? AB - Wednesday, February 24, 1982 - North Shore News WE mailbox NDP seeksinput from small business Dear Editor: Small business is in trouble. Interest rates, inventory costs, red tape requirements, the shutdown of key sectors of the provincial economy, and a deepening recession — all these create problems for small business. ‘Small business needs help. It’s badly under-represented and misunderstood in government. Smal] business _, Reeds to be heard. T Have the honour of being Dear Editor: I would like to comment on your article, Premier St. complaints dismissed, Feb. 10, 1982. Well, the District and Deputy Engineer Mr. McBride may dismiss this but we taxpayers on Premier St. do not. Mr. McBride does not live Only a few more discriminating homebuyers will be able to acquire an executive townhome at Concorde Place. This opportunity will be short-lived: the pleasure and pride Chairman of the Opposition Standing Committee on Small Business. I write to advise your readers that we will be meeting with small business owners and managers during March. We will travel to various and vital economic regions and will — in private and in public — listen to the concerns, the ideas, the problems and the plans of small business. We are now planning our schedule of hearings across British Columbia. on Premier St. and put up with the roar of trucks, and cars 7 days a week or the dust that we cat 365 days a year, also the stench of diesel fumes and _ rotten arbage. Mr. McBride contended, North Shore News Feb. 10, 1982 that the district does its best to keep the street dust of ownership will not. You will live in an exclusive, tree-sheltered enclave of homes > distinguished by an exceptional standard of quality in craftsmanship and design. Each spacious two- and three-bedroom home offers a generosity of domestic appointments which. frankly, borders on the indulgent. Homes of this calibre are all too often inconveniently placed and unaffordably priced. Concorde Place is neither. Affordably you can live ~—and live splendidly — in one of North Vancouver's most convenient locations. Our display home created by internationally acclaimed interior designer Peter Garrett. will be open for your viewing, noon to five p.m., closed Fridays. Please call 980-0548 or 734-4822. CONCORDE PLACE by Arena Developments 1745 Rufus Drive, North Vancouver one block west of Mountain Highway. During the first new Democrat administration, we were proud to initiate such innovative programmes as the B.C. Development Corporation, a preferential tax break for small business and low interest loans to farmers and other small businesses. In the future, these programmes may require change and_ redefinition. New policies will be required to guarantee small business _ its place in the sun. We need your advice. free..I strongly reject, as the sweeper if we're lucky comes up once a day and most times, does not use water to sweep the street with. Mr. McBride who are you fooling? Mrs. C. Nefat North Vancouver We would like to hear from you directly. To contact the new Standing Committee on Small Business, please call me in Victoria at 387-6065 or write to the address below. Thank you. Graham R. Lea, MLA Chairman, NDP Caucus Committee on Small Business Room 227, Parliament Buildings Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4 Who are you fooling, Mr. McBride? save up to BASIC RETURN Rate corey '10% DISCOUNT FOR SENIORS, GROUPS AND FAMILIES ~ FREE NORTHSHORE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY JUST FILING FOR THE RENTER’S &/or CHILD TAX CREDIT? $10.00 BEAT THE RUSH - PHONE NOW! Weekdays & Evenings ‘til 9 p.m. GWEN ANTAYA off distributors list price acrylic spa systems ° 5 yt guarantee on acrylic * Iimited quantities * onces start aft $3662. Thurs. Feb 25 9-9 Fri Feb 26 9-9 Sat Feb 27 9-5 also sale priced: a limited stock of redwood & cedar hot tubs and cedar spa tubs starting at $2500. 230 - 16th Street, West Van 922-8513 922-0029