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SHEILA REYNOLDS
While shrinking school districts get compensation for their
declin-ing enrolment, Surrey has had to cut staff to pay for
portables for its ever-growing student population. And that, says
the school board chair, simply isnt fair.
Shawn Wilson pointed to what trustees feel is inequitable
treat-ment as part of a presentation made earlier this month to the
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services.
He said the province has pro-visions to cover unique costs for
districts where student numbers are dwindling, but theres nothing
off ered to districts like Surrey that incur extraordinary costs
due to increasing enrolment.
KEVIN DIAKIW
A woman is lucky to have avoided serious injury after a truck
crashed into a bus stop where she was waiting.
At about 9 a.m. Wednesday, a Ford F150 pick-up, driven by a
17-year-old male, was heading east on 60 Avenue and turning north
onto 152 Street.
The driver lost control of the truck and smashed into a bus
shelter, shattering the glass at the back of the structure.
Police say a woman who was waiting for the bus was not struck
directly by the truck, but was thrown through the back of the
shelter and sus-tained minor injuries.
Its the third time this month that a person has been injured by
a car while waiting at a bus stop.
At just after 6 p.m. Oct. 8, a white Corvette was travelling
north on King George Bou-levard near 96 Avenue when it lost
control, struck a fire hydrant and crashed into a bus shelter,
hitting a pedestrian.
The driver fled on foot and jumped into a cab, but was later
arrested.
The passenger in the Cor-vette and the pedestrian at the bus
stop were seriously injured.
The day before that crash, 22-year-old Evan Archibald was killed
when a Jeep driven by a 17-year-old struck him while
he waited at a bus stop on Fras-er Highway near 156 Street.
Both of these incidents are still under investigation.
Surrey RCMP Cpl. Scotty Schumann noted bus stops tend to be
located close to intersections, where a majority of accidents take
place.
As for transit users, Schumann said its always a good idea to be
extra mindful.
Certainly, whenever youre
near the road, even just going down the sidewalk, you should try
to be as aware of your sur-roundings as possible, he said. Not only
for vehicles, but also for strangers.
Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner said the series of bus stop acci-dents
appear to be an unfortu-nate anomaly.
She said redesigning shelters to better protect transit users
would be premature.
Is it such a significant issue that we should do something about
the design of a bus shel-ter? Hepner asked. Probably not, in my
opinion.
Anyone who witnessed any of these incidents and has not yet
spoken with police is asked to call Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502 or
Crime Stoppers, if they wish to remain anonymous, at 1-800-222-8477
or www.solvecrime.ca
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Is it such a signifi cant issue that we should do something
about the design of a bus shelter? Probably not, in my
opinion.SURREY MAYOR LINDA HEPNER
Emergency personnel assist a woman who was injured after a
pick-up truck lost smashed into a bus shelter on 152 Street near 60
Avenue on Wednesday morning. It was the third such incident to
occur in Surrey this month. BOAZ JOSEPH
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ALEX BROWNE
While moving BNSFs tracks from the South Surrey and White Rock
wa-terfront to an inland route was a fre-quently raised local issue
during the recent federal election and remains the subject of
ongoing discussion between Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner and White Rock
Mayor Wayne Bald-win the jury is still out on whether it is a
practical option, according to BNSF spokesperson Gus Melonas.
He reiterated the long-time offi cial position of the U.S.-based
railway last Friday.
BNSF is willing to review any offi cially sanctioned plan to
move the line, he said.
But, he warned, residents should not expect any steps to be
taken soon.
Realistically, it would be a very diffi cult undertaking, he
said. Were talking about moving an active rail line that is
essential, that plays a critical role in the Canadian economy in
moving goods as well as providing passenger service.
And Melonas noted the company has made signifi cant recent
invest-ment in upgrading infrastructure in the existing
corridor.
Th at includes $5-10 million spent in the last three years
alone, among it a $1.5-million upgrade of the Little Campbell River
bridge.
Ongoing improvements to trestles in the Mud Bay area will amount
to $15 million, he added.
