A4 - Wednesday, February 16, 1983 - North Shore News the worid outside & Gew @ @ oO VICTORIA -_ British Columbia's economy is expected to show little growth or even decline slightly this year despite the recovery believed underway, B.C. Finance Minister says. Curtis, releasing his ‘third quarterly financial report Monday, blamed the gloomy outlook on the” severity — recession, which had cut deeply into all sectors and caused a sharp drop in provincial revenues. The report said British Columbia's gross TOKYO - The Japanese government proposed Tuesday to hold its auto exports to Canada to under 79,000 units in the first six months of this year. Separately, Japan gave the formal go-ahead for a plan to limit car exports to the United States to 1.68 million units for the third straight year starting April 1, officials said. A Minister of ternational Trade In- and TORONTO - Canada should be represented in Washington by a senior cabinet minister who would have the clout to promote the country’s best interests, former finance minister Walter Gordon says. “We must stand up to pressures by American authorities,” he told the Toronto Association of Hugh Curtis— By UNITED PRESS CANADA Little growth for province provincial product in 1982 dechned by between 7 and 9 per cent — Significantly higher than the 4 to 6 per cent forecast in November. The provincial deficit for the current fiscal year now is projected to be higher, at $1.125 billion, than Curtis’ $1.027 billion estimate last November. A 60 per cent leap in FROM PAGE A1 settlement for teachers and could fall as much = as $500,000 short of what is needed, even if the planned closure of five schools is approved. The board also decided at the Monday meeting to postpone its decision on the | school consolidation proposal until March 7 so that further discussion can take place. However, trustees warned the mimister of education that the school closure, “would not produce any cost relief in 1983.” ; That warning, along with an outhine of the effects of the reduced budget, such as the “of the” the number of welfare cases in December compared to a year ago prompted Curtis to allocate an extra $100 million for welfare payments. Japan proposes to hold exports Industry spokesman said Japan hopes to reach final agreement with Canada on the proposed quota. in forthcoming. talks with that nation. A schedule for the talks has not yet been announced. Canadian International Trade Minister Gerald Regan asked his Japanese counterpart, Sadanori Yamanaka, to hold auto exports to his country to under 146,000 for the entire year. A cabinet minister for Washington? nation, sooner or later we shall have to be prepared to protect our own best interests,” said the former member of prime minister Lester Pearson's cabinet. A cabinet) minister serving as ambassador to the United States would carry more weight than a career diplomat or civil servant, Gordon said. He told the cconomusts possibility of layoffs, was board. Both trustees Margot Furk and Michael Smith bitterly fought the other trustees over the issue of sending a Jjetter of concern to Education Minister Bill Vander Zalm along with the budget. “May I remind the board that if we send this letter, it will lump us in with the rest of the communities full of dingdongs and malcontents . this is West Vancouver, where we roll up our sleeves and get the job done,” said Smith. Smith also called the letter a “cop out”. as well as “iHegal” and “completely ineffective”. ; Sall, the board approved of the letter with chairman Norm Alban breaking the the. Trustee Dawn Sikula told the board it would be “kidding” itself if the district “believed it could run ef- fectively with 40 fewer teachers in September.” The board was told that if there was a $500,000 short- fall, that figure would translate into 40 fewer teachers, in addition to nine positions already planned to be chopped because of CORDLESS CALL ANYWHERE NO INSTALLATION You can place & recee calls from up to 700 {t. from the base falling enrolment. That had West Van Teachers’ Association president Heather Walker extremely upset with the board. The teachers had wanted the board to ask for the additional funding. “If they wanted more money, then they should have asked for it because they need it to maintain the system,” Walker said. “Their action places a strain on the entire school system and that is what the people should be concerned about. I'm very, very upset.” “The board has prided _ itself in acting in a spirit of * cooperation, but it has done nothing to further that cooperative spirit,” Walker warned. Former WVTA President it had reached “a low point” in the many years she had been attending meetings. She told the boisterous crowd that the quality of education has been detrimentally affected by the cuts. Teaching aides had been laid off and it is very hard to get the needed supplies,” Boyle said. Sull, some parents in the audience approved of the board’s action, saying they were “sick of hearing that the excellence of students in the district was due to the teachers.”. : “What about the parents and students?” asked one parent. Another said the excellence was due to the fact that upper income areas produce better students. Alban told the News after the meeting he “very much doubted” the district would lose 40 teachers. “It depends on what happens, but it will be a pretty lean year.” “IT haven't any idea what we will do, it depends on the restructuring of the district,” Alban said. That restructunng, says School Superintendent Ed board RON ZALKO ACTIVEWEAR AVAILABLE AT 736 MARINE OR., N.V. Carlin, would facilitate the layoff of teachers if it became necessary. “Things are beginning to SX-90 SKI BOOT nyear get very tight and the consolidation will make the decisions a little easier to make,” Carlin said. TRY BEFORE YOU BUY THE VILLAGE SKI SHOP LTD. 1845 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, 8.C. 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