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quick cross-country check Aup of news events.In St. John's, Newfoundland we now have a $12-million Centre for Marine Simulation where you can now learn how to operate a tanker. And about time, too. I don't know how many times a buddy of mine has called with tickets to a Jays game in Cleveland and what with his wife needing his car and mine on the fritz, we're forced to take the Exxon Valdez. I'm always reluctant to take the wheel, espe- cially after the game when I've had a couple of beers. Finally, a training school where I can find Dear Sir: In reply to I. Croskell in the "Weekend" Oct. Mth, Ann Mulvale must have felt like a voice in the wildemess at Regional Council meetings, since according to him, "The Regional Council has yet to implement MVA largely because of the dedicated effort of Mulvale." I doubt that Oakville and its representatives is the only avenue from which a negative voice is heard. His consequent statement, that "others" would have ignored this issue to concentrate on "personal electioneering opportunities" is obviously a private conclusion, since many others can see it as pan of such an opportunity and not the act of being extant from per- sonal ambition. I would also question his use of the word "commitment" in Mulvale’s case. If he were to examine the English language more closely. he would perhaps have trouble applying "the tillfill: Changes needed in electoral system mm of an obligation or task" to someone who applies for another job half way through her term of office. Perhaps, Town Council should entertain a motion to implement the same procedure in effect in the United States: anyone running for public office must first resign another office, if held, and not or law abiding business Fpeople. the underground economy has meaint one thing - disaster. Just last week here in Oakville, a woman stood at the microphone during a recent Canadian Club of Oakville meeting and told the crowd just how much her business was being ruined by the flourish- ing underground economy. She asked Canadian Business editor Randall Lichfield what the government expected law abiding business people to do to counter this burgeoning number of people willing to do anything to get around paying tax. High taxation killing business & making as criminals Tuesday, November 9, 1993 Monday, November 8, 1993 Tuesday, November 9, 1993 CALENDAR OF TOWN HALL MEETINGS CQUNQIL & §TANDING CQMMITTEE MEETINgs The Oakville Soccer Club is proposing to construct an indoor soccer arena within Shell Park. Representatives of the Club, the Parks and Recreation Department and Planning Department will be present at an information meeting to be held at: We invite you to attend this meeting to discuss details of the proposal Re: Progosed Soccerglex - Shell Park I99 ross-country check up reveals reality is bizarre 1565 Old Lakeshore Road West Oakville, Ontario L6L am 10:00 A.M. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1993 COMMENT THE Sm JOHN COLBORNE RECREATION CENTRE FOR SENIORS NOTICE Planning & Development/Council 7:30 p.m. Council Chamber Community Services Committee 7:30 p.m. Oakville Room Administrative Services Committee 7:30 p.m Bronte Room Air, In Halifax, those friendly peo- ple who brought us frozen french fries are trying to boil each other in oil. Billionaire Wallace McCain and his brother Harrison McCain are trying to corporately kill each other off. The problem: money. Witnessing this enormous display of greed, the average Canadian has to stop and ask the question: "Hey! How come these guys aren't involved in major league baseball?" where those damn turn signals are on that thing. In New Brunswick, K.C. Irving, worth $5 billion but still wait until after the electioT1 ram if he or she has a job paid for from Lichfield empathized, saying that the underground economy is endemic. Tax avoidance is now a way of life for many people, he said. In fact, said the business editor, he went out on the Danforth in Toronto where he lived to buy something and automatically hand- ed over his credit card. The shop keeper on the Danforth was taken aback, out- raged he wanted to pay by credit card. "Credit card? Why a credit card? Just pay cash, then no tax," Lichfield recounted. Such is the way of life on the Danforth - and 1225 TRAFALGAR ROAD . OAKVILLE, ONTARIO 0 uilrt 2L1 dead, really stuck it to his three sons in the will. A stipulation in his dying deed requires them to move to Bermuda or be shut out of the family fortune. This is the threat under which every Canadian lives life; the fear that someday your dad will die, leave you several billion dollars in a the public purse. In other words, that person must "commit" them- selves to one omce or the other. B. Burton many other places - where people know paying cash or doing black market deals is the way to avoid tax And the business editor was blunt about the root cause. "High taxation breeds crimi- nals," he said. "And if the govern- ment wants to do anything about the underground economy, then F 1liRlllaa'lirl ’. 'ir" T "," 'rra',;r f", 'r"" i Pf'" _ i Wm. J. A THOMAS For Peace of Mind WHY PURCHASE MEMORIAL PROPERTY NOW? - You can purchase memorial property out of current income. - You and your loved ones make the decisions, not others PLANNING AHEAD To receive your complimentary copy of our Oakville Cemeteries brochure, call us at (905) 338-4236 or write: TOWN OF OAKVILLE CEMETERIES -Hl_-_._---'-'--"-'--'-'-"'-'--'-'"" W .. -------..--.------.