A8 - Sunday News, February 14, 1982

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Don’t tax home
impro vements

unjust, even overlooking the

fluctuation of prices in re-

Cabinet not francophone

‘Dear Editor:

The recent column by Bob
Hunter —- “Violated Part-
nership” — is a mean piece
of francophobia. However, I
cannot dispute his right to
express an opinion, or your
right to print it, even when it
appears to be a calculated
effort to divide and destroy
the Canadian nation.

ridiculous, that’s exactly the

way we pay for our
municipal services.
Now is the time to

overhaul the tax system and
do it right. There must be a
simple formula to calculate a
municipal tax based on the
level of services provided to
each dwelling, with schools
being financed from a
general (income) taxation.
This will encourage the pro-
perty owners to improve
their houses, making the
community the better place
to live.

Jan J. Divis
North Vancouver

(We regret that space limita-
tions prevent us from prin-
ung all of the heavy mail
received recently on the cur-
rent North Shore property
taxes situation. We would
like to thank the following
readers for their thoughtful
letters on various aspects of
the subject: Doris Agnew
(West Van), Ald. Ernie Crist
(North Van), Denese Izzard
(West Van), T.F. Roote
(North Van), and Neil
Tomlinson (West Van)
ED.)

I can, however, point to a
gross violation of his respon-
siblility as a journalist to
avoid deliberate and fun-
damental misstatement of
fact. He states, and I quote:
“the country is run by an
almost totally French Cana-
dian cabinet.”

The facts are these. There
are 36 ministers in the

‘Leadership travesty’

Dear Editor:

Mr. Barthropp’s letter
(Feb. 3) both angered and
frightened me. I absolutely
agree with Mr. Hunter's
views and stoutly support his

t to express them. I am

appalled and disgusted with
the whole venomous tone of
Mr. Barthropp’s ictter.

1 did not think it possible
for anyone to be so deluded

about our leadership. The
pretence that this country
has been ‘masterfully
transformed to complete
prosperity, confidence, full
employment and political
serenity” is a travesty when
we now have the worst
uncmployment, highest in.
flation, a huge = deficit,
political stnfe and general
economic malaise since the

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Crist only doing his job

Dear Editor:

I was both angry and
amused at your reader, Mr.
R.G. Johnston's attack on
Alderman Ernie Crist’'s
struggle to get a better deal
for homeowners and a more
equitable assessment option
as provided by the Assess-
ment Act.

Mr. Johnston states that
one industry he knows pays
$1,000 in business tax to the
District of North Vancouver.
It is the City of Vancouver
which levies a 10% business
tax based on the rental value
of the premises. Other
municipalities too have a
business tax but there is no
such thing in the District.

Under the current assess-
ment act, there are three op-
tions whereby a municipality
can levy taxes against
various types of properties.
Most municipalities are
under Option A which gives
homeowners a break. The
District of North Vancouver,
however, has for years been
on Option D, which puts the
heaviest burden on
homeowners.

Since taxes are based on
assessment, it means that in-
dustry has, to all intents and
purposes, had a free ride,
while homeowners have
picked up the tab, courtesy

federal cabinet. Of these, 14
are francophone and 22 are
anglophone. [I enclose the
list so that you can check for
yourself.
I would hope that Hunter
retains enough integrity
from his former newspaper
career to apologize and set
the record straight.
D.A.S. Lanskail
West Vancouver

raked

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“leadership”

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Barthropp's

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of the District council. The
small gains made, as a result
of District council changing
to Option C for 1982, have
been wiped out because of
the continued increase in
assessment of residential
property as compared to
1981.

Although Alderman Crist
was unsuccessful in getting
District council to change to
Option A, at least he has
tried and, without his ef-
forts, we would never have
been aware to what extent
we bomeowners have been

“ripped off”.

As for Mr. Johnston's
observation that some
aldermen are attacking Mr.
Crist — this means he is do-
ing his job.

J. Dalston,
North Vancouver

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