12 - Sunday, July 11, 1993 - North Shore News

IT’S SHAPING up to be the summer of Senate discon- tent. Last month, in their final act before adjourning until September, senators voted to increase their expense allowance by $6,000 to help pay for out-of-town ex- penses. This was in addition to their. existing $10,100 expense allowance and $64,400 salary. However, due to the outrage that followed — from both taxpayers and

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political leaders — the Senate was recalled for a special session to reconsider its decision. Tomorrow senators will return from summer vacation to vote on rescinding the $6,000 increase. It is almost certain that the decision will be reversed, but mot without a price: tomorrow's . Session will result in additional costs that will be bitied to senators’ expense accounts.

Was the senators’ expense allowance increase justified?

. Glenn Tapping .

West Vancouver

1 believe. their expense’

-accounts-should be on-a::-:

regional basis — the fur- ther. distance from the capital, the maximum the expense, account ‘for

travelling. Senators who =.

live closer to the capital.

. Shouldn't get the same

amount.’

_ North Vancouver

‘ No, because they already ‘get paid enough and they . -get a great -. which no one else gets.

pension,

We ‘have high enough

‘ taxes as it is without giv- ‘ing them an extra $6,000

each.

S. Gamgee . North Vancouver -

Yes, I think they - were’

justified as long as it in-: creases our taxes and in- creases the deficit. (What can I say if they don’t get the joke?)

Eleanor Humphrey

North Vancouver

No, because they should not be giving themselves their own raises; it should be decided by an outside: body. They did not pick a good time to do this. Even if it’s legit- imate, there comes a point where they need to use common sense.

Phil Goepel:. °

West Vancouver :

No, they’re. not..; The: whole Senate. is: not justified. in my “epinion. It’s outdated’ and: should bz abolished. ‘But’ 1 think they will rescind: the allowance -——) even though. they’re out, of touch, ‘they’re - not that out of touch.

. SURVEY TEAM: The North Shore News survey team ‘dalled 426 North Shore resi-

dents to find out what you think about the senators’ $6,000 expense : . “> NO allowance increase, The following tables contain a breakdown of the fii | ‘

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Horseshoe Bay _ : 87% » 5%: Dundarave/Ambleside mo, . 5 88% .. 9%,

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Coyote. | sightings common

COYOTES ARE a fact of life on “) the North Shore. Residents must : learn to live with them, according io an Environment Canada spokesman.” . a8 ’ Every day the: Environment Canada office receives calls about coyote sightings or pets that have gone missing in the middle of; the night.. They. are’ ‘intelligent animals, ‘that “adapt easily to human behavior, Coyotes : are’ Scavengers that

" prey on rodents, smali animals or

livestock. Spring is the season their young

are born so there are extra mouths

to feed during that time of year. The spokesman said there are

no records ‘of humans being at- |

tacked by coyotes. A coyote will typically walk away from. a human, ;

But: the. spokesman cautions people against cornering any wild animal,. Their ‘reactions can be unpredictable.

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