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Mr. Gillespie On White Paper In 1967 some 81,366 small firms, 88% of all Canadian firms incorpor- ated, earned $35,000 or less and paid a total of $177 million in federal taxes. However, if the tax levy were at the 5 5?; rate proposed by Mr. Benson, these same small companies would have paid a whopping $423 million into the federal treasury or $2115” million MORE. Liberal MP Alastair Gillespie (Etobicoke) is vice-chairman of the Commons Committee on Finance, Trade and Economic Affairs study- ing the White Paper and he has rec- ently put forward five proposals for amending the Benson legislation. The five principal areas he names are the taxing of capital gains, the distinction for tax purposes between public and private companies, the in- tegration of personal and corporate income tax, the financing of small business and the kind of special treatment that the natural resources industries should get. w..‘, a- v .V ".0 "v The small businessman has a vital role to play in our economic life. Yet if Mr. Benson has his way the count- less number of small and, in most cases, family-owned enterprises ac- ross this nation will be severely pen- alized. Mr. Benson’s whole premise of taxing the small businessman on the same basis (50%) as such giant international corporations as General Motors and General Electric is highly discriminatory and economically in- defensible. On most of theée points, Ml'. Gil- lespie himself is critical of the White Paper proposals.- “I find it very difficult to justify a system which would tax 50 per cent of the gains on, let us say, the sale of Bell Telephone shares, but 100 per cent of the gains on the sale of shares of a closely held corporation or the ownership of a small commerc- ial venture.” H Seldom has there been' a public document which has created such wide spread controversy and violent opposition among the Canadian people as Finance Minister Edgar Benson’s White Paper on Taxation. The debate has rolled on since last November and the silent majority have come to realize the message of the White Paper is not only economic in nature but, what is even more frightening, is a vehicle of Socialist; change aimed at the heart of the middle class. Its rising rates of tax- ation will have a crippling effect on the average Canadian wage earner. Since when did any government have .the right to penalize thrift, ambition and drive, such necessary parts of any growing and developing society? The taxing of capital gains on homes and personal possession will have to be completely rethought and the White Paper proposals with- drawn in their present form, he adds. All capital gains should be taxed the same way, at a top rate of 25 per cent, with the plan to impose a five-year revaluation abandoned com- pletely, according to the committee vice-chairman. “Nor am I persuaded,” Mr. Gilles- pie says, “that the effects of the capital gains tax proposal are well thought out in relationship to estate taxes.” Two possible changes are a reduction in estate taxes or a credit against estate taxes for capital gains taxes paid. On the distinction between public and private companies, Mr. Gillespie finds several reasons to question the We adults in recent months have become quite critical of the many faces of pollution, but have done little to clean it up. We persist in using detergents for our laundry, because soap is more expensive. We put off having our cars tuned up to eliminate fumes because a checkup costs money. We kick piles of paper and garbage out of cars into the gutter even though there is a waste- ‘basket within three feet. The list could be lengthened indefinitely. Assurance that the world will be in good hands when we of the older generation leave it to the youngsters of today is frequently evident. of today 1s frequently eV'ldent. Recently, there have been many incidents which prove this point in Richmond Hill and area. But the young people have done something about pollution. First it was the Boy Scouts and Cubs who collected all the litter from the ditches and shoulders of Newkirk Road. Then it was the pupils of Room 6 McConaghy Public School who gathered up and disposed of the scrap paper and empty bottles in the Mill. Pond environs. Both groups have helped make Richmond Hill a more attractive place in which to live. What have you done? WW An Independent Weekly: Established 1878 9c\â€"â€"’:;‘ Subscription Rate $5.00 per year; to United States $6.00; 10c single copy ' Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Published by Richmond Hill Liberal Publishing Co. Ltd. W. S. COOK, Publisher “Second class mail, registration number 0190" The students of Bayview Secondâ€" THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, June 11, 1970 In Good Hands 05m liberal The distinction between public and private companies will be difficult to sustain, he adds. Mr. Gillespie says he tends to favor the existing dividend tax credit over the White Paper proposal to in- tegrate corporate and personal in- come tax. In the White Paper sys- tem, shareholders of public companâ€" ies would get credit for the corpor- ate tax paid against their dividend income. ‘ The present system, he contends, is simple, flexible and encourages the purchase and ownership of Canadian shares by Canadians. Small business, he maintains, can be assured that it will get an altern- ative form of support to replace the elimination, in the White Paper, of the lower 21 per cent tax rate on the first $35,000 of corporate profits. Although one of the purposes of the White Paper is to eliminate some of the existing abuses in the tax system, Mr. Gillespie predicts “the different treatment of dividend in- come from the shares of closely held corporations and Widely held corpor- ations is likely to sponsor a whole new set of tax games to aid tax avoidance.” Mr. Gillespie terms unrealistic the