Ae Castlegar News September.17, 1989 BUSINESS CP News Analysis By LARRY WELSH OTTAWA (CP) Hearings into the fede government’s proposed goods_and services sales tax resume Monday, pitting a majority of Canadians again st Finance Minister Michael Wilson. The battle, refereed by portly Conservative MP Don Blenkarn, may decide not only whether Ouawa will use the planned nine-per-cent levy to collect $24 billion on taxpayers’ money in 1991 but also whether Wilson's political career meets a premature end The Commons finance committee hearings will stretch into October and cross the country, calling on business groups, consumer organizations, economists and ordinary Canadians. ANALYSIS The new tax, on a broad range of goods and ser vices, would replace the existing 13.5-per-cent federal sales tax on manufactured products on Jan. 1, 1991 Prime Minister Brian Mulroney indicated Thur sday at the government’s hilltop retreat overlooking Meech Lake that Blenkarn may have more to say than Wilson about the final form of the tax ‘NOT FULLY DEFINED’ Despite the finance minister's 173-page technical paper spelling how the federal government plans to collect the tax, Mulroney said the tax proposal ‘thas yet to be fully and definitively defined Hearings by Blenkarn’s committee could play a key Blenkarn may have last word on tax role in shaping the final form of the sales tax “No doubt they will have changes to suggest, they will have views of how this can be perhaps better put together,"’ Mulroney said.» However, on Friday, Mulroney said the tax will basically take the form described in the technical paper Some Finance Department watchers, Including lobbyists and provincial government officials, believe changes to the sales tax proposal could come only over Wilson's resignation ‘His officials are digging in their heels and Wilson is ready to hand over his badge,” said one source NOTHINGSACRED Blenkarn, a maverick Tory who quettions his par ty’s leaders and policies without batt have the committee report completed in November has declared that everything about the new tax — in cluding the nine-per-cent rate and the exemption for groceries — is open to question This contradicts Wilson's frequent statements that the government has settled how the tax will work An Angus Reid poll published last month suggested 6 per cent of Canadians oppose the new sales tax But the prime minister left no doubt Thursday that the government plans to forge ahead He said Wilson put forward the best plan possible to replace the n flawed and a drag on the economy But Mulroney also indicated he has not closed the book on just what the sales tax will look like, finance committee may write the final chapter nufacturtrs’ tax, widely regarded as and the “tax.” * Palomino Canada called ‘stupid’ REGINA (CP) a is ignoring lessons from Europe periences in going ahead with a proposed federal goods and services ys John Bulloch, president of Jian Federation of Indepen dent Business Japan and New Zealand both lear ned from the pitfalls encountered by countries in Europe that introduced multi-stage tax systems during the last few decades, Bulloch told ference Friday “But the anucks, we did everything wrong. Why do we have to be so stupid? Bulloch said a hearings by a parliamentary committee is a “GST Express’? designed to railroad the tax changes 1991 Friday was the deadline for submit ting papers to the committee and only news con scheduled round of through by Weekly stocks 50 submissions were received as groups scrambled to understand the highly techniéal tax and its future im plications, he said. On a national tour to discuss the tax proposal with provincial-government Bulloch said he met with Saskatchewan Premier Grant Devine and Finance Minister Gary Lane and provincial NDP.and Liberal leaders Lane has said the provincial gover officials, nment will go through a consultation perjod before taking a firm stance ARE DISCOVERING Bulloch said each day Canadians are discovering new problems that would arise under the proposed federal tax on a broad range of goods and services growing understanding of what ide affects thé tax would have is generating a wave of opposition, he said It’s building, instead of subsiding, As more and more people understand it, the wave builds.” because the tax is a bad tax Bulloch said the real problem is with integrating a federal multi-s retail s tax with nine provincial retail the government's proposal, which he said drove up the suggested rate to nine per centinstead of a more modest six percent “These exemptions have multiple gther distortions and create problems,”’ Bulloch said NOTICE City