BUSINESS

Ps .,
Castlégar News Janvary 13, 1988

‘Sunbirds' benefit
rom strong dollar

By SHAWN MeCARTHY
Canadian Press

TORONTO — Every January, Vern Barber and his
wife, Irene, like to take a Florida vacation — joining the
of th ds of Canadians eager to escape the

frigid winter weather.

Last year, the retired Oshawa Group executive paid
$1.33 for every U.S. dollar he bought. This year — thanks to
a buoyant Canadian dollar — he'll fork over about $1.29 for
every $1 US.

While that may not sound like much of a difference, it
adds up when you're spending thousands of dollars from a
fixed income, says the 66-year-old from Mississauga, Ot.,
just west of Toronto.

“In our case, if we're debating whether to stay for four
or six weeks, it would encourage you to go for six,”_says
Barber, who lives on a combination of savings and pension.

Most economists predict Barber will make out even
better next year.

Some suggest the Canadian dollar, which is hovering
around at 77 cents US, will hit 80 cents later this year.

The currency has gained more than five cents since Jan.
2, 1987, when it sat at a lowly 72.56 cents US. It ended 1987
at 76.93 cents US.

HURTS EXPORTERS *~ a
The strong dollar is good for sunbirds and consumers
who ean expect lower import prices, but it hurts Canadian
exporters, who ship 80 per cent of their goods to the United
States.
Those businesses are getting paid in a U.S. currency
that is worth less this month that it was last
And it may well be worth even less next month.
“We were forecasting the Canadian dollar would hit 80
cents within the next year or so,” says economist Paul
Kovacs, of Burns Fry Ltd. investment house. “Now it looks
like it will be sooner rather than Jater.”

But there are more cautious predictions.

“I don't think the current levels can be sustained,” says

June Riley, an economist and currency specialist with the
Royal Bank of Canada.

‘There is a bit of a speculative influence which makes it
vulnerable to any surprises

Still, like most analysts, Riley feels that such factor:
the Bank of Canada's tight-credit policy and the country's
relatively strong economic growth will contribute to the
dollar's underlying strength in 1988.

For consumers, the higher dollar will mean savings on
goods from the U.S. or those paid for in American dollars —
which account for some 90 per cent of imports.

And that, in turn, helps keep the cost-of-living under
control.

Consumers of fresh fruit and vegetables will see the
most immediate benefits, says Peter Dawes, chief executive
officer of the Canadian Importers’ Association.

It takes about five days for the price breaks to work
their way down to the retail level, adds food broker Nick
Luciano, of F.G. Lister Ltd.

“The consumer will see some changes (as a result of the
latest week-long surge), but not after the weekend,” says
Luciano, who works amid the free-enterprise mayhem of the
bustling Ontario food terminal in Toronto.

He says the year-long climb in the Canadian dollar has
, been offset by harsh weather in California, which has sent
* the prices of many fresh vegetables skyward.

For other consumer goods, it may take several months
for any price breaks to show up, Dawes says.

That's because \most importers now buy their U.S,
dollars ahead of time to protect themselves against a
possible drop in the Canadian currency.

Few companies have the luxury of increasing their
prices in the competitive U.S. market to make up the
difference.

For example, Falconbridge — a major exporter of
nickel, copper and zinc — estimates a one-cent rise in the
value. of the Canadian dollar over a year would knock $4
million of its annual profit.

BELLINGHAM
GOES AFTER
B.C. FIRMS

‘2 4 By STEVE MERTL
Canadian Press

BELLINGHAM, ‘Wash. — The Queen Mary, in the
form of an enormous tie clip, rides at anchor on Donald
Fleming's chest.

It's a souvenir of his days as public relations director
of the huge Port of Long Beach, where the real liner is
permanently berthed as a tourist attraction.

But the tie clip isn’t all Fleming brought with him
from Long Beach, a Los Angeles suburb which he helped
turn into the busiest container port on the West Coast.

Fleming now is directing an aggressive marketing
push for the Port of Bellingham in northwestern
Washington which, among other things, is reaching
across the nearby border into British Columbia for
business.

Three freight trains a day take the Burlington-Nor.
thern Railroad's main line past the building where
Fleming, the port's executive director, has his office.
They carry cargo between Vancouver and Seattle, “and
we're not getting any of it,” he says.

The port's strategy is designed to exploit Belling
ham’s position between the two much bigger centres —
Seattle, about 150 kilometres to the south, and
Vancouver, a 45-minute freeway drive across the border.

Fleming hopes not only to skim off some cargo traffic
from his two big neighbors but also to entice Canadian
companies looking to the U.S. market to set up shop in
Whatcom County, which butts up against the B.C.
border.

Fleming has no pretensions about a rivalry. And
Vancouver officials say the possibility of losing some
traffic doesn’t intimidate them.

“We wish them well but we're experienced in
competition on the (West) Coast,” says Peter Hebb,
senior vice-chairman at the Vancouver Board of Trade.

Even if Bellingham doubled its port traffic from
1987's estimated 450,000 tonnes it would hardly be
noticed in Vancouver, which this year expects to move 64
million tonnes of freight.

The port's jurisdiction includes the smaller harbor at
Blaine at the Canada-U.S. border, several inland
industrial sites and the Bellingham airport. The regional
airport annually handles 120,000 passengers — 40 per
cent from B.C. — and 5,400 tonnes of cargo.

Three B.C. shake and shingle operations now have
plants on property owned by the port in Sumas, Wash, a
dairy farming community just across the border from
Abbotsford, B.C., 80 kilometres east of Vancouver.