And were beginning construction plans to replace another trestle
which will be completed next year, for anoth-er $5 million.
Moving the tracks from the current alignment, he said, is easier
said than done.
It would be extremely expensive and the big question is where
youd be moving it to.
A staff report to Surrey council estimates that a technical
study of moving the tracks would cost at least $700,000.
BNSF notes diffi culty in moving rails
Moving the BNSF railway tracks from the White Rock and South
Surrey waterfront would be an expensive undertaking. A technical
study alone would cost at least $700,000, a recent staff report to
Surrey council indicated. KEVIN DIAKIW
U.S.-BASED RAILWAY WILLING TO REVIEW OFFICIAL PLANS, BUT WARNS
STEPS WOULDNT BE TAKEN ANY TIME SOON
continued on page 4
JEFF NAGEL
Contraband or counterfeit cigarettes that avoid government taxes
and are often sold to teens are much more readily available in B.C.
than Alberta, according to a new study.
Illegal smokes made up 15 per cent of the discarded butts
sampled at sites across B.C., including schools and hospitals,
compared to
10 per cent in Alberta.Th e survey was commissioned by
the Western Convenience Stores Association (WCSA), which wants
the province to crack down on the illegal sales.
WCSA president Andrew Klukas admits his members have a motive to
get more customers in their stores, but insists its in the public
interest.
To see this going on across
the street from us, to see these products being sold without tax
to kids, without any age testing or any controls, is extremely
frustrating, Klukas said.
Th e rate of illegal tobacco found in butts discarded at B.C.
schools was 15.5 per cent, the highest in western Canada.
Surreys Tamanawis Secondary had the highest rate among B.C.
schools 19.7 per cent of discarded
butts there were illicit smokes.Th e rate was nearly 39 per
cent
outside the Passport Canada offi ce in downtown Vancouver,
nearly 32 per cent at UBC and about 25 per cent at Terraces Mills
Memo-rial Hospital, as well as a federal government building in
Surreys Newton area.
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Th e playing fi eld is uneven when we must reduce teaching staff
to pay for portables while other district budgets are eff ectively
compen-sated for vacant space, Wilson said.
A lack of capital (building) money has left Surrey bustling with
more than 70,000 students and not enough school space to put them
in. Th e 300 portables housing the student overfl ow cost $15,000
apiece annually, equating to $4.5 million from Surreys operat-ing
budget. And thats enough to pay about 50 teachers.
While we acknowl-edge receiving a lions share of funding over
the past decade, our sit-
uation remains critical, said Wilson. Surrey has more students
in portables than half of B.C. school districts have in total
enrolment.
Surrey submitted its capital wish list to gov-ernment last week,
with a new high school in the Grandview Heights area once again
topping the list. Th e district already owns land near the nearly
completed swimming pool and has been waiting for government funding
to proceed with construc-tion. Even if announced today, the
$47-million school would take three years to build, leaving Earl
Marriott Second-ary (EMS) and other overcrowded schools continuing
to scramble.
EMS and three other Surrey high schools already run double
shifts
(with diff erent grades attending at alternate times). Wilson
said while that was once a temporary measure used in extraordinary
circum-stances, its become the norm in B.C.s largest school
district.
A well-supported, well-articulated and transparent capital plan
is needed so adequate facilities can be provided for students, said
the school board chair, who added the province also needs to stop
encour-aging school districts to bring in international students
without allow-ing them to be counted in school capacity
calcu-lations.
During his presen-tation, Wilson also touched on shared
ser-vices, a concept wherein districts can share costs for things
all districts
use. As a large district in a major urban region, Surrey doesnt
feel its always fi nancially bene-fi cial to be part of it and
would like the board to have a choice whether to participate,
rather than it be mandated.
Surreys fi nal concern brought to the standing committee was the
need for a robust, fully-fund-ed compensation plan for exempt
(non-union) staff , who have not had a wage increase for six years.
Wilson said its making it diffi cult to recruit leadership and
managers, who lag behind those they supervise.