------- 1225 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, Ontario, L6H 2L1 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER taxes have to come down." A current committee at the Ontario Legislature last week heard extensive testimony about just how widespread tax avoidance has become in this province. One home renovation spokesperson told the committee that people in his industry are con- stantly being asked by homeown- ers to quote them a price if cash is paid. According to the home builders' association, 60% of reno- vation contractors say they are routinely asked by customers to perform black market deals. Only 10% say customers never ask to work outside the tax system. bank account in Bermuda and you'll never again be able to shov- el snow or pay taxes. It's a shame old K.C. croaked, he could have you'll never again be able to shov- el snow or pay taxes. It's a shame old K.C. croaked, he could have been our next Minister of Justice. In a world where alcohol has proven to be the root of such evils as highway deaths, family vio- lence and chronic health prob- lems, Quebec liquor stores are now offering discounts worth from $1 to $5 on purchases of gin, scotch, rye and vodka. And in Ontario, where the NDP has shut down non-essential gov- ernment services on 10 Fridays this year, your local L.C.B.0. out- let will. of course, remain open til 9 pm. In Toronto. a single mother of two quit her $41,500 job to go on welfare where she believed she's make nearly as much money, until it was pointed out to her she had Cemeteries are not exempt from inflation and escalating costs. Your family would benefit by visiting the Town of Oakville Cemeteries to learn what is offered regarding memorial property and then consult together, ahead of time, to decide what is best for all. J9, PIC Lt t/ We?) On Monday, Ontario Premier Bob Rae blamed the underground economy on the GST, calling it the straw that broke the camel's back. Rae said it has made tax evasion and avoidance respectable and said it was "profoundly regret- table" for the country. made a mathematical error in esti- mating her income on welfare. My question is, how does somebody who is not real good at her multi- plication tables get a $41,500 job in the first place? Oh, sorry, some- body just told me the answer - it was a government job. In Ottawa, our defence depart- ment compensated the family of that Somalian who died while in custody of Canadians peacekeep- ers by giving them the traditional 100 camels. Honest. Actually we gave them $19,500. the monetary equivalent of 100 camels, after Kim Campbell, the defence minis- ter at the time of the incident said: "I don't want to be stepping in camel dung, not when I'm already up to my bare shoulders in bull ----l" Okay, the quote I made up but the camel exchange is true and I think this sets. a dangerpus Well, you know, Rae may regret the state of affairs that has people avoiding tax whenever they can. But, who really blames people for turning into tax cheats? People love a deal. And many desperately need a deal these days. For business people having to watch competitors offer no tax deals and the like, it has created 21, 1993-22, 1993-23, respectively, which designated Merton-Mount Pleasant Pioneer Cemetery - North Service Road West, Munn's Pioneer Cemetery - Dundas Street East, and the properties located at 74 Allan Street, 1118 Lakeshore Road East, Oakville, respectively, under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act. Judith Muncaster Town Clerk TOWN OF OAKVlLLE Pursuant to Section 29(6)(a) of the Ontario Heritage Act TAKE NOTICE THAT Oakville Town Council on March 29, 1993 did pass By-Iaws 199320, 1999- PICTURE Uit/ DESIGNATION Ityftte tfee, NOTICES OF By all means, get rid of the GST. High taxation may indeed, " Lichfield says, breed criminals. But going after the people who are avoiding taxes and making black market deals is the wrong way to go. more bitterness, more unease. The woman at the Canadian Club spoke bitterly about the govern- ment and its inaction on the under- ground economy. , I mean what if our_peacekeep- ers accidentally kill some guy in the Republic of Dahomey. The traditional currency in Dahomey is hens teeth and I don't have to tell you how hard they are to find. precedent The "criminals" shouldn't be blamed for trying to survive this miserable recession that many believe was a self-imposed, gov- ernment-created one in the first place. A recent Gallup poll in Manitoba revealed that there are three people who (although they wouldn't give their names) do plan to vote NDP in the upcoming federal election. And in the first week of September, amid record-high unemployment we once again cel- ebrated Labor Day by - you guessed it - taking a paid vaca- tion. Could we all please keep this stuff to ourselves. For some rea- son, the rest of the world still has a very high opinion of us. In Calgary, Alberta a woman has filed suit against Cineplex Odeon as a result of injuries she suffered in a scuffle started over the extra charge for butter on her popcorn. In British Columbia, two inter- esting but so far unrelated inci- dents surfaced. A news report uncovered a merry band of ex- Mormons who are practising polygamy - hanky-panky harem style. And B.C.'s favorite daugh- ter Kim (Brian in a bra) Campbell complained of not getting any hanky-panky. Well there you go Kim - shut 'em down or join 'em. In Saskatchewan during this period, nothing actually happened. We should all think seriously about moving there.