PLANTS OPENED

Dentech, a North Vancouver dental equipment
manufacturer, has had a plant in Sumas for four years.
Alpha Technologies Ltd. of Burnaby, B.C., which makes
uninterruptable power supplies for cable television and
computer systems, opened a planton port property at the
Bellingham airport three years ago.

The port has become a conduit for B.C. companies
thinking of moving across the line because the port's
jurisdiction includes all of Whateom County. .

Fleming said his staff, which makes regular forays
into B.C.’s Lower Mainland, has fielded inquiries from at
least 50 Canadian firms. He expects a dozen might
realistically locate in or near Bellingham.

The Americans are sensitive to claims they're
siphoning jobs from Canada.

“There'’re a few out there of the opinion that we're
trying to steal jobs from B.C.,” says Sumas Mayor Bob
Mitchell. “But I believe the jobs would never have been
created in the first place.”

His Canadian constitutents back him up.

Most of Dentech’s sales are in the U.S. says general
manager, Al Kennedy, one of two Canadians overseeing
the Sumas plant. Dentech avoids higher import duties by
assembling components in the U.S. rather than importing
completed systems.

Research and development is still done in Canada, he
says, and the U.S. plant even created more Canadian
jobs. It allowed Dentech to open a machine shop in
Abbotsford employing 35 people.

MOVE TO U.S.

A punitive U.S. tariff imposed last year forced the
shake and shingle operations to move south. Scott Clark,
whose family owns two of the three shake and shingle
plants in Sumas, says it was a matter of survival. The
35-per-cent duty still applies but only to the unfinished
value of the wood, which undergoes final processing in
Sumas.

Another weapon in Bellingham’s arsenal is a quartet
of foreign trade zones, specially designated areas where
goods coming into the country are exempt from duties.
The three Canadian wood operations in Sumas are in one
of the zones.

The zones — they exist all over the U.S. — can be
used as duty-free stopovers for goods going abroad or to
put off paying duty until goods are closer to their U.S.
destinations, saving importers some cash

Fleming wants to attract manufacturers into| the
zones. Companies could bring in components from outside
the U.S. duty free and assemble them in the zones for
shipment abroad, creating jobs in the county

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LARGE babies crib mattress.
new. $25. 365-7823 3

ONE Hanimex 620 disc camera.
used twice, $25; one Kenmore
electric shampooer, $15. 365.
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2 BDRM. house, Robson; full
basement. Fridge, stove, $250
365-2224 3/2

1 BDRM. suite, furnished bright HO*
and clean, utilities and cable. no
pas; Robson. 365-7862 Mal?

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Family like atmosphere
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with fridge and stove
Ideal Retirement
Handicapped Units
available

Close to 3 schools
Private Entrance
Sundeck or Patio

Nutrina Feed Specials
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Castlegar area. $215/month
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PRIME space in professional of
fice building. Also warehouse
with loading
reasonable rent
2434.

2 BDRM. house.

mediately: Ad

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3 BDRM. townhouse, downtown
tridge, stove. Excellent river
view; private yard, electric heat
no pets. 365- 34
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6354 3/4

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LARGE older house in rural set
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ARROW LAKE FRONTAGE. 7 plus
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(boat access). $30,000. 509-838.
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E stove, addition
redecorated 3 er, woodstove
TV. Reason 365, 3953, 7/101

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Gnique 2 bdrm., 1% both,
12'x68' mobile home. Large
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1975 JEEP Cherokee station.
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Standard, $1,350. 365-71 3/3
1975 TOLRNWAGON "Rabbit
rebuilt motor, goc4 condition.
ate Ah CO 6
1981 FORD Supercab F150, 300-6.
cylinder. 2.wheel drive. Camper
optional. 365-71 3/3
1986 STELLAR Sipeed loaded
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1987 CHEVY
CHEVETTES

mer $6995

prerew

2880 Hwy. Driv
Phone 366-9134 TRAIL
1976 MERCURY Monarch, ex
cellent condition. 1979 Plymouth
Horizon 365-8032 after 6
p.m 3/3
FORD 1964 cargo van. Engin
902-V8 rebuilt. Fair shape
Phone 365-719
1983 TOYOTA Corolla,

000 km., like new

1978 GRAND AM classic, good
running condition. 365-6935. 7/3

1970 FORD ‘%-1on reliable, good
condition, good tires, $750 0.b.o
365-7695 3/3

1981 RED Toyoto 4x4, excellent
condition. 365-5879 4
fully
79 CAMARO, “ao ‘auto Prone
365-29. tin
1980 "FO ‘a-ton, good con
3905, 34
i Gmc Rally STX 350, eP*
p.b., clean. $8,000. 365.
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Downtown Grand Forks

Vernon Street, Nelson, B.C. by
January 25, 1988. For detailed in
n call 354-4447 4
BUDGET RENT\A-Cor would like ra
to thank all those who applied
for the counter-person position
advertised last week. This
position has now been filled. /4
BABY SITTER require
children ages 5 and 3 in Genelle
area. 693-5526 3/4
BABYSITTER in my North
Castlegar home — two school
age children, one | *-years old: 3
days per week 5070; 365.
9. 3/4

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Hi!

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cellent location, great
parking and walk-in
traffic

If you are interested in
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yOU can renta station

If You are Interested
Call Me Up At

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DENTAL ASSISTANT for full-time
employment mature, energetic,
quick learner, self-starter and
manual dexterity and able to
work a flexible schedule. Apply
in writing only #6: Or. D.W. Gils,

1100-; Sed Street, Castiegor, B.C
VIN IZ 7/4

WOMAN in her 30s willing fo
babysit in my home in North

Castlegar. Reasonable rates,
reterences available. Phone 365.
6.

RAE’S
PLUMBING
365-6658

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