page 2 - - Septembx' 22, 1976 - North Shore News.

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_ At the North: ‘Shore. News” we send, about in Canada at an annuat rare
one-fifth: of our payroll to: Ottawa.’ That’s true of °
almost every business. I- know, but P’'m using ‘the’ reasons that this goes on is

News. as an ‘example, because’ I know it best.

‘almost’ every time: you buy

_ temitted to the bureaucracy

return.

‘Provincially, we: pay’ ‘hia.
den taxes ‘every time we buy.
a gallon of gas ora bottle of .
scotch. We; are taxed on

+ ~.

_ cigarettes and long-distance .

phone ¢alls; and of. course,”

something .an- imposition of:
7% is ‘added to your bill and .

in Victoria.

Locally, every household
on the North Shore pays at
‘least fifty dollars.4 month in’
municipal levies, for which.
we get water and. garbage —
collection and. a_ little: more.
than we do- from Ottawa.

An army, of - inspectors
makes ‘sure ‘we ‘don’t cheat.:
‘The Income” Tax Department,

“the . Unemployment. Insur- |
ance, tlie Worker’s Compen-

sation Board, all send théir’.

- auditors. around periodically

oe

lest we fiddle the gov’t. We

spector. and ‘the Labor Rela-:

tions Board. -A.-guy.. everi”
ard. °

comes* round to.-make sure’.

' we’re . not: _outwitting the ~

postage meter. of

COSTS ESCALATE:
We spend about a half-day -

a week: filling: ‘out :all)the

* All,

_ Ottawa Privides us’: without almost nothing in nthe year less ‘than 17% ‘of -

prepesterouis forms demand- -

* ed by the bureaucracy, under :
“pain of heavy fines. or. jail co
sentences or at least another. © ©

“set of yisits from ‘the boys’,-
as we call the auditors. ‘Even

/ Statistics Canada has.. the
. power -to. fine us; or worse,

and their. demands for trivial.

- information’ are time-con-
suming and aggravating.

Costs of. government are’

-escalating : all the. time. The

civil service grows larger and.
fatter. Wages in the public
‘service areas high or higher -

‘as those paid in the’ ‘private

‘sector, and the pressures of —

- competition and’ productivity :

.of course are rion-existent. .
“those: . auditors: ° ‘and...
inspectors cost:money.. ‘They
come in at -ten,; : take” two.
-hours for ‘lunch and leave’ ‘at

_ Somehow, ‘somewhere)w €
rips ‘with a
this :- bureaucratic’ ” growth. ©

Inflation; in'my view, is quite: .
- simply: government~ increas-
-ing the. mdney: supply. (by
- Printing!) ‘in -éxcess ofthe .
_ ability’ “of . the. economy : to"
absorb" “ate

- care about their communities °

. tested.’

four, and few make less than nT
$18,000. ‘per year... ae
are inspected. by: the fire’

department, ‘the license inhave to come ‘to

We ‘are’ still .
increasing the money. supply, a

I think that one “of the-
the apathy of the-electorate.

local. voters felt strongly
~. enough about their municipal. -
. governments | to other” to
"vote.

LAST BASTION

Civic’ elections - the ones .
where you- elect alderme
and’ mayors for local council:

are the last bastion o:
. democracy: ‘Provincial an
‘federal elections are domi-
nated by big money and big’
parties. Municipal elections .
are still open to people: -who™.

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and want to make them
better’ Places to live.”

- The. municipal elections for
‘all ‘three: teapot municipali-
ties of the North Shore come:
up in December. 1 think that
.itwould be the -best thing
‘that ‘could happen tous. if’.
“they : were . vigorously” ‘con: |

: “gardigans or r pullovers
— “pants: or r jackets -

“nua

a two-piece suits
= lightweight coat .
winter ores

‘given free='space*™ 4 “SO
‘dates - in local elections, =
‘Because we believe | : that. ;
democracy ‘‘is ‘served: : by.
discussion,’ ‘debate’ and the .
. présentation of | alternatives. °
“If we keep’ électirig: the same.
tired. horses we'll | never: '
~ progress. _ We. need. demo-
cracy. that. works. «

_ Taxation - too high a aprice

By Kenneth McDonald.

