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912 Boats For Sale

1985 20' MALIBU CUDDY, 260
h.p. OMC, Calkins tandem, new
condition. $19,500 plus taxes.
353-2550. (/85)

1987 22° CALGLASS with trailer
$17,000 many extras, also
boathouse at Scotties Marina
$3,000. 365-3585. (3/85)

Taxes fund political parties, says critic

Kevin Avram

CANADIAN TAXPAYERS FEDERATION
Do you realize that your tax

dollars are being used to fund
litical parties?

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$14,900 including GST. Excellent
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FOR SALE - BY PUBLIC
TENDER. Tenders will be
accepted up to Noon October 31,
1991 for the following vehicles:
1979 Chev Custom Deluxe 10, 2
whdr. pick-up, 250 cu. in., V6, 3-
speed standard trans. 127,000
kms. The above will be sold on an
“As-is-where-is” basis and can be
viewed at the School District
Maintenance Yard, 1101-6th
Street, between the hours of 7
a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday to Friday.
A certified cheque on the amount
of 15% of the tendered amount is
required, with the balance payable
upon acceptance of the tender.
The board reserves the right to
reject any or all Tenders.
Envelopes must be marked
‘TRUCK TENDER’. J. Dascher,
Secretary Treasurer, School
District No. 9 (Castlegar) 865
Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, B.C.
V1H 1H3. (2/85)

365-7337
Cantiogar

Well, believe it or not, your
hard earned tax dollars are be-
ing used to fund political par-
ties.

The way the political party
funding system works, is that
federal candidates who receiv-
er 15 per cent of the vote in an
election receive a grant of up to
50 per cent of their campaign
costs. Depending on the size of
the riding, the upper limit on
the grants can be in the neigh-
borhood of $45,000. Ironically,
in the last federal election, 47

al donors, they are able to is-
sue a $75 tax credit. And, this
tax credit comes right off the
donor’s federal tax payabl

cial party receives. annual
funding equal to $21.8 for each
vote they received in the la

not off their taxable earnings.

In addition to this, donations

in excess of $100 still qualify
-e

pr ). Represen’
tatives of the NDP from the
riding of Hull-Aylmer called
for taxpayer funding for the

P oN mad

for tax credits up to a sp
limit. f

At a recent round of hear~
ings at the Royal Commission
on Electoral Reform, the ma-
jor political parties were all
there, lined up in order to push
for more grants from the tax-
payer. A former leader of the
Ontario Conservative Party,
ond a Tory Senator, called for

government funding of po-
litical parties similar to ar-
aes... New

per cent of the did. who
received grants already had
money left over from their own
fund raising, and, not just a
few of these guys had thou-
sands left over.

When the grants were all

Brunswick and Quebec. (In
New Brunswick, each provin-

they also suggested that the
rate by which grants are mea-
sured should be raised.
According to the summaries
from the Royal C. issi

(party volunteers who scruti-
nize the vote on election day)
be paid by government.

The bottom line to this little
known Royal Commission, is
that by a margin of five to one,
the people who represent po-
litical parties in this country
believe they should have in-
creased access to tax dollars.

A long lost cousin I haven’t
seen for some time phoned me
last week, exp ing her frus-

the Alberta NDP called for a
tripling of the tax credit sys-
tem, the federal NDP called for
it to be doubled and a former
Liberal wanted annual fund-
ing extended to all federal par-
ties who receive over 3% of the
vote.

The Liberals in Quebec
asked that party scrutineers

tration over all the tax being
deducted from her husband's
paycheque. She went on to tell
me of the struggle she and her
kids are going through, as

_ they're presently trying to save

$300 to go skiing his winter.

“In ten years, we've never
really been on a holiday,” she
said,

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paid out, the did had
an average surplus of over
$20,000. A surplus which,
combined with other funding
to political parties, cost the na-
tion’s taxpayers a grand total
of $18.7 million.

