0531 Managing Editor... Barrett Fisher Associate Editor ..... Noel Wright Advertising Director . Linda Stewart North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and qualified under Schedule 111, Paragraph Ili of the Excise Tax Act, is published each Wednesday, friday and Sunday by North Shore Free Press Ltd and tistnbuied to every door on the North Shore Second Class Mail Registration Number Subscriptians North and West Vancouver. $25 per year. Display Advertising Classified Advertising Newsroom Distribution Subscriptions SUNDAY + WEDNESDAY + FRIDAY 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, B.C. 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