JOHN REYNOLDS

MLA
“Yes, B.C.
should get increases

and regulations in

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RENEWAL APPLICA-
TIONS for Guaranteed In-
come Supplement have been
mailed to 150,000 British
Columbia pensioners and in
order to continue receiving
the Supplement, pensioners
niust apply prior to March 31
to avoid any reduction in
their monthly cheques.

The same situation applies
to some 10,000 British Col-
umbians receiving the
Spouse’s Allowance, a mon-

-thly payment to individuals

aged 60-64 years and who are
married to old age
pensioners, .

The new payment begins in
April. Applications must be
filed before the end of March
to have the Supplement in-
cluded in the April cheque.

The basic Old Age Security
pension for the first three
months of 1985 has been in-
creased to $273.80 per
month. The maximum
Guaranteed Income Supple-

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West Van-Howe Sound

MLAs
in
their expense money. The
committee of the
legislature was struck last
year — it was an all party
committee — to look at
the whole system of rules
the
legislature. We're the on-
ly province in Canada,
with the exception of
Prince Edward Island,
that does not havea capi- in Canada. It costs
tal city allowance. The
majority of B.C.
members are obviously legislature, while in On-
not from this area, Wien
they come here for the capita, Quebec costs
session, the rate for a $9.11,
one-bedroom or $4.90, Suskatchewan is
in $8, and Newfoundland is
Victoria is about $795 per SI}. It costs us less
get because we have the ‘est
one out of town cheaper,
but most of the members Canada as far as restraint

“The other fact is that
our legislature costs less dation of the conunittee
to operate than any other that the Greater Victoria

medium price,

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YES: Legislature costs jess

British Columbians $2.77
per capita to run our

tario it costs $4.09 per

Alberta costs

run government in

goes.
“It was a recommen-

Pensioners must refile
GAIN applications

ment paid to a singie pen-
sioner has been increased to
$325.41, making a total in-
come of $599.21 for a person
receiving both the Old Age
Security pension and the
maximum Guaranteed In-
come Supplement. The sup-
plement is available to single
pensioners with an annual in-
come of Jess than 37,823.00
or less than $10,175.00 for a
couple, both receiving the
Old Age Security pension.

Recipients of the Old Age
Security pension or Family
Allowance cheques are
reminded to retain the special
stubs attached to their
January cheques for income
tax purposes.

Pensioners requiring fur-
ther infomration should con-
tact the nearest Income
Security Programs office as
listed in local telephone direc-
tories, or direct their en-
quiries to the Regional Office
of Income Security Pro-

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members set an increase
in expenses as well, When
I was an MP in Ottawa,
the city MPs had offices
as large as cabinet
members because all their
constituents were there. |
assume that's the ra-
tionale for giving Greater
Victoria MLAs an ex-
pense increase,

“T wouldn't know if
some MLAs are hurting
financially. We're not
privy to other’s financial
affairs, but 1 have heard
some discussion in caucus
to that effect.

“IT don’t think this in-
crease to MLAs will
signal a difference (in
government attitude
toward public sector wage
increases). We've got
restraint, we will be br-
inging in some positive
legislation to get the
gconomy moving, and
we'll create some jobs.
The civil servants will get
a pay increase when we
increase the productivity
of the province."

ERNIE CRIST
NV District alderman

“B.C. MLAs should
not get an increase in ex-
pens? money during a
time of restraint, not
when B.C. is in the throes
of an economic crisis,
with unemployment sa
high and people lined up
at food banks.

“The fact that MLAs
are getting an expense in-
crease is merely a
smokescreen thrown up
by the present gov-
ernment to try and divert
our attention from the
fact that Victoria seems
unable to do anything to
alleviate the economic
crisis, The government
should be devoting their
energies to finding ways
out of the present crisis,
hot quarelling about
which MLAs should
receive an increase in
their expense allowance.

“The increase to MLAs
won't mean an overall

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NO: Not during restraint time

program is over, that it
was a mistake in the first
place, I don’t see thai any
increase is warranted. In
the name of restraint they
wrecked the economy of
B.C. and caused untold
suffering to the people.
Now they have the gall to
come out and say ‘we
want an increase.’ What
they should do is admit
they have created a
disaster and then go from
there. They should undo
their colossal snistakes,
change in the gov- then we'll talk about an
ernment’s attitude toward increase.
public sector wage in- “This kind of thins
creases because the at- was tried in the 30's with
titude of the present gov- disastrous results. We are
ernment towards labor living in an era of modern
remains one of confron- state monopoly capi-
tation instead of coopera- talism, not in the [9th
tion. It’s basically nega- century concept of a
tive and destructive. The Kelowna hardware store
government should owner. Bill Bennett is try-
mobilize human resources ing to turn the clock
towards meaningful job back. He is far more
creation programs, concerned with destroy-
“Unless the premier ing the labor movement
wants to amnounce than trying to build
publicly that the restraint B.C.’s economy.”

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