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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1989
Page
5
Maureen Gammon argues against the Northern Tax Allowance cut and accuses McGillivray, vice chair of the Task Force, of arrogance and misleading statements. She notes government study costs, fears exodus from the north, and urges keeping northern incentives to attract families and workers despite political pressure.
At the November 27 meeting in Chetwynd Chairman Bud Browns accepted the resignation of Trustee Gerry Gleeson after three years service. He will finish a Simon Fraser University teaching program in December and seek teaching posts in the district to avoid conflicts of interest. He urged the board to keep education as its top priority.
BC shows a 9.6 percent rise in retail sales for the year to August, outpacing Canada. August new car sales hit 153 million dollars, up 11.1 percent, while manufacturing shipments topped 2.3 billion, a 6.8 percent gain. BC added 87,000 jobs, about 47 percent of Canada’s 184,000 new positions, with the Help Wanted Index rising 33 percent. Exports to Pacific Rim reached 4.97 billion in the first eight months, up 14.3 percent, and a Prince George FMC plant will expand to 41,000 tonnes of hydrogen peroxide annually by 1990, joining environmental policy shifts. An Asian commerce chair will be created at UBC with a 1-million-dollar endowment from the Hong Kong Bank and BC government matching funds, supporting a director of an Institute of Asian Research. BC park visits in the first nine months of 1989 reached 18.5 million, up 1.1 million from a year earlier.
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