Hall Office Hours Effective Monday, September 18, 1989 -City-Hall will return to normal office hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday to poe excluding statutory holidays. CITY OF CASTLEGAR a a NW MICHAEL WILSON . wants to be fair Tax fair, Wilson FERRARO'S jaction is Our Main Concern” BRANDON, Man. (CP) The proposed goods and services tax is a Juice Grapes (36 Ib. box) Grape Juice fair tax that will go a long way to help balance Canada’s budget, Finance Minister Michael Wilson said. The tax will help deal with the long term debt problem, he told about 400 business people and farmers. “That would mean we would have a balanced budget by 1993-94," he said. ‘Our objective is to have the fairest tax possible and the most efficient © Zinfandel blend © Burgundy © Cabernet blend © Chenin blanc © French Columbard © Grey Reisling © Sauvignon blanc mixed black Valdepino Alicante Barbera Carrigniana Muscatel Palomino © Barbera ¢ Muscatel Wilson was in Winnipeg earlier Friday where he delivered a similar message to the business community September 17, 1989 Srorts Talk to us today. 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Genelle dtrap as he gets in some rounds of 4 * 4 Nth « nine Expos bomb Mets to snap slump MONTREAL (CP) — After several days of famine, the Montreal Expos feasted Saturday night, scoring more runs than they had in their last five games — all losses — in battering the New York Mets 10-1 In-losing five straight games, the Ex pos had produced only six runs. But they had seven in the first three innings Mets, whose defeat left them 5 games behind the Chicago Cubs, the East Division leaders. Montreal, in fourth place, is seven games out, with 14to play Owen was one of nine men Fernan: dez faced in the first. He had already surrendered a two-run home run to Andres Galarraga, his 22nd, and was Owen's fourth RBI was on a single against reliever John Mitchell in the fifth, an inning in which Montreal ad- ded runs ona Larry Walker groundout and an error by Mets third baseman Howard Johnson Perez, 9-12, pitched a four hitter and yielded only a second-inning run on Mark Carreon’s RBI single before against Sid Fernandez, 11-5, who had not allowed more than six runs in any of his 28 starts this season While Fernandez had an abysmal outing, Spike Owen, the Expos shor tstop, had one of his most productive single. performances in his seven-year major out, run-scoring sing the glove of centre fielder Juan Samuel as he attempted to make a sliding cat ch. Pascual Perez, the Expos pitcher, day league career. He tied a career high, first established with Seattle in 1984, by driving in four runs, on three singles Owen’s contribution alone was ball fell untouched enough to scuttle the second-place centre field trying to wriggle out of a two-out, bases loaded jam when Owen lined a 2 2 pitch into centre field for a two-run In the fourth, Owen blooped a two: then brought in two runs when his fly leaving for a pinch hitter in the seven: th, as Tim Burke and Zane Smith each worked an inning Expos notes: With Tim Wallach still bothered by a sore right knee, catcher Mike Fitzgerald made his second start of the season at third base Left fielder Tim Raines, who was not in the je that fell from starting lineup, turned 30 on Satur Games started Saturday for the twosquads the Expos will have in the instructional league in West Palm Beach into short left NHL EXHIBITION GAMES Oilers slip by Leafs EDMONTON (CP) — Esa Tikkanen, Craig Simpson, Martin Gelinas and Chris Joseph all scored as the Edmon: ton Oilers whipped the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 The Leafs’ Dave Reid scored on a breakaway early in the third to spoil Bill Ranford’s shutout bid. Tom Fergus ripped a shot as he was falling in front of Ranford sh« afterward to bring the Leafs closer The teams played sluggishly through most of the night although the Oilers showed flashes of finesse through part of the first period, when they put the game away with three unanswered goals. SABRES 3 DEVILS 2 ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Mike Hartman's goal 4:35 into the third period broke a 2-2 tie and lifted the Buf falo Sabres toa 3-2 victory over the New Jersey Devils. Hartman took Kevin Maguire’s pass and backhanded it past goalie Chris Terreri, giving the Sabres the victory in the exhibition opener for both teams. Neither team played their Soviet players, with the Sabres saving defector Alexander Mogilny for tonight's home game against Hartford. New Jersey chose to rest defencemen Viachelsav Fetisov and Sergei Starikov Turgeon, WHALERS 6 PENGUINS 3 