We have and will continue to experience brain drain as talented
professionals leave the K-12 sector.
Th e Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government
Ser-vices holds provincewide consultations each fall in preparation
for the next provincial budget.
Th e same report, supported by council which has asked staff to
investigate cost sharing for a feasibility study with the province
and White Rock estimates that actually moving the tracks could cost
$350-450 million, and much more if the new route involved
underground construction.
South Surrey-White Rock MP-elect Dianne Watts an advocate, as
Surrey mayor, for moving the route has suggested plans for
an-ticipated high-speed ser-vice between Seattle and Vancouver may
force the issue of realigning the route.
Melonas declined to discuss that possibility, however, deferring
to Amtrak to comment on the status of high-speed service between
the two cities.
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Th e association argues high taxes and other government
regulations have encouraged the underground tobacco business, where
consum-ers can get cigarettes on the cheap.
A lot of people are using these products and they simply dont
under-stand its not victimless, Klukas said.
Besides the estimated $120 million a year in lost government tax
rev-enue, he said the trade helps fuel organized crime in B.C. and
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Most of the unau-thorized smokes sold in B.C. are produced on
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He said B.C. could follow other provinces and let municipal
police forces keep the proceeds of crime, giving them
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Klukas also argues the provinces fi nance ministry doesnt have
enough staff pursuing fraud investigations.
He said the WCSA is not lobbying govern-ment to reduce tobacco
taxes, but argues they
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problem.
Finance ministry spokesman Jamie Edwardsen said B.C. will be
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But when it comes to their various proposals to relocate the
rail line thats bordered the Semiahmoo Peninsula waterfront this
past centu-ry, theyre getting way off course.
Proponents of BNSF reloca-tion whove been raising the spectre of
impending disaster increasingly since the 2013 Lac-Mgantic train
tragedy in Quebec say its well worth the hundreds of millions of
dollars estimated to realign the route inland.
However, the politicians who have backed their plan
at least at various levels in the past might be causing more
harm than good for the communities they serve.
Take Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner, who launched her successful run
for the citys highest offi ce last year by tell-ing Crescent Beach
residents that if elected she would immediately engage in
dis-cussions with BNSF to have the tracks moved to a more direct,
faster, safer route.
Now, as of last week, she says realignment is worthy of
consideration, but only if the tracks move underground.
Take White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin, who has made train issues a
priority through both of his terms.
While hes been more steadfast on the issue than Hepner, he hasnt
done his proponents any favours by repeatedly provoking railway
partners. Last year, in open council, he famously referred to a
safety inspector as a petty little bureaucrat.
Just last month, he told council that Transport Can-ada laid
down the law to BNSF with regards to train-horn blasts in the
middle of the night.
Th ese apparent miscom-munications have helped.
Lastly, incoming-MP Dianne Watts launched her federal campaign
in South
Surrey-White Rock by mak-ing rail safety a priority; this after,
as Surrey mayor, she long studied the issue and presented to
residents four alternate track routes elsewhere in her city.
Now, she says only that rail relocation may be a part of her
safety initia-tive.
While its clear all three leaders have their com-munities best
interests at heart, we suggest they meet publicly to discuss any
realistic options.
Anything less looks rath-er misdirected.
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Politicians: Get back on the right track
THIS WEEKS QUESTION:
Last week we asked:
Should the rail line that runs through the White Rock and South
Surrey waterfront be re-routed inland ?
To answer, go to the home page of our website
atsurreyleader.com
Are you happy with the results of the federalelection?Heres how
you responded:
Yes 51% No 49%
A proposed $700,000 technical study to look into moving the
Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks from the White Rock and South
Surrey waterfront to a new alignment is an early indica-tor of how
costly this idea is.
Municipal politicians are already trying to shift the cost onto
their neighbours. Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner says White Rock should
foot a signifi cant portion of the cost, while White Rock taxpayers
likely think Surrey should pay for all but the consultants last cup
of coff ee.