‘Coopers. ‘and Lybrand, the
- well-known ° chartered - ac-

‘countants,' wrote. recently:
“If one accepts. that. taxes
in any shape or form - are a |
cost, either of doing business.
or ‘simply of living, then: this
- country’s current efiorts to

‘ combat inflation, area cruel
., hoax. me

‘Taxation ° is the ‘price of
government services and
‘unless the price of them is
controlled .at least within the
same limits as wages and
salaries and profits, then.
_ everyone ‘s. disposable in-
‘come is, reduced.

"Municipal property: tax,

sales taxes, . gasoline. taxes,
’ customs and, excisé duties,
income taxes '- unless’ these

. are used to provide additonal,

services, their imposition
reduces our ability to buy,
other goods and services.

RO2 1aa lonade car |

VIM Bria

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Founded ta 1969 as an
‘community newspaper, the

Nows Is published weekly, and distributed —
‘to every door on the North Shore. it ts &
registered newspaper under Part 111, .

Schedule 111, Paragraph.
Customs and Excise Act.

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'
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lt. business profits are e held

existing: . ‘profit. Mevels - ar

increased, : business income

‘is’ reduced. The: same. with

wages and salaries. Yet the °

tax effect is-concealed by. the

‘device of excluding the cost |
‘of government Services from -

the cost of. living’ index which

is used to measure inflation. oO

creased by 14° ‘per cent’ in

Nova Scotia,-25 per cent in. |
‘Newfoundland ‘and 40 per.

cent in - B.C. Corporate
income. tax rates rose’ by

eight, per cent:in, Newfound-

“land; 15 per cent in Manitoba
-and-B.C., and 20 per cent in
Nova Scotia. A new 20 per

‘cent, ‘surcharge in Manitoba |
brings the rate of provincial .

_ income tax in that province to

ae) | 1 per cent of Federal Basic

"adiviaion of north shone fre press lect

' Publisher’.

- News Editor

videsiandont, :
North Shore

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‘back. while i income taxes ony .
: _persons ,

are shootingup..

Ottawa i is fond of shifting ” cent of . them going tof

the blame for spending tothe ~
provinces, - and: it : ‘certainly.
has a point. Between 1975"
and 1976, . sales ‘taxes in- .

" spending,. over: a five -year

Assistant. Publisher
Office Manager.

’ Managing Editor ..
Ploture Editor’

. Advertising Manager.
Production Maneger ..

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” Terry Burnett, Wendy Cardinal, Patriola » |
“Carile, YYonna Chapman, . Carolyn. Gole- .'

clough, Holton Dickey, Linda Doodaon, Linda |
Douglas, Paula Ford, Norma Gereel, Wendy: |

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Tax on: taxable'k incomes over” ae
‘$20,000. For’ self-employed BH -
-in’ Ontario, . the’.
provincial health . premium
‘has been increased by 45 per = §
cent. In Quebec it. ‘has gone . §
fiom .8 per cent of income to:
1.5 per cent, an. increase of BE
87. 5 per ceint, - ERS “

Municipal ’ property. tates” |
Vith 5S .per "8

_slesrance _

“Lest 4 days _ Sale prices | In effect unt I Sopt 25

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education, . teachers’ union. -8f
settlements ‘of 20 per cent J

‘and ‘more are. working their: -
way’ through i in taxes.

‘What is needed is an |
unequivocal: commitment .f
from. Ottawa.and the provin- Hf
Ges to reduce government J

“flock ‘and foll. welleoverings
| a reg. $11. 50 - $28.00. . 7
per single roll; In’ store stock

period, at,a rate correspond- BB.
‘ing ‘to increases in ‘spendin mB AY
in the private sector. The. -
must*move in’ phase - “public

‘reduction,’ private: increase .
if. Canada’ s: ‘social ': and,
economic: fabric’ is to be §
preserved. — na

‘discontinued patiorns.
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reg. $6.95 = $13.95" a 3
" per, single: roll, In store stock
discontinued wallpaper: patterns
fargo selection: :
- from: ‘poe’ ‘$1 99 '~ $2. 99°
‘per single’ roll, in store stock ovily: iS

“plus many: in! store 2 Sbesials on paint a undri’

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