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OTTAWA (CP) — The Conser-
vative government flexed its majority
muscles Tuésday and passed the
goods and services tax by a vote of
144 to 114,

The vote ended nine months of

debate in the Commons.

But the seven-per-cent tax is headed
for a rough ride in the Senate, where
the legislation also required approval,

Moments after the vote, gover-
riment House leader Harvie Andre
said the Liberal-dominated Senate
has no business trying to obstruct the
islati Bill C-62.

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the legislation with its authority,
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morally and not conventionally, and
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we consider it reasonable for an
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Commons, then I think we are into a
dangerous, dangerous situation,’’
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The GST is to take effect next Jan.
1, replacing the 13.5 per cent federal
sales tax hidden in the price of
manufactured products.

Under the Constitution, the tax
legislation must be passed by both the
Commons and the unelected Senate

and, approved by the. Governor
Geaferdl before it becomes law.
Ch¢ers and jeers echoed through

the Commons as the final vote on the
GST concluded and two protesters
were hauled out of a visitors’ gallery
for throwing rolls of paper over a
balcony and on to the chamber floor.

In one more act of defiance against
the Tories, New Democrat MPs stood
in the Commons to vote against the
law holding fistfuls of protest cards.

FOLLOW CONSCIENCE

As expected, Tory MPs David
Kilgour from Edmonton and Alex
Kindy from Calgary refused to follow
their government leaders and voted
against the bill.

ToryHouse leader Harvie Andre
later told CBC -News that Kilgour and.
Kindy will likely be dumped from
government ranks this morning when
the national Tory caucus meets.

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French hostage deal criticized

PARIS (AP) — The French n ded: nee
criticism today by insisting it had not dealt with terrorists in negotiating
the releasé of a French woman, her Belgigncompanion and their-child,

The three were released in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday by Abu
Nidal’s Libyan-backed Palestinian terrorist'group after more than two
years in captivity and flown to France, spending the night at @ Paris
military hospita! « -

Foreign Minister Roland Dumas said today negotiations for the
release of the three, believed to have been held in Libya, were on the
level of “‘state to state.”” He said France ‘‘did not speak with the abduc-

"Lithuanian letter published

MOSCOW (CP) — A letter from loyalist workers in Lit
urging President Mikhail Gorbachev to impose direct presidential rule
to quash separatism in the Baltic republic, was published prominently
today in major Soviet newspapers. ae

The letter, signed by 41 workers at the Vilma factory in Vilnius,
said non-Lithuanians-and-people opposed to independence are victims
of discrimination and repression on the part of nationalists trying to im-
pose a ‘‘new dictatorship.””

The publication came the day after Gorbachev told a Communist
Youth Congress that he does not rule out the possible use of special
powers which allow him to impose direct rule by Moscow in a republic
threatened by civil strife.

Easing of hostility called for

KATMANDU (AP) — King Birendra has withdrawn from politics
and wants the government to ease the hostility and bitterness caused by
the bloody crackdown on the pro-reform movement, the foreign
minister said today,

State radio said all charges will be dropped against activists arrested
since the movement began on Feb. 18. The opposition says about 300
political prisoners are in jail.

Foreign Minister Pashupati Rana’s comments are the first on the
king’s role in Nepal’s new multiparty system, -which Birendra
established on Sunday by lifting a 29-year ban on political parties.

Rana told reporters talks are continuing with a centrist party anda
left-wing coalition on the formation of a provisional government.

Allegations to be investigated

WINNIPEG (CP) — Police will investigate allegations that a for-
mer officer leaked confidential documents to a suspect in the bombing
of a Revenue Canada investigators’ home.

Several of s in the force’s crime division are investigating and
will lay charges if they learn who leaked the document, Crime Supt. Joe
Gallagher said Tuesday.

Elwyn David Evans, 45, of Komarno, Man., was charged Monday
with murder, ing an jive without a lawful excuse
and setting off an explosive with intent to cause injury.

Evans will appear in court on April 23.

The explosion last May 12 caused about $50,000 damage to the
home of Wayne Pouteau. The family of six was sleeping when the
‘bomb, a military device that sprays metal over a large area, blew up.

Mother Teresa resigns

VATICAN CITY (Reuter) — Mother Teresa, who won the Nobel
Peace prize for helping the destitute, has resigned for health reasons as
head of her worldwide i izati the Vatican
today.

“Pope John Paul has accepted the resignation of Mother Teresa on
health grounds,”’ Vatican spokesman Piero Pennachini said.

Based in India, the 79-year-old nun, fitted with a heart pacemaker
last December, resigned as Superior of her Missionaries of Charity or-
der, which runs more than 400 homes around the world for the needy

Taxpayers should

bone up

By The Canadian Press

Whether taxpayers use a high-tech calculator or
an eraser-tipped pencil, errors can creep in when filling
out the 1989 income tax form.