A move could benefi t the waterfront residents of both
communities, and if it ever takes place, the corridor should become
a seawall.
However, thats a big if.BNSF points out it has spent
millions in upgrading the line in recent years, including an
expen-sive new bridge where it crosses the Serpentine River. Th at
bridge alone has cost about $15 million. BNSF has also replaced the
Little Campbell River trestle.
Hepner says that, if any line realignment goes ahead, the new
rail line would have to be un-derground for its entire length.
Given that a relatively short piece of underground SkyTrain line
along the Broadway corridor in Vancouver is proposed to cost close
to $2 billion, its a reason-able guess the cost for an under-ground
line from the U.S. border
to Cloverdale, more than 10 kilometres, would over $5 billion.
Th at is assuming soil conditions in the low-lying farm area south
of Cloverdale wouldnt lead to signifi cant additional costs.
Where is this money coming from? BNSF certainly isnt going to
pay for the line relocation. It already has an existing line which
it has spent millions in maintain-ing and upgrading each year.
Local taxpayers could not aff ord even a one-third share of a
$5-billion project, as is required in most federal-provincial
infra-structure projects.
Would the federal and provin-cial governments be willing to come
up with their thirds? Th at is debatable, given the long list of
pressing infrastructure needs such as transit improvements and
replacement of crumbling bridges and overpasses.
What is needed even more than a technical study is a thor-ough
cost-benefi t analysis.
BNSF is criticized for running coal trains to Roberts Bank. Th e
likelihood is these trains wont be running that much longer, given
even China agrees coal-fi red electricity plants need to be phased
out.
Hazardous goods will be hauled on any train, no matter where it
goes. A tunnel does not guaran-tee there wont be a derailment.
BNSF has proven to be a good operator, with no derailments along
the waterfront line for many years.
Th ere is an signifi cant problem at Crescent Beach, with
emergen-cy services unable to get into the residential area if a
train blocks the tracks. Th at can be solved with an overpass a far
cheaper alternative to tunnel.
Amtrak passengers would benefi t from travel time savings if
there was a direct line from Blaine to Cloverdale. However, the
time saving would likely be no more than 10 to 15 minutes.
Surrey and White Rock would benefi t if the waterfront proper-ty
could become a regional park and trail. However, BNSF is the owner
of that land and wont give it up for nothing. And what would happen
to White Rocks lucrative pay parking on BNSF property?
Th ese are some of the pros and cons of a possible new route. Th
ere are many others.
It is important that any reloca-tion move be driven by facts,
not feelings. It is also important that taxpayers be kept in the
loop, as any such project will cost them dearly.
Frank Bucholtz is the recently retired editor of The Langley
Times. He writes weekly for The Leader.
Facts, not feelings
QUITE FRANKLY
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Ensure protection of pristine areaTh e recently elected
Liberal government pledged to increase Canadas coastal marine
protected areas from 1.3 per cent to fi ve per cent by 2017 and 10
per cent by 2020. Now wouldnt it be a feather in the Liberals cap
if some of this protected area is right here in our own
backyard?
Boundary Bay, along with the Serpentine estuary, are part of a
complex West Coast ecosystem of inter-national importance. Identifi
ed as World Heritage site number 243 by the Ramsar con-vention
(www.ramsar.org), the area provides feeding and roosting sites to
about 250,000 migrating and winter-ing waterfowl and one million
shorebirds.
Also, provincially and federally listed fi sh species of concern
can be found within the estuarine habitats.
On the business side of things, this tidal basin provides for a
vital local recreational, commercial and native crabbing
industry.
Th is is all threat-ened because the main artery between Canada
and the U.S. for moving goods, includ-ing dangerous goods such as
chlorine and ammonia, is a single rail track which winds its way
along the edge of this environmentally sensitive area.
Lets not wait until it is too late and the damage is done. Lets
ensure the protection of this pristine area by relocating the track
to a more suitable, inland route as soon as possible.