: To put this political party

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thing in persp
though, we've also got to take a
look at the tax credits received
by those who donate to the
parties. For the first $100 that
a party receives from individu-

Tax Tidbits

From the Canadian Taxpayers Federation

over $46 million.
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In an effort to encourage bureaucrats to be bilingual, Ot-
tawa pays employees $800 each year if they can pass a basic
language test and occupy bilingual posts.

This practice has been in place since 1977. Last year the
annual bonus was paid to over 58,000 employees at a cost of

The federal government deficit in April and May this year
was triple the deficit of the same two months last year. April
and May represent the first two months of the government’s
fiscal year which ends March 3

In April and May 1990, the government spent $1.85 billion
more than it received in income. This year it spent $5.34 bil-
lion more than it received in income in the same two months.

The jump in the deficit is attributed to the drop in corpo-
ration taxes due to the recession, and on increased spending
for welfare and unemployment.

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AFFORD — To Linda and Dave Af-
ford of Nelson, a girl, born Oct. 7.
ANDERSON — To Kathi and Lome
Anderson of Castlegar, a boy, born
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WAITING IN THE WINGS

(News photo
J.L. Crowe senior girls field hockey team players (from left) Marisa Febbraio, Kim Livolsi and Sheri Bentley held the fort and kept
their eyes on the action in a game against Stanley Humphries secondary school at Kinnaird Junior secondary school. The three

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didn't have to wait long before the coach called their numbers and sent them into the game.

by Ed Mills

Pythian Sisters welcome members

@ First meeting of fall
attracts past and present
executives from
numerous temples

Kootenay Temple No. 37
Pythian Sisters held their first
meeting Oct. 10 with special
guest Marlene Powell, Grand
Chief of the Pythian Sisters of
British Columbia, in atten-
dan

ce.
Prior to the meeting, Powell
was special guest at a dinner
attended by several members
at the Hi Arrow.

Jones, Joy Saunders and Joan
Marks, No. 37; Eva Barrett,
No. 38; Hilda Simister, No. 4;
and Michael Bycroft (Grand
Inner Guard) Twin Rivers
Lodge No. 70. Also attending
were the Knights of Pythias
who were introduced and wel-
comed.

DDGC Lil Neumann and
Susan Bycroft, grand protector
No. 37, were introduced and
welcomed and given public
grand honors. GC Marlene
Powell was introduced and
given public grand honors. She

Past grand officers and sit-
ting grand officers were wel-
comed and given public grand
honors — past supreme Olive
Mills and past supreme Phyl-
lis Woodward, both of Ross-
land No. 4, supreme rep Rober-
ta Piper, Salmo No. 33,
supreme alternate Rose Sober-
lak, Castlegar No. 37, past
grand chief Gladys Wirsch,
Trail No. 3, and past grand
vhief Doris Dimock, Salmo No.
33.

The impressive ceremony of
reobligation was held follow-
i ine busi GC Pow-

was then d by

Bernice Barrass to the MEC’s
station where a corsage was
pr d to her by MEC Neu-

dance were past district
deputy grand chiefs Jean

success.

Hall
The E

Legion ladies open
season with tea

The Legion Auxiliary Ladies fall tea held Oct. 19 was a
Opened by president Kay Bate, the attractions included a

Halloween table, a bake table and a crafts table.
table was d

crafts at the sewing table.

- ii :
Joan Blais and Marj Rafter were kept busy with the bake
table while Eve Sperling and Pearl Zorn were busy selling

mann.

2

ing
ell was then escorted to each of
the officers by DDGC Neu-
mann for an addendum.
Powell was pr d with

a cheque for her cerebral palsy
project.

Refreshments were served
including a special cake made
and decorated by Joy Saun-
ders and Inis McAdam.

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2849 Fourth Avenue
Castlegar, B.C vin 251
988-3563

STEVE
WHITTLETON
Soles Representative