Most mistakes result from simple mathematical
slip-ups,. Revenue Canada officials say. Some have a
domino effect: if one number is wrong, the error is
compounded all along the line.

Among the 18 million tax forms filed last year,
Revenue Canada counted five million errors in just the
top nine categories.

Revenue Canada intervenes in about one-third of
returns — by making a correction, for example, or
requesting missing information, says spokesman
Colette Gentes-Hawn.

Here are the most common errors taxpayers made
last year:

© About 1.6 million taxpayers incorrectly

their total tax credits, sueh
as tuition fees, medical expenses and-Canada_or
Quebec Pension Plan contributions. That probably
was because such credits made their first appearance
on the form last year.

A thorough reading of the forms should ease con-
fusion as to whether to use one of the tables at the
back of the return to get the amount of the credit, or
compute the number according to the standard 17-per-
cent formula, says Toronto accountant Arnold Perel.

© 575,000 returns had to be revised because of
errors in the Quebec tax abatement calculation, a for-
mula that reduces the federal tax payable for Quebec
residents.

The computation has been on the form for years,
but some people still don’t have the mathematics down
pat, says Pierre Baraby, a manager at accounting firm
Samson Belair in Montreal.

Emphasis should be placed on correctly figuring
out taxable income, he says, because if that’s wrong,
the tax abatement calculation is going to be wrang too.

*® 565,000 mistakes were made by taxpayers trying
to determine the provincial tax credit in British
Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Newfoun-
diand.

The spouse with the higher income fills out this
section, Perel says. Mistakes resulted if the lower-paid
spouse picked up the credit, or if an incorrect net in-

on math

come from the other spouse was entered.

* $35,000 taxpayers made mistakes in calculating
how much they owe the government, or the gover-
nment owes them. Many of the errors resulted from
the simple subtraction of the total credits from total
tax payable.

* 365,000 tax returns had incorrect calculations
of the individual surtax. Some people don’t realize that
an ascending surtax rate is at the back of tax forms,
says Revenue Canada. It’s column No. 2, between the
federal tax and provincial tax tables. A mere slip of the
finger landing on the wrong column or line may lead to
an error, says Perel.

* 295,000 made errors in determining the federal
sales tax credit. Mathematical mistakes are the culprits
here, experts say.

* 280,000 claims had to be adjusted because the
amounts for Canada Pension Plan or Quebec Pension
Plan on the return didn’t agree with T4 slips.

* 190,000 income tax forms had to be adjusted so
the amount of instalments of tax payments for non-
salaried Canadians entered on the return agreed with
the total credits yecorded from T4 slips and other in-
formation.

© 175,000 taxpayers incorrectly indicated their
allowable Canada Pension Plan or Quebec Pension
Plan contributions. Deductions for the plans used to
be at the top of page 2, but that changed under tax
reform and they’re now at the bottom of that page un-
der non-refundable tax credits, says tax author Evelyn
Jacks of Winnipeg.

“(Last year) people just couldn’t find where to
put them,”’ she says.

Along with the mistakes, more than 855,800 tax-
payers had to be contacted by Revenue Canada for
more information, Gentes-Hawn says.

There may be a whole new series of mistakes with
the introduction of the federal goods and services tax
credit — the green sheets included with 1989 tax forms.

The errors of omission and commission add up to
one sure thing: delays in completing returns.

If you’re one of the three out of four tax filers
who will receive a refund, it’s especially important to
double-check your figures and make sure all your slips
and receipts are included, experts say.

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Report to Shareholders

WES G

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r I Nhe past year was pivotal for Westar
Group as we accomplished many
of our goals and significantly reshaped
your Company, The resulting stronger
overall financial condition will allow
us to spend more of our energies manag,
ing our assets for shareholder value
Operationally, 1989 was a year of
record-breaking achievements
During 1989 we had serious discussions
with a number of parties in our efforts
to raise new equity im Westar Group
Prior to year-end, a definitive agree
ment was signed with First City Capital
Markets (Canada) Ltd. to provide a full
standby commitment for a nghts ofter
ing. Holders of Common shares of
record on February 2, 1990 and holders
of bearer share certificates were entitled
to receive one right for each Common
share held enabling them to subscribe
for one Common shate per right at an
exercise price of $0.94 per share
54,284,074 Common shares were sub
scribed for under the rights offering,
including approximately 12 million
Common shares acquired by First City
and its sub-purchasers pursuant to the
exercise of rights. Under the definitive
agreement, First City and its sub:
purchasers bought the 42,212,661 Com
mon shares not subscribed for under the
rights offering, The offering raised
approximately $84 million net of costs
for Westar Group, to be put towards
reducing the Company's outstanding
debt and funding additional working
and investment capital in our core
businesses.
1989 earnings included a gain of
approximately $20 million on the dis
position of the Company’s common
share investment in Westcoast Energy
Inc., in conjunction with the redemp.
tion on September 25, 1989 of the Com
pany’s Exchangeable Preferred shares
On January 12, 1990, Westar Mining, a
non-consolidated subsidiary, announced
a financial restructuring plan that will
enable it to continue to operate as a
going concern. The plan is substantially
the sare as that proposed in February,
1989, but without any provisions re
lating to Westar Mining's Series | Pre
ferred shares. The plan is conditional
on formal documentation satisfactory
to all parties being signed
With these accomplishments behind
us, Westar Group will be better posi

tioned financially to compete

Sales

Cost and expenses
Cost of products sold
Selling and administrative
Depreciation and amortization