Fiona OldWhite Rock
Better for everyone
Th e best 15 kilome-tres of land in Canada lies along Surreys
untouched foreshore be-tween White Rock and Crescent Beach. It has
the best weather, south exposure and views of the Gulf Islands and
Mt. Baker. Few people have ever seen it because the railway
prevents access.
Th e Boundary Bay foreshore is the backyard to everyone living
south of the Fraser River. Unlocking this national treasure is a
benefi t to us all, including those who should not have to pack up
their family, bi-cycles, and picnics, then drive to Stanley Park or
the islands to have a world-class seaside escape.
Moving the track will connect the bays beach-es to the Delta
dyke, allowing a currently iso-lated ocean playground to be easily
accessed and enjoyed by all of Surrey, as well as Delta. After
completion of the new Massey bridge, Richmond, New West-minster and
Vancouver will also be part of this enhanced recreational system.
Working togeth-
er, B.C. will then have created an iconic green corridor from
down-town Vancouver to the border, which will have a lasting
positive lifestyle and economic benefi t for the whole
province.
Relocating the track will make life better for everyone. If
better is possible, why would we not try exploring that option?
Erik Seiz
No good for most
Th e train track reloca-tion idea is not popular with
approximately 98 per cent of the residents of Surrey.
If the complainers dont like living with the railroad tracks,
then move away. Th ey knew the train tracks were there before they
bought their properties. Th ey knowingly decided to purchase their
homes anyway.
Th e complainers are unethical because they have no problem
dump-ing all their train issues on other innocent Sur-rey victims.
Th ey think they are better than the rest of us.
Th e cost of track relocation would be
$350 million to 1 billion, depending on the option selected.
Surrey cannot aff ord this cost; it needs its fi nancial funds for
real issues, like crime and transportation infrastructure. Surrey
should not waste these critical funds on the train track relocation
wishes of two per cent of Surrey homeowners who deliberately chose
to buy their properties, beside the train tracks.
White Rock and the Surrey residents of Ocean Park and Crescent
Beach like to say their motives are altruistic and not selfi sh,
simply a logical request to pre-vent a possible catastro-phe caused
by contam-ination of hazardous goods.
Th e evidence does not support this. Th e train tracks have been
there for 106 years. Has there been an evacuation due to a
derailment? Has there been a fatality due to hazardous goods? Th e
trains slow down as they travel through the beach area. Th e risk
of a derailment is extremely small. Th e main cargo is coal. Coal
does not ex-plode if it spills onto the ground. So what really are
the issues?
If Crescent Beach has a safety issue with their access road shut
down by a possible train blockage, then I suggest a special levy on
all of the Crescent Beach residents alone to fund an underpass
beneath the train tracks. Th e Crescent Beach
Th e two percent of Surrey residents along the beaches, will see
their property values increase while the mis-treated Surrey victims
who will have the train track problems forced upon them will see
their
property values drop considerably. White Rock does not care
because the train tracks will be relocated com-pletely in Surrey.
Such wonderful neighbours!
I understand most
of Surreys politicians live near the beach. including Coun. Judy
Villeneuve, a vocal ad-vocate for relocation.
I suggest she and all of Surreys represen-tatives do their
duty
and reflect the wishes of the majority of Surrey.
Train track reloca-tion is an idea Surrey can easily do
without.
Anthony Rose
Letter writers argue for and against relocating the BNSF
railroad tracks. KEVIN DIAKIW
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EVAN SEAL
At a park in Newton Tuesday afternoon, a fi rework, similar to
an Air Bomb, is taped to a small piece of plywood shaped like a
human hand.
Once detonated, not much remains just splinters of fractured
wood, illustrating how much damage could be done to a real
hand.
Th e demonstration at Joe Brown Park was
part of a Halloween safety reminder from the Surrey RCMPs
explosive disposal unit about the dangers of improper handling of
fi reworks. Police also want to remind resi-dents that fi reworks
and fi recrackers are banned in the city un-less you have a
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reworks.
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Murray. Injuries to the hands are very
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In fact, he said, sparklers with their red hot tips are the
number-one cause of burns.
