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PAGE 6, WHITY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1990 VOICE 0F THE COUNTY TOWN The only Whftby newspaper independently owned and operated by Whitby residents for Whitby residents. Published every Wednesday By 677209 Ontario Imc. Phone: 668-6111 668-6112 668-6369 J~j Doug Anderson -Publisher 131 Brock Street North, P.O. Box 206, Whitby, Ont. LUN 5Sl1 2nc Maurice Pifher Editor Peter Irvine Advertising Manager Alexandra Simon Production Man ager d Class Postai Registration #05351 Clean Up the east end. That's the wlsh of east ward couniclilor Dennis Fox. He stated during a Town council session what some, perhaps many, residents may say privately or pubticly about the area around the Dundas-Thickson intersection R i 1 unafttactive. *He notes that "piecemeai development" in recent years is a contributing factor'to the look of the area. That's exactly the case, as has been pointed out several times by individuals and the Corridor Area Ratepayers' Association. Sadly, itlIs only through attempts at decoration - street llghtlng, landscaplng - that some esthetic Improvement can be made. Whether or not the Imp«'rove. the east end Town was tollowlng an outdated or non-existent plan, proper, careful development at the start would have made decoration unnecessary. Councillor, Fox has suggested garbage pick-up and the improvemne nts asways to begin the effort to beautfy the area. As 'we've stated-prevlously, and as councillor Joe Drumm ha.s stated -before, council, remfoval of portable signs would also Improve the appearance. of the area. Has the Town mlssed the mark on a major east end retail area, ln Whitby, when, the area, as a whole, Is considered? The services are there, but the attractive retail envlronmient Is flot. Let's hope the newer retail developments north of Rossland, and those that may someday be plaoed In the west end, have more to offer residents. Recreation complex swI1irning pool criticized To the editor.- I was thrilled to hear that Whitby je going to have a new recreation complux. The growth of By Terry O'Shaughnessy Federal Finance Minister Michael Wilson says over and over again that the Goods and Services Tax is simple. Finance Committee Chairman Don Blenkarn frequently blusters that the tax is fair and easy to collect. Revenue Minister Otto Jelinek assures Cana- dians that the GST is workable andl no problemr to administer. As thé saying goes: "What is wrong with this picture?" What's wrong with this picture, aside from the rather disturbing image of this smiling 'sec no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil' trio, is that the GSI is a tax which wiIl be far froni simple, deeply unfair, and light years away from being workable. Even a brief look at the tax shows the government's obvious manipulation of the facts. The proposed 7 per cent GST will, for the first time in this country, tax miost goods and services. This 7 per cent tax mîust then be awkwardly comn- bined with nine différent provincial sales tax rates (the province of Alberta with no retail sales tax being the sole exception) creating a complex two- tiered federal /provincial, sales tax nightmare in the storesý for both retailers and consumers. This is how 4'simple" the GSI ill be. Thousands of smaller retailers, faced with the costly purchase of new cash register systems and even more hours of burdensome papcrwork cauised by the complexities of the GSI, will be faced with un [air conipetition fromn large departnient stores which can niuch more easil)y absorb the extra cost. Haviing, spent the noney to acquire newv cash register systenis capa- bic of coping with two tax rates, retailers could then face the added this town bias mnade it long overdue. Ilowever, my dlight turned to dismnay when I read that the 25-metre swirnning pool would not be any deeper than should the federal GSI be har- monized with the provinces. But, even worse for thousands of other small businesses, the demands on the cash register industry will be so great that not ail firms will be able to get service by January of next year. And that will create absolute chaos at the cash register for these sinali businesses and consumers alike. This is how "fair" the GSI wilI be. As for Revenue Canada, they will sec their ranks bloated by at least a few thousand rookie bureaucrats charged with the co mplicated implementation and administration of the now infamnous tax. Revenue Minister Jelinek thinks the tax will be so "workable" he is hiring ex- RCMP officers to enforce the new regulations. But perhaps the biggest lie of this cynical initiative is the entrenched Jan. 1, 1991 deadjine for implemen- tation of the new tax. It is definitely not written in stone that the GSI must be .in effect by next New Year's Day. Where it is wrîtten, however, is in the Mulroney government's pre-election blueprint whereby the Canadian voter will supposedly have "forgotten" the pain of the initial impact of the tax by election day-by which time the new revenues from the GSI wil have started to rolin. And one more lie to add sait to the wound: a golden future painted by a blatantly manipulative television ad campaign where the GSI makes the world a better place-brought to you by the federal government and bought by your own tax dollars. - These are just a few examples of 'the big lie'; we'Illgive you more in the next few %Veeks. CF/B Featute Service four feet. As a parent of three chlfdren, I knew how fruetrating it was to try and enroîl them in ewimring leseons in Whitby and assumed that these problems would be alleviated when the new complex opened. This niarvellous new Pool, : howeVer, will not even To the effitoe'. Given the magnitude of the hunger problem, it la adl natural that as individuals we otn feel a sense of helpleseneso and hot lesness. the elementary teachers in the Durham Regioei Roman Catholic Separate School Board. acconimodate my 5-year-old, Who je only in the second Red Croàe level, orange, as treading water je required. Who muade such a decieion and who was consulted? Three out of four pools ii Wbitby will be shallow ones only. How can the Recently, the teachers launched 'Partners in Development,'a simple but effectve payroll deduction plan of $1 prpay cheque, mi support ofthe Canadian Hunger Foundation's agricultural development projects in the Third WorMd. On b ehaif of the villgers with whom we work, I woùld like to Tow" juetify the expenitiure of Bo much *of our money for a facility with such liniited use? If you share any fm concerne, Plea*' et your councilor or the mayor know. Barbama Pbd extend a public vote of thanka to the teachere in Durham. They are showing' that when- caring individuale join hands, they truly can make a difference. Direcke et Resuo Canadian HungerFo ionic e w Mainstream Canada The Big Lie Sepa-rate sehool teachers. showthey care-,_