THE FOLLOWING people appeared in) North and West Vancouver courts recently to face various charges:

Before Judge — Reginald Grandison in West Vancouver provincial court on Novy. 1, 1994;

Briun Elliott Langner, 39, of Vernon, was fined $100 after he

leaded guilty to being the driver involved in a hit-and-run on Sept. 16, 1994, in West Vancouver.

Before Judge Bill Rodgers in North Yancouver provincial ‘court on Oct. 26, 1994:

Andrew Robert Viinderlaars, 32, of North Vancouver, was jailed 30 .days after he pleaded guilty to break, enter and theft at a business in the 100-block of West Esplanade on Sept. 22, 1994, in North Vancouver City.

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The jail sentence was recom. mended served through the elec: tronie monitoring program,

Vanderlaars’ criminal record was filed into court evidence.

Hefore Judge —- Reginald Grandison in North Vancouver provincial court on Oct. 25, 1994:

Paul) Grant, 27, of North Vancouver, was jailed 10 days alter he was found guilty of assaulting a female on Sept. 15, 1993, in North Vancouver,

Before Judge Reginald Grandison itn West Vancouver provincial court on Oct. 17, 1994:

Garth Kascula, 24, of North Vancouver, was fined $150 after he pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention on July 6, on Marine Drive in West Vancouver.

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‘TAXES AND THE BUDGET

A number of people have written to

me recently to register their oppostion E to the Inclusion in the upcoming budget

of any new taxes on RASPs or dental benefits. | consider any increase in

j taxes or expansion of the tax base to ba

counter-productiva so | would vote against such measures in Parliament.

f However, the Liberal Government will

Make the final decision, so any letters

f sent to me about tax levels should also

be copied to the Minister of Finance at The House of Commons, Onawa,

i Ontario, K1A 0A8.

Although those who wrote te me did not want any new taxes, several sug-

B gested that “the rich should e made to i pay their share", prompting me to f investigate just how much the rich do I pay in taxes. ;

A FAIR SHARE ? In fact, the top 10% of income earn-

y ors in Canada pay about 93% of all the . § income taxes, Unfortunately the media 4 focuses on people like the 340

Canadians who earned more than

§ $250,000 in 1992 and paid no income } tax, You may be surprised to learn that i 5,888,330 people who earned $60,000

- || or tess also pald no income tax in 1992. \ According to Revenue Canada figures, gover 141,000 of these eamed between | $30,600 and $60,000."

The taxes “avoided” by this middie

| to low Income group amounted to G approximately $38,820,000 while the

taxes “avolded” by the 340 who earned more . than $250, 000

addition, the 240 people who did not

f pay tax but earned more than $250,000

amounted to less than 1% of tho

y 36,970 peopla in thelr tax bracket, while i the 5,888,330 people who. eamed y $60,000 or less and paid no income tax

totalled” W $2,200,000, just 1/15th as. much. In

iepresented over 33% of those in their tax bracket,

All of these pecple used exactly the same tax rules to utilize their lifeline capital gains exemption, Investment losses (what an awtul way to end up paying no taxes), chiki tax credits, etc. to offset taxable income. However, these “loophules", thought to be the domain of the rich, were actually used by 17,000 times as many middle and lower Income earners In 1992.

THE REAL PROBLEM

The real cause of all the initatlon about taxation in Canada is uncon- trolled government spending which results In an ever Increasing tax burden for everyone, rich or poor, We are all paying too much, and taxes can only come down once spending is under contro! and a budget surplus allows us to bagin paying down the debt. This is surely a betler approach than targeting one segment of society for even higher taxation. Besides, cutting government spending also builds invester confi- dence and stimulates private sector job creation. boo oy

Proof that it works can be seen in

_ New Zealand where unemployment is

now down to 6.5% and the economy is booming. The New Zealand Govern- ment is running tage surpluses, paying

down its debt, and is promising income a

tax decreases in 1996. When did you

last anticipate a tax decrease in Canada?

” We should be treating the cauise of the problem by cutting government spending, Instead of treating the symp- toms by increasing taxes!

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