In recent days, Surrey bylaw enforcement has been targeting the
illegal sale of fi reworks
using various means, including online clas-sifi ed sites and
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well as issued $3,000 in fi nes.
Th e public cannot possess, sell or light off any fi reworks
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Permits can be obtained by visiting www.surrey.ca, but the
application deadline has already passed, so if you dont have a
per-mit by now, fi reworks are off -limits this year.
Violation fi nes range anywhere from $250 to $500.
To ensure a fun Halloween night for families and
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carry a fl ashlight and always use marked crosswalks.
Th e RCMP are also reminding all residents that if they need to
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Delta Police add extra patrols
As Halloween falls on Saturday this year, Delta Police are
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typical, especially on Hallow-een night.
In Delta, fi reworks are also not permitted unless you are over
19 years old and hold a valid fi reworks permit, available from the
Delta Fire Department at the cost of $200.
However, the permits had to be obtained at least 10 days prior
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S anjha Vehra is an international womens association. Sanjha
Vehra, meaning common courtyard, has been in operation since 2002.
It began with a group of women who started a kitty party, which
they decided to continue each month...but with a specifi c purpose.
The Sanjha Vehra will now exclusively support the Surrey Hospital
& Outpatient Centre Foundation.
A kitty party in India and Pakistan is a party usually organized
by women. Kitty refers to the funds collected at the party, and
every member contributes a certain sum of money each month.
At these kitty parties, Sanjha Vehra provides a safe and
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ideas and discuss issues relating to their participation in
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In 2005, the Sanjha Vehra began its annual event in support of
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members of the Sanjha Vehra Womens Association were diagnosed and
treated for breast cancer. Every year since then, the Association
continues fundraising as a tribute to these survivors. This
fundraising event is always held in October.
Sanjha Vehra approached the Surrey Hospital & Outpatient
Centre Foundation in 2013 with a donation totaling $25,000 which
they contributed towards the purchase of the SPY Elite Camera for
the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centres Breast Health
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The SPY Imaging Elite Camera provides comfort and relief to
women undergoing breast reconstruction surgery after cancer
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The 2015 Sanjha Vehra fundraiser was held last week and all
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This remarkable group of women is having a dramatic impact on
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JEFF NAGEL
Canada Post is freezing its plan to end door-to-door mail
delivery for hundreds of thousands of addition-al households and
switch them to community mailboxes.
Th e Crown corporation announced Monday it is temporarily
suspend-ing the deployment pending dis-cussions with the incoming
Liberal government on how to determine the best path forward given
the ongoing challenges faced by the Canadian postal system.
Th e Liberals had run on a promise to reverse the shift away
from home delivery.
Canada Post said 460,000 address-es across the country are in
the pro-cess of being converted to commu-nity mail boxes and all
conversions scheduled for November, December or 2016 will be put on
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Customers impacted by this decision will receive a letter within
the next few weeks advising them of the status of their mail
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In neighbourhoods where the 10-month internal and community
conversion process is complete, customers will collect mail and
parcels at their community mailbox. Th is includes customers set
to begin receiving their mail and parcels in their boxes in
October. We remain focused on maintaining reliable postal service
to all Canadians with-out disruption.
Community mailboxes have been the target of criminals across the
Lower Mainland, with residents in many neighbourhoods complaining
their mail is too vulnerable to theft.
Th e conversion has also been fought by the union representing
postal employees.
Th e shift to community mailboxes was supposed to ultimately
save the Crown corporation up to $500 million a year.
Conservative MP Mark Strahl (Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon) said hell
be interested to see if Canada Post balances its budget through
more effi ciencies or if the new Liberal government intends to
subsidize the shortfall.
If subsidizing is part of the new plan, Strahl predicts
taxpayers wont be happy.
Were talking about billions of dollars in taxpayer
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Only one third of Canadians still receive door to door service,
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JEFF NAGEL
Prime Minister-des-ignate Justin Trudeau has vowed Canadians
will never again elect a federal government with the fi
rst-past-the-post system.
