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FHEN | CHARGED with 7 an: n offence,

local police have.in the. past consis-..

‘Y> tently released the names of. the®:
‘accused. Now West Vancouver. Police. say if:
the charge falls under the Motor Vehicle Act,

~The: judgment call seems to be ona case by.
case basis. In the past the News has obtained -
~ such information. An inconsistent. disclosure
policy is unfair to those named in the cases .
“ where police’ ‘choose to. do so. And it’s also®:

~ patently: unfair in, the’ cases. Where police.
* choose not to disclose and the public’ s right) to”

“know i is stymied. 7
‘When’ the. Freedom of: Information and

=. Protection | of Privacy’: ‘Act legislation was °

‘enacted to extend the province’s’ freedom ‘of
information laws to municipalities and police
«forces, Vancouver Police obtained legai opin«

n regarding the: interpretation of the act,

“THE HATED Goods and |

- Services Tax inherited from.

. Mulroney could well bring °

“the end of Jean Chretien’s a
Jong honeymoon with the .

a” ‘voters. -

2) Worth Shore News, founded in 1960 aba ans,
+ >. independent suburban newspaper and qualified ‘>
under Schedule IU, Paragraph 11 of the ©
Excise Tax Act, is published cach Wednesday,

; _. Friday and Sunday hy North Shore Free Press”
"Ltd. and dist ibuted to every door on the North
+.” Shore. Canada Post Canadian Publicstions Mail °

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One of his most solemn 1993
“Velection. vows was to get rid of the
GST. “We hate it and we will kill ,
it,” he‘told voters. By which, of;
course, he meant change its form—~
there being no way any federal’ gov-
‘emment can forego the revenue it:
produces. ». a

Hence Ottawa’ s proposal to
‘combine the GST and provincial

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» Dear Editor: 4

Open fetter to the munici
patity of West Vancouver.

On July 19, our house on’ |
Daffodil: Lane . bumed: down.’
Fortunately all) our, famil
escaped - without injury as":
-were Out at the time. *

‘The reason for my letter is te
comment on the extraordinary
_ behavior and response. of 'th

; emergency personnel...

My family and I were treat
ed with the utmost courtesy and
tact and, ‘notwithstanding the
_ exhausting and hazardous work;
"they were performing, the. fire-
fighters never failed to answer,
our questions, with patience and
understanding. , Q

They constantly gave us‘an
uplifting word, pat on the back
‘and a comforting though

We will be forever grateful
to... these” gentlemen.”:..They
deserve our appreciation * an
“are a credit to their community.

Vancouver’ Police: Dey ren
who comforted and ‘counselled
~ her “in Ahose 5 first :

m ‘That police departinent continues to provide | |
ames. of those ‘charged. North Vancouver
‘RCMP work under a federal: mandate and

details of cases continue to flow. :
Meanwhiie West Vancouver ‘Police. have.

"being the: ‘first of the,
| Bet there

a ‘chosen to interpret: the provincial legislation

conservatively and appear to be using the act:
, aS an excuse not to reveal names on a selective °.
basis ‘of some people who: face charges. By.
- erring on the side of caution the police in fact
-become de facto censors: of file details once -
‘available for public cons sumption. Ee
vs The. Freedom: ‘of “Information © and-
Protection. ‘of Privacy Act states clearly that
“public. interest-is. paramount in cases where *
the ‘safety of the. public is at“risk.: Motor:
‘Vehicle Act infractions embody such elements *-
of risk. By’ all means afford the accused due:
process of law but make it public record. :
Anything less i isa cop-out, os os

“their. "hospialty and ! Suppo
-We are very grateful to them
“s The roots that we are

hoitor his GST election pledge. One
"thing at least, howevet,'i is certai
|.” While the feds must collec F
= much sales tax as ‘they do now.in
“ order to keep their deficit-cutting.
drive'on target, the present proposal!
would clearly ‘add up to an EXTRA
cash grab from consumers in BC.
- Alberta and other proyinces wi
lower to moderate, PST:
If squeezing MOR#*:
‘ of us, not less, is U/e"bexc you can
“do, Jean, about: “kifting™ ine GST,
_ we'd better release you from th
promise fast and start taking a hard
look at some of your others!

year — = which incidentally g gives the’:
“INDP a handy election issue: pro-_
tecting B.C. consumers from
greedy, deceitful Ottawa. But any”
uproar erupting here or in other
provinces similarly placed would ..
‘certainly be drowned by the shrieks
of mutiny from Alberta, which has
no PS7 at all..."

Indeed, the unique Alberta situa-. ;
tion might well land the whole new a.
lax proposal before the Supreme. -"
Court. The feds would have to
remit to Alberta a share of their=, :

. 12% collected there in respect of an
actually non-existent PST. Can they’
constitutionally “impose”, in this

. Sales taxes (PST) into a single tidy

12% national sales tax (NST). With
>this brainwave, however, the: :
Chretien Grits are in for a rough:
ride.’ :
In Newfoundland, where ‘the :

” PST alone is 12%, there might just

possibly be no additional net bur-.
- den on consumers: The increase

” from the 7% GST to the new 12% .

” ‘tax on services could conceivably

Free Press Lid. y
AN rights fesenved.

“be made good by the drop to 12%
from 19% (PST. plus GST ) on”

'* goods.

Buti in B. C.. for example, it.

E figures the average B.C. family
- would be hit for an extra $400 a

: Vong ae
‘would be a very different story. We, ~

would benefit by the drop to J2%

from the present 14% (PST plus

GST) on most goods except food—

“only to be clobbered with a 12%"

tax in lieu of today’s 7% GST on

: almost all services — from lube

jobs and plumbing repairs to hair. ,
cuts, snack food and newspapers.
A two-percentage-point gain

; minus a five-percentage-point loss!

B.C. Finance Minister. Liz Cull

- provinces, although the complexi-.~

the GST, which is levied (with off-

‘, still unanswered questions-about
va -Chretien's

way, 2 provincial tax that the
province itself refuses to levy? “

An alternative might be to strike
separate deals with each of the 10...

. HAPPY “WOOD” anniversary
wishes Friday, Aug.'25, to North,
Van's Bob and Betty, Griffin: cel
brating their fifth... And a birthday‘
salute that same day to West Van

: Kiwanian’ Arthur Holmes." j

ties and extra bureaucracy could be
mind- boggling. ‘One other:compli-'
cation is the value-added nature of

setting rebates) throughout the pro-.
duction chain, Unlike PSTs,the ©
GST i is not a simple sales tax.

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