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)—Right winger Pat Ver beek scored two goals and had one assist and defenceman Dave Babych added a goal and two assists as the Hartford Whalers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 Verbeek, obtained from New Jersey on Jurte 17 for Sylvain Turgeon, keyed Hartford's five-goal barrage in the second period with a goal at 3:24 and a second, the winner, atl4:11 Ray Ferraro earned three assists while Dean Evason, Scott Young and Marc Laforge had goals for Hartford FLYERS 3 ISLES 2 PHILADELPHIA (AP) 4:23 to play to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 3-2 exhibition victory over the New York Islanders Saturday Propp, who set up the Flyers’ other goals, beat Islan ders Jeff Hackett between the pads at 15:37 of the final period Philadelphia took a 1-0 lead on Pelle Eklund’s power play goal at 9:00 of the first period. Islanders rookie Tom Fitzgerald tied the game at 11:50 with an unassisted goal Mogilny Brian Propp scored with likely to be linemates WHEATFIELD, N.Y. (CP) — Buf falo general manager Gerry Meehan drools at the thought of having two of the world’s finest young forwards vic timizing goaltenders Centre Pierre Turgeon, the No. | en try-draft selection in 1987 and the right winger Alexander Mogilny, will be a formidable team. Mogilny shocked. the sports world last_ May when he became the first Soviet hockey player of any stature to defect “There's a good chance we'll use them on the same line,”” Me amid the crunch of bodies and the pox. The six-foot-one, crash of pucks against the boards at the Sabres’ training facility between Buf falo and Niagara Falls very gifted puck handler and skater Sabres’ leading scorer last season, and “He's a very intelligent hockey player. He anticipates plays well, jum ps into openings play with him who will get him the puck at the right, time proven he can do that."* He needs a guy to Turgeon has missed the first week of camp while recovering from chicken 200-pound native of Rouyn, Que., scored 34 goals d had $4 assists in his sophomore “Alexander isa season. He had an outstanding second half, displaying the talents the Sabres have patiently nurtured Mogilny socred 38 goals in 98 games over three seasons as a teenaged mem Red Army team and was a member of championship Soviet teams at the Olympics ber of the Cent Turgeon has Jays struggle to win in 11th TORONTO (CP) — Having bot ched two sacrifice attempts earlier in the game, the Toronto Blue Jays finally laid down a successful bunt in the I Ith inning and it led to the winning run in a 3-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday afternoon, George Bell led off the 11th by pun: ching a double into the right field cor ner off Doug Jones, 7-9. After Fred McGriff drew an intentional walk, pinch hitter Alexis Infante laid a bunt down the third-base line and reached first when Denny Gonzalez made a poor throw to first, drawing Mark Higgins off the bag With the bases loaded and none out, Cleveland was forced to bring in its infield. Tony Fernandez hit a sharp grounder that skipped off shortstop Luis Aguayo's glove for an error, allowing Bell to cross with the winner The decision ended a maze of managerial moves and a frustrating af ternoon for the Blue Jays, who failed repeatedly to execute with runners in scoring position Two solo homers off starter Dave Stieb gave Cleveland a 2-0 lead. Joe Carter drilled an 0-2 pitch for his 33rd homer — three behind McGriff, the league leader — in the first inning and Dave Clark reached the second deck in the second inning, Fernandez hit a solo homer off hard-luck starter John Farrell in the bottom of the second and drove in the tying run with a sacrifice fly in the six: th WIN FOR WE Duane Ward pitched a gutsy 3 2-3 innings in relief of Stieb, surviving two leadoff walks with the help of five strikeouts. David Wells, 7-4, retired two pinch hitters in the 11th for the win In the regulation nine, wasted several chances to put the game away In the third with one out, Junior Felix overcame a 4-for-40 slide with a triple to straightaway centre. The next hitter, Lloyd Moseby, popped the first pitch to shallow right, Toronto freezing the speedy Felix at third. Mookie Wilson lined to centre to end the inning Fernandez led off the fifth with a double, moving to third on a Rance Mulliniks grounder. But Nelson Liriano. popped the first pitch from Farrell to short, leaving Fernandez on third with twoout Felix and Moseby drew. walks, loading the bases for Wilson He worked the count to 3-1, but Farrell refused to give in. Wilson took a close strike and fouled back three pitches before Farrell