Opponents of the status quo say its un-fair to smaller parties
like the Greens, who end up with far fewer seats than their share
of the popular vote.
If Trudeau is serious about his promise to deliver electoral
reform within 18 months, B.C. lawyer Bruce Hallsor has some advice:
Con-sider the Single Trans-
ferable Vote (STV). Th ats the ranked ballot system B.C. nearly
adopted when it fi rst went to referendum in 2005, falling just
short of the 60 per cent threshold to pass.
Voters rank their preferred candidates by priority, and their
sec-ond, third and fourth choices can help more than one candidate
get elected.
Hallsor co-chaired the yes referendum campaigns on STV in both
2005 and 2009 (when it failed by wider margin) and remains a
defender of the system.
He pitches it as a less-radical option for change that would
deliver many of the advantages of pure proportional represen-tation
but with fewer negatives.
I think you would fi nd an STV system
gives better propor-tionality among the existing parties but
wouldnt add a lot of new parties to Parlia-ment, Hallsor said.
Th ats one of the knocks against pure proportional
represen-tation, where seats are handed out in exact proportion to
the pop-ular vote.
Right now, many dont vote for fringe
parties because their candidates have almost no chance.
Propor-tional representation (PR) would change that, unleashing
votes back from mainstream parties.
Besides more Greens in Parliament, there might be Libertarians
or Christian Heritage Party MPs.
As in the pizza parliaments of Eu-rope, where far-right
nationalist parties or orthodox religious parties gain sway, we
might see more seats for Quebec separatists, even a Rob Ford-led
party.
Th e result would al-most always be minori-ty governments,
hag-gling and horse-trading to build coalitions, and the end of
stable four-year majority rule.
Hallsor said STV would still generate occasional majority
governments,as well as stronger minorities than under PR.
STV would see larger ridings, each with mul-tiple MPs.
Th ere might be four seats each in new enlarged ridings like
Victoria, Surrey and the Fraser Valley, but instead of those areas
electing nearly all one party (NDP in Victoria, Liberal in Surrey
or Conservative in the Valley), Hallsor said STV would tend to
result in at least one more MP thats not from the dominant
party.
You get a little more diverse representa-tion.
MPs more beholden with PR
Hallsor admits a pure list-based PR system is simpler to
understand.
A party that gets 12 per cent of the vote gets 12 per cent of
the seats. Th ose 40 seats go to the top 40 can-didates on the
partys list.
But PR leaves big question marks over who has a duty to
rep-resent voters in a given community. Detractors fear vast areas
might go unrepresented.
It also concentrates more power in the hands of party insid-ers
who decide which candidates will go on
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Electoral reformer wants feds to adopt STV
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In enacting in 2010 the automatic roadside driving prohibition
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reduce impaired driving fatalities by 35 percent by the end of
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One year later the then Minister of Transportation, Shirley Bond
said, After just one year we saw a 40 percent drop in
alcohol-related deaths on British Columbias highways, and 45 people
are alive today because this House was bold in the attempt to
change the way we tackle drinking and driving.
Th is regime, although triggered by a Criminal Code demand for a
breath sample, remains wholly independent of the Criminal Code and
is not subsidiary legislation. Th is is because as regulatory
legislation its purpose is distinct from the purpose of criminal
legislation and also because it falls within provincial power over
property and civil rights. Th e distinction is important involving,
as the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled, a shift of emphasis from
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While criminal off ences are usually designed to condemn and
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generally directed to the prevention of future harm through the
enforcement of minimum standards of conduct and care.
Two challenges to ARP, which made their
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wording of BC Motor Vehicle Act s. 215.41(3.1), which allows a
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sample in an approved screening device [ASD] registers a warn or
fail, and to serve the driver with a notice of driving
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offi cers belief to the result of the ASD analysis. Th e wording
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the partys list and in what order.
Complaints about MPs who parrot the party line, rather than
voting according to local wishes, would multiply under PR, Hallsor
predicts.
