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Newspaper
Chetwynd The Echo
Location
Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1976
Page
2
Finance Minister Evan Wolfe presented the Social Credit Government budget in the B C Legislature at 3 00 p m with media clearance by 4 30 p m The release outlines the high points of the new budget after the party’s return to office in December.
The budget allocates 5,000,000 for north east coal development and a 44 percent rise for Economic Development to expand employment and investor confidence in B C. Total expenditures reach 3.615 billion for 1976 77, with health education and human resources up 339 million. Health care rises to 871.4 million, medicare to 193 million, education to 846.3 million, and social services to 590 million. Municipal revenue sharing grows to 30 million, and 44 million funds federal tax on natural gas producer income. A basic home owner grant of 280 plus seniors raise 65 100, housing expenditures up 32 million, 12 million for safe driver incentives, and 30 million for B C Ferries operations and capital.
The government unveils plans to balance the 1976 77 budget by raising taxes and recapturing special funds. Corporate rates rise to 15 percent for large firms and 12 percent for small businesses, personal income tax up two points to 32.5 percent, tobacco tax up four cents per pack, and a 2 percent hike to the social services tax. Co-insurance for extended care jumps to seven dollars daily while general hospital co pay goes to four dollars, with medicare premiums up by 50 percent from July 1 1976. A further 28 million recaptured funds are slated to cover the shortfall.
The piece defends the reading of meeting minutes as vital to democracy, noting their role as record and evidence, and urges attentiveness during readings. It parallels civic duties with personal responsibility, hints at Hearst trial context, and questions whether money or justice will prevail.
The Department of Municipal Affairs of British Columbia informs village councils that metric measurement is legal for municipal purposes across Canada. The National Metric Commission guides conversion via Sector Committees including Real Estate Land Surveyors and Town Planners, with provincial counterparts. Municipalities may begin using metric units in bylaws before the national schedule is set.
The piece notes the Department offering metric conversion guidance for by laws and lists informational material for councils. It comments on Time Magazine’s Canadian standing, debates over the British North America Act, and calls for Canada to “grow up” by cutting apron strings. It observes political banter around Drury, Clark, and Broadbent and remarks on French newspapers criticizing a construction site linked to Quebec.
The document lists winners across crafts categories such as knitting Artex sewing quilting and painting with top places named for each. It notes special awards including ribbons for most original entry and most unusual display and mentions a Granny Seymore quilt donated to a museum in 1967 along with Alaska geography and travel details.
A reader argues against gun control, invoking the outlaw premise and questioning Prohibition, warning that banning guns will lead to broader confiscations of everyday items as weapons, and endorses Don Marshall's recent editorial on the issue.
Canada Safety Council warns forty percent of drivers neglect basic upkeep after warranties expire. Experts say cars last longer only with regular care, inspections by a mechanic, and modest preventive spending can stop costly repairs while improving wear over years.
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