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Draper Banshee Contracting Pharmasave West's Dept. Store Eremenko’s Strong & Associates West Kootenay Carpets Avenues morcn20.1990_Casthégar News 47 Experts say companies - must accept ‘green taxes’ VANCOUVER (CP) — Forest companies must accept the new realities of environmentalism — in- cluding paying higher ‘‘green taxes"’ and sharing the ‘forests with other groups, a panel of experts said Tuesday. assist government in implementing.” Pulp and paper companies have been attacked by environmentalists and have had penalties imposed by government for water pollution ‘in British Columbia. A senior executive with forest giant pulp and paper products. We also want to protect.the environment of B.C. To do these things we need an economically viable industry.”” While 1989 results have not been fully compiled, Price Waterhouse analysts estimate net earnings by B.C. But i ata Price Waterhouse forest industry seminar said they can pay these new itl Bloedel Pp the problems his and other pulp and paper companies are having with an ious public to a taxes and meet guidelines only if they have healthy markets. Green taxes — imposed to push in- dustry to clean up its act — have become a worldwide reality, Doug Hayhurst, a tax specialist with the chartered accounting firm, told about 350 people. “*Like any environmental trend, business would be well advised to be pro-active. “Rather than simply railing against the inequity of green taxes, business should determine what green taxes they can live with, that they still have a profitable industry with and should marriage going through a breakdown. The pulp industry has created un- precedented wealth in British Colum- bia and helped. keep the sawmill in- dustry alive by reaping profits from forest ies dropped 18 per cent to $651 million. Aggregate operating income drop- ped to $1.8 billion in 1989 from $2.4 billion in 1988 and is expected to drop again this year. But even with healthy, profits, the industry still is hard pressed to meet wood chips, said Bob Findlay, senior. new tough environmental standards, vice-president of marketing. “The people of British Columbia now seem to perceive us as an old outdated sugar daddy who was un- faithful, at least from the perception of environmental purity and an em- to their i friendly) lifestyle. ‘We need to meet our customers’ demands for environmentally clean ) said John. St. C. Ross, senior vice- president of regional operations for MacMillan Bloedel. “The pulp and paper industry in British Columbia potentially faces capital costs of $2 billion to $3 billion to achieve new, proposed and he said. “In addition, the industry needs and expects to invest $700 million a year to maintain its operations, build new plants and install new equiprfient in order to remain com- petitive in the international market- place. “There is'a price to pay for sustainable development. We had bet- ter count the cost and relate this to a highly competitive international marketplace.’” A University of British Columbia forestry professor urged companies and environmentalists to get rid of what he calls “‘the Peter Pan syn- drome’’ in fights over use of the forests. “Statements such as ‘If we clearcut this forest, there will never be another like it here again’ and ‘Forests Forever’ epitomize the environmental and forest industry positions respec- tively,’ said Hamish Kimmins. “However, for most forest resour- ces, never and forever are fairy tale concepts. Reality lies somewhere bet- ween."’ Wilson won't get help | OTTAWA (CP) — Provincial governments won't help Michael Wilson collect his goods and services tax when it takes effect Jan. 1, the federal finance minister said Tuesday night. That will lead to a complex, ‘double-layer of sales taxes, provincial finance ministers said after a dinner meeting with Wilson. “It’s not possible to have a joint collection,’’ Wilson said as he left his Finance Department offices. Several business groups have urged Wilson to work out a simpler, joint federal-provincial sales tax, or at least reach some agreement to eliminate duplication between the federal goods and services tax and provincial sales taxes. Alberta is the only province that doesn’t have its own sales tax. MICHAEL WILSON -»- left on his own Wilson said there won't be any deal for the provincial governments to help collect the federal seven per cent tax “We will be able to share some ibilities for the ini i of_our sales taxes,”’ he said to repor- ters, adding that a “collection as of Jan. 1 — them of our tax or ours of their tax — is not realistic at this point.” his own with the goods and services tax suits Ontario fine, but it will mean more red tape for taxpayers, Treasurer Robert Nixon said as he left Tuesday night's meeting with Wilson. **A lot of people, particularly ven- dors, are going to find themselves paying two sales taxes on two bases to two different governments with dif- ferent audits, different reporting techniques and so there is a lot of After the pi federal- provincial finance ministers meeting late last year, Wilson said the two levels of government would negotiate ways for the provinces to help make the new tax easier to operate. . But several provinces indicated in recent days they wouldn’t help collect the unpopular levy, although they’ve offered to lend the federal gover- nment a hand. Wilson's decision to forge ahead on Bloc tough to crack OTTAWA (CP) — There is money to be made in Soviet bloc countries but it will be a long time coming, says a federal trade develop- ment official. David Horley, the External Affairs Department's director of trade development for the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, said Canadian ex- porters shouldn't expect immediate profits. Given the many problems involved with doing business in the east bloc, any company setting up shop there should consider it a long-term invest- ment, he said. The include dated tually no profile in the Soviet bloc. Other than grain sales, Canadian trade to those countries has been poor at best, said Horley. 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