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‘museum

. THE federal
‘government has
finally decided what
to do with its vacant
22-hectare piece of
. property at the
foot of Capilano
Road.

“Sources announced today
thar the prime waterfront site
:-Will house.the new Mulroney

Museum.

The $15-million, five-storey
and taxpayer-funded edifice will
house ail manner of memorabil-
ia from Canada’s Mulroney Era,
that fabled time when Brian
Mulroney and his wife

‘Mila were in charge of the
‘countrs. .

_° An entire oor of the new
tederal building will be set aside
for Mila Mulroney’s wardrobe
items and a cross-section of the

furniture selections that she

decorate the prime
residence during her
reign.

ive brass busr of the

former prime minister will wel-

come visitors to the new muse-

um.

Construction on the project
is scheduled to begin next
week.

Governnient sources say
the decision to house the
Mulroney museum in the west

~ will help foster unity across the
‘country.
’ The 22-heetare site has been
* leased from the Squamish band
~ by the federal government since
1974.
/ It was originally leased as the
“site for a 400,000-square-foor
Pacific © envirénment — centre,
which was never built.

The federal government has
poured millions. of dollars in
lease payments over the past

the vacant

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Budget draws hoo

Robert Gaister
News Reporter robert@nsnews.com

TOO little, too late.

North Shore politicians and business leaders
i tre short on praise and long on criticis
when it came to assessing the 1998-99 provincial
budget unveiled on Monday.
In particular; local cor
tendency of Finanee Mi

asus focused on the
ter Joy MacPhail’ “ud-
get toward promises aks and. pro-
jected deficit of $95) million pushing the
provinee’s debt to $34.2 billion.

“Pm trying to be positive, bur} can’t,” said
Daniel Jarvis, the Liberal MILA for North
Vancoucer Sevmiour. “We're getting bigger gov:

ace

Small tax cuts but deficit
adds to total B.C. debt

ernment.”

At the core of the government’s budget are
personal ran cuts of 2% and a reduction of the
marginal income tax rate from 54.2% to 49.9%
over three vears. In addition, a small business cor-
Porate income fax cut and av exemption from the
corporation capital tax cut for 10,000 sniall busi-
Nesses round out the government’s incentive pro-
gram. None of the tax breaks kick in until Jan. 2,
1999, and some anen’t scheduled to take effect
until 2007.

“My first reaction is that the government is still

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refusing 10 acknowledge they are the cause of our
economic woes,” said Katherine Whittred, MLA
for North Vancouver-Lonsdale. “It (the budget)
appears to acknowledge the need for a (cconom-
ic) stimulus bur the stimulus appears to be so fir
down the road.”

Whittred also. criticized the budget’s fean
toward long-term planning.

“Sonic of the parts of this budget go as far as
the year 2001.” she said. “It’s unlixely they'll be
in power in 2001.7

On the business front, one indus
some bright: spots, but was nevertiie d
pointed with the budget’s overall composition.

“On the surface it looks dike the right

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