White Paper goal of symmetryâ€" with a 50 per cent corporate tax rate, a top personal tax rate of 50 per cent and the taxing of 50 per cent or 100 per cent of capital gains. Tax differences in different prov- inces and the likelihood that future governments will stray far from the 50 per cent maximum tax rate make changes almost certain. Ender his plan, 50 per cent of the ta payable on the first $50,000 of corporate profits could be deferred. Thus with a tax of $25,000 on busi- ness profits of $50,000, a deferment of $12,500 would be allowed to ac- cumulate to a total of $100,000 over a set time, perhaps 15 years. Mr. Gillespie says he favors a scheme that would combine tax de- ferral principles with a conditional capital formation tax credit. The deferred tax liability would be offset by a similar tax credit pro- vided no dividends were paid and the deferred tax would thus be forgiven as long as there were no dividends. If dividends were paid, a similar amount of tax liability would become payable. He disagrees with the conten- tion that public and private com- panies are different and that the private company competes mainly with other private or unin- corporated businesses. “Based on my experience and the submissions I have read, this justification for the distinction just does not stand up.” Mr. Gillespie says he is not sure his system would work, but he thinks it is worth studying. “Such a plan would assist the company that is plowing back all its earnings to fi- nance growth. Mr. Gillespie was a highly success- ful Toronto industrialist before he entered federal politics in the 1968 general election. His “in depth” knowledge of the Canadian economy should prove invaluable in formu- lating new tax policies. It is to be hoped Prime Minister Pierre Tru- deau and Finance Minister Benson will see their way clear to give care- ful consideration to Mr. Gillespie’s proposals before any final decision is made on the White Paper. White Paper propogab. ary School have once again conducted a very successful KAP Campaign. Proceeds from the many events held will support seven Korean orphans (a continuing program) and the res- idue (a considerable amount) has gone to local charities. Hundreds of our young people have shown an awareness that others are not as fortunate as they and have participated in “walks”. It takes a lot of courage to go out and secure sponsors for a project of this kind. It takes even more intestinal forti- tude to keep putting one foot ahead of the other, when both are blistered and sore, to doggedly complete the '20. 25 or 33 mile task. There are the hundreds of young people involved in church activities. teaching Sunday school classes. givâ€" ing leadership to Scouts, Cubs. Guides and Brownies, helping in the winter carnival and recreational pro- jects of all kinds. Add them all up and they form the big majority. There has always been a minority to create trouble, to cause problems, but we must never forget that they are the minority and un- fortunately get most of the publicity. Most youfig people are fine citizens and we should be proud of them. We are, aren’t you? Federal government police include members of the RCMP and agents of the Department of National Revenue and the Department of Justice. The fight against crime on the international level is co-ordin- ated by the International Police Commission. * =3! # 3 9! I’M FOR MORE POLICE PROTECTION, NOT LESS I’Ve heard it said that a uniformed policeman standing around with nothing to do could still be considered a good investment of taxpayers’ money. I agree because police presence acts as a deterrent to criminal intent. . One has only to think of a few recent events in the area to be aware that the police spring into action when the need is there. It’s reassuring to most citizens that there are able, well-trained men to act on their behalf. It is the police who enforce the laws and bring order to the community and they shouldbe given credit and respect for doing so. With a few exceptions, a policeman is the most (Continued on Page 14) tl'lllllllll“\llllllllll“llllllllllllllllll\\\l\ll\l\lllilllllllllllllllll“lllllll“ll“Illlllllllllll\lllllllllllllllllllIllllilllllllllllllMill“llllllllllml\l\ll\llll\\ll\llllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll\llllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllull]illllllllllllllllllllllllll\lllllll\l\l\lllllll|lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllll\lllllllllilillll“lilllllllllillllmlllillMllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllMinimum“ to do a good job and at the same time, keep spending of public money to a minimum. Now comes the rude awaken- ing. The provincial government proposed that the County of York he reorganized into a re- gional government by stream- lining it to nine municipalities in place of the present 14. A re- ginal council consisting of 16 members and a chairman would replace the present county council of 28 members. This to me, appeared sensible, however, it has become appar- ent that some York County politicians’ noses were put out of joint because they were not assured of a seat on the new council and they raised such a clamor, the province has yield- ed to their vociferous belly- aching and has increased the number of seats on the regional council to 28. With the big jump in taxes through the reassessment of York County, one would think that the powers that be, would strive to ease the burden on the taxpayer but this apparently does not concern them. They would rather try to ensure the continuance of themselves at a higher level of government. Has the time come when we, the taxpeyer, should organize a ratepayers association in every municipality and join to- gether to form a central associ- ation at the regional level, to enable us to convince the gov- ernment that we are the people ‘and that we are deeply con- cerned and truly interested in saving money and eliminating unnecassary and wasteful ex- penditures‘.’ JACK WILLIAMSON, 67 Catherine Avenue, Aurora. mandate IOI‘ SUCH a. swcvpul5 shift from a society which make: a virtue of savings to one whic _ . _ - . chin staff members of Bay- makes a Virtue of spending. :22“, aid Richmond Hill High Without it the government is in- School The project was orgam creasingly vulnerable to the ci'i- ized . group and raised tiicism. particularly from the $135. provmc‘is' Each year the students pledge Ontario’s Treasurer, Charles themmflvw to raise through MacNaughto'n, is still actively their own efforts almcst $1000 campaigning for a larger shce to support seven Korean young- of the federal revenue pie. The Sters_ Their contribution to White Paper Proposals worsen KAP provides food, clothing the “Wine”, Dmition- “0t im‘ and education for these foster prove it. They "would virtually children. pre-empt use of the income tax The remaining money win be field for the federal government distributed to local charitable which already enjoys surplus organizations; fiscal resources," he charges. The KAP Committee and the This isn’t his only line of at- other students of Bayview ex- tack but it may prove, in the tend deep appreciation and longer run, one of the more ef- thanks to Staff Advisor Don fective. That understated sur- RaWIings and Principal Arthur plus in the White Paper may yet Martin for their time and effort prove to be its most damning in co-ordinating the events of weakness. the campaign. euchre. The top class protect was a hockey game featuring ummuunuamumm-r 1 A Short History Of The Police System The foundation of the present metropolitan system was laid in 1829 by the eminent British statesman, Sir Robert Peel. Members of the London Police Force are affectionately called after him, Peelers or Bobbies. The London Bobby is consid- ered a good example for policemen everywhere in the world. In the same year Scotland Yard was organized. Rambfi'ng 0un According to definition, police are public or private agents concerned with the enforcement of law, order and public proteotion. In modern cities their duti s range from, crim- inal investigation and apprehenson to crime preven- tion, traffic control and maintenance of records. In many countries police have a political function. On the American frontier, before the govern- ment was well organized, vigilante committees func- tioned as volunteer police. The Texas Rangers and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are examples of organizations that function in large, sparsely popu- lated areas. The colonies maintained constables and this office survives in the rural sheriff. 7 Regular police forces appeared in many states after the establishment of the New York City organization in 1844. -_c..-__._fig_~__ -7, Administration of the police system varies in different countries. In Europe it tends to be central- ized. In the United States and Canada there is decentralization although the RCMP provides police services for eight of the 10 Canadian provinces and the territories. Metropolitan police have a wide func- tion and provincial police (Ontario and Quebec) are concerned with many aspects of law enforcement. Federal government police include members of the RCMP and agents of the Department of National Revenue and the Department of Justice. The fight against crime on the international level is co-ordin- ated by the International Police Commission. I agree because police presence acts ‘as a deterrent to criminal intent. . One has only to think of a few recent events in the area to be aware that the police spring into action when the need is there. It’s reassuring to most citizens that there are able, Well-trained men to act on their behalf. It is the police who enforce the laws and bring order to the community and they should be given credit and respect for doing so. 117-1. L council of 28 members. This to me, appeared sensible, however, it has become appar- ent that some York County politicians‘ noses were put out of joint because they were not assured of a seat on the new council and they raised such a clamor, the province has yieldâ€" ed to their vociferous belly- aching and has increased the I’M FOR MORE POLICE PROTECTION, NOT LESS I’V’e heard it said that a uniformed policeman standing around with nothing to do could still be considered a good investment of taxpayers’ money. BY MARGARET LADE Any person who sets out to plan facilities for a child treatment centre must be a very dedicated person said the guest speaker at the offiâ€" cial‘opening of Blue Hills Academy for Emotionally Disturbed Children on CFRB Sideroad in King Township on May 30. Before declaring the build- ing officially open, Dr. Naomi Rae-Grant, chief of child psychiatry at the Uni- versity of Toronto Medical School and at the Hospital For Sick Children, added that the dedication of those who initiate the project is nothing to the dedication in- volved once the project gets underway. lllllm“NH“llllll“\lHHlHI“mm““\“llllulllllllllulll[\lllll““mlll“llllllmllllllmmlll‘llllllllllHllllullllllluuuuulul\Illulumumuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu unluqu.quuuuu-nnnu Blue Hills reat Challenge T 0 'Workers Says Speaker , In Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church May 6, ten graduates of Knox College, University of Toronto, were licensed to preach by the Presbytery of East Toronto. This is the first “time a licensing service has been conducted in the local church in the 154-year history of the congregation. An impressive service of worship was conducted by the Presbytery Moderator Rev. Hector MacRury, minister of Cook’s Presbyterian Church, Toronto. The sermon was preached by Rev. Gordon Brett, minister of Knox Church, Oshawa, convenor of presbytery’s committee on students and colleges. He is the uncle of one member of the graduating class. ,-_/ . _