Operating income
‘Gain on disposition of Westcoast
Energy shares
Other income
Financing costs
Earnings before income taxes
Income taxes (recovery)
Net earnings for the year

Net earnings per Common share

si
AS AT DECEMBER 3!

ASSETS

Current

Property. plant and equipment
Investments and other assets
Deferred income taxes

Current liabilities

Long-term debt

Provision for reforestation costs
Minority interest in subsidiary
Shareholders’ equity (deficit)

auditors unqualiied report thereon, are inc

SUMMARY OF THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 3!

\UMMARY OF THE CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS.

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

These summaries have been prepared from the consolidated financial statements which. together with the
uded in the Company's 1989 Annual Rey

1989 1988
(Millions)
$ 366.9 $ 339.0

255.4
92

1989 1988
(Mithons)

$ 106.2 $ 809
263.3
412.2
19.9

$4763

$476.3

port which contains more

However, we cannot ignore the fact that
we operate cyclical businesses affected
by external forces oftembeyond our con
trol. In particular, we continue to strug.
gle with the twin problems of high in
terest rates and the high exchange rate
of the Canadian dollar.

Operations Highlights
Westshore Terminals had another
record year, handling 20 million tonnes
of coal. Westar Timber’s operations ran
well and the company’s marketing pro:
grams reached an important milestone
selling more than one billion board feet
of lumber

Our non-consolidated subsidianes also
performed well under very difficult
circumstances. Total coal shipments
from Westar Mining reached a new high
of 9.6 million tonnes and Westar Petro.
leum optimized production within its
existing base of operations. However,
Westar Petroleum is burdened by exces
sive debt levels and is continuing to
attempt to find a way to resolve this
problem

ry IN Westar Group

Aprti 5, 1990

Annual Meeting Matters
In addition to regular business items
shareholders will-be asked at the
Annual Meeting to vote on increasing
the number of authorized Common
shares by 200 million shares, and on
changing the number of Company
directors from eight to eleven

Mr. Sleeman resigned as a director in
November, 1989, and First City is
entitled to designate four individuals as
nominees for election. Proposed, there
fore, are the seven directors remaining
from last year’s board, and Messrs.
Brent S. Belzberg, Samuel Belzberg,
John Bradlow and J. Allan Thorlakson

Outlook

With the rights offering completed, we
can plan for some selective reinvest
ment in our core business units
Westshore Terminals will be proceeding
with a new rotary dumper project for
added storage flexibility. At Westar
Timber we will consider proposals for
the modernization of our two smaller
manufacturing facilities. We will con:
tinue #0 concentrate on controlling
costs and increasing productivity and
sales. It is only through the combined
efforts of cur employces that we are
now at a point where we can focus our
energies on managing our assets and the
pursuit of future growth. Although our
debt level continues to be high, in 1989
we took some big steps in the direction
of ensuring our Company's future
stability.

Annual Report

Should you wish to receive a copy of the
1989 Annual Report, please

write to

WESTAR GROUP LTD.

1900 - 1176 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6E 4B9

long-sought Canada-U.S. acid rain
accord will begin in the summer,
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said
after a business and baseball meeting

PM says talks on
acid rain planned

TORONTO (CP) — Talks on a with President George Bush.

Discussion of the pact, which
Canada has wanted for a decade, will
probably start after U.S. acid rain

legislation makes its way through

Congress.
~ “Once the legislation passes . . .
perhaps this summer we can begin the
process of negotiating a bilateral ac-
cord on acid rain,"’ Mulroney said
Tuesday during a news conference at
the SkyDome while Bush looked on.

Bush refused to be drawn into the
divisive debate over the Meech Lake
constitutional accord, but told repor-
ters a unified Canada is ‘‘great par-
tner’’ — and would continue to be.

Even with a U.S. clean-air law,
Canada still believes it needs an acid
rain accord to keep the United States
honest, Mulroney said.

“It will be an international in-
strument that will allow us to put the
application of the document before
intrenational tribunals,’” he said.

Canadian officials were delighted
with the announement, which comes
after years of U.S. refusal to consider
the idea while Ronald Reaga® was
president

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Meanwhile, Canadian motorists
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“Our industry will face billions of
dollars in potential costs’’ if proposed
environmental regulations are passed,
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“But I'm optimistic the market-
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costs’’ though higher prices, he said.

industry has already gone
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