Th e reason you got elected is because you were placed high on
the list, he said. So the MPs become even more beholden to their
party leaders than they are now. Because they dont have any
pretense to represent any region or any small group of voters.
He argues STV would make MPs more re-sponsive to local voters
and more likely to act independently.
Its not good enough for the party bosses to nominate you,
Hallsor said, noting STV forces candidates to compete against
rivals in their own party and lets vot-ers sift out the duds.
He gives the example of Victoria, where one seat of four
available under STV would likely go Conservative, in addition to
perhaps two for the NDP and one Green.
If theres only going to be one Conservative elected in Victoria
and theres four Con-servative candidates you need to be the
Conservative candidate thats more connected with the voters than
the others, he said.
Voters strongly aligned with one party can vote for all four of
its candidates, or devote choices to a strong candidate from
another party, or even to independents, who have no place in PRs
party list system.
Having multiple MPs in a riding from a more representative mix
of parties would off er citi-zens more choice when they need
help.
I can try to talk to them all or I can decide, Th is is the one
that cares about this issue or that I con-nect with, Hallsor said.
So, as a voter, you dont have to feel disenfranchised be-cause
youre an NDPer living in a Conservative riding.
A PR variant called mixed member propor-tional would see voters
mark their ballot both for a local candidate conventionally as well
as for a party, with some seats doled out
according to party lists to deliver a more proportional
result.
Hallsor calls that an improvement from pure PR, but he said its
unclear how either version could meet constitutional require-ments
that guarantee each province and territory a set number of MPs.
Will Liberals get cold feet?
Will the Trudeau Liberals lose their appetite for reform now
that theyve won a majority with less than 40 per cent of the vote,
an outcome that would never be repeated un-der a diff erent
system?
Hallsor isnt holding his breath.
But if they press for-ward, he recommends a referendum be held
to get voter consent to whichever system is unveiled.
I dont think its good enough for Par-liament just to pass a bill
and say, Heres our new system. People in-herently and for good
reason distrust a bunch of politicians writing their own rules for
how they get elected.
Trudeau has prom-ised that an all-party committee will study the
options but has not committed to a referendum.
David Schreck, who co-chaired the no campaign against STV in
B.C., also thinks government MPs may waver.
A third of them wouldnt be there if not for fi
rst-past-the-post, he noted.
Schreck predicts Canadians would reject any specifi c proposal
once they see the details and hear the dueling arguments as too
distasteful or confusing, if it gets put to them.
Th e surest way to sandbag it and get out from having to
imple-ment his promise is to put it to a referendum.
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Th e time has arrived and youre ready to buy a house. However,
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Given the costs of buying and selling, its advisable to plan to
stay in your home for at least fi ve years.
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snapshot of their fi nances and a better idea on what we can do to
help them achieve fi nancial well-being, says Saito.
He adds that whether you choose to work with a fi nancial
planner or on your own, start planning your budget by deter-mining
what your income is on a monthly basis and then working out your fi
xed expenses in order of priorities, such as emergency and long
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While putting 20 percent down on a home isnt a must, Saito says
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nancial institutions against mortgage defaults. A higher down
payment
means youll be borrowing less and therefore your payments will
be lower.
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conditions and the new government has proposed
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nancial institution can off er. Saito advises asking yourself if
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Financial security looks diff erent for everyone so there isnt a
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How to fi nancially prepare for a mortgageBy Nicolle Hodges
Tyler SaitoRegional Manager
at Coast Capital Savings
B Term: The length of time that the conditions of your mortgage
are valid. A typical mortgage term is fi ve years, but longer and
shorter terms are available. Conditions that will be held
throughout the term of your mortgage include interest rate and
payment conditions.
C Amortization: The total length of time that the loan (in this
case a mortgage) is anticipated to be paid off in. A shorter
amortization period means that while your regular mortgage
repayments are higher, over the term of the mortgage you will be
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interest over the term of the mortgage.
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term. A fi xed rate means that your interest rate will not change
for the length of your mortgage term. A variable rate means
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