struck him out. In the sixth, Toronto began with @ Bell single and a walk. Left-hander Jeff Kaiser replaced Farrell, so Toron- to manager Cito Gaston countered by sending Pat Borders in to pinch hit for Ernie Whitt Attempting to bunt, Borders let two pitches go for balls. Ordered to con- tinue, he fouled off two more attempts before finally swinging at a bad pitch on a 3-2. count and flying out to right, Bell tagged on the play, moving to third. He scored on Fernandez’s fly to left. Leading off the seventh, Liriano stretched a hit into. a double when left fielder Beau Allred juggled the ball, but once again Toronto failed to ad- vance the runner Jesse Orosco replaced Steve Olin, getting Felix to flub two bunt attempts before retiring him on a called third strike. Moseby flew ot and Wilson fanned for the third time. Jays Notes: Attendance of 49,218 pushed attendance to 3,028,912; the Minnesota Twins’ AL record falls today The Dodgers, Cardinals, Mets and Twins are the only other teams to draw three million fans in @ single season WILL JOIN CANUCKS MONDAY Krutov arrives VANCOUVER (CP) — Soviet hockey star Viadimir Krutov faced a barrage of lights and cameras when he arrived at Vancouver International Airport on Friday after a 19-hour trip from Moscow Krutov will join his former linemate Igor Larionov on~ the Vancouver Canucks’ roster College students Walter Sheloff and Julie Wierenga talked briefly with the 29-year-old left winger “We just tried to make him feel at home,” said Sheloff, who speaks Russian. ‘‘There’s been so much hype about the hockey aspect “I gave him my home phone number Lake cleanup to start By CasNews Staff Westar Timber Ltd. is asking boaters to join forces with the com pany to help clean up theArrow Lakes Next week Westar will introduce its Flag a Snag program which supplies three-foot high flags for boaters to mark floating debris on the lakes. In the Castlegar region, the flags will be available at Scotties Marina and Syringa Park Marina “It's a great program,” says Scottie Tait owner of Scotties Marina “wwe've had 45 boats repaired from debris they’ ve hit in the lake this year Jim LeLacheur, manager of Westar Timber in Nakusp, said the program has been’successfully implemented on the Coast with good results ““We plan on putting up posters and handing out pamphlets to educate the boaters,” he said. ‘We also want to limit flagging to debris that could damage the hull of a boat The Westar Marine Department plans to pick up the marked debris and take it to a holding area before moving it with regular tows to the Castlegar mill LeLacheur says high winds and rising lake levels have contributed to the increase in deadheads and hazards throughout the lake. Tait agrees and said Westar has had some “bad breaks’’ which added to the number of low-floating logs “But the lake is a lot cleaner now,” says Tait, adding the program will help everyone who uses the waterway The all-weather bright orange flags are mounted on three-foot long steel rods pointed on one end. The rods will be hammered into the ends of deadheads or into floating logs and debris to mark them as hazards to naviga.ion and told him to phone me: t-want him to feel comfortable. Andrew Castell of Burnaby, who claims he hasn't missed a Canuck home game since the team entered the National Hockey League in 1970, han: ded Krutov a mug with the Canucks’ logo on it and was rewarded by having his team pennant autographed. “P've been phoning the Canucks’ office all day to try and find out when he was coming in,’’ Castell said. ‘They wouldn’t let it out but I heard on the radio when he might arrive so I came down anyway. I think this is a great thing for the Canucks.”” Krutov, who was signed by Van- couver on Sept. 6 in Moscow, isn’t ex- pected to join his new team until Mon- day By CasNews Staff After 28 years of officiating Castlegar minor hockey and the Rebels, Bill Savinkoff deserves a medal of valor But in Penticton, at the recent British Columbia, Amateur Hockey Association annual meeting, Savinkoff received his just reward as he was presented with a plaque commemorating his work with minor hockey The Castlegar resident was Junior BILL SAVINKOFF . 28 years of officiating CAHA honors Savinkoff awarded the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association's honor for outstanding service to minor hockey in Canada. The award was presented by, BCAHA president Frank Lento of Fernie in front of a gathering of 400 delegates Also at the annual meeting, @ decision was made to no longer allow body checking from the pee wee level (age 13) and younger. The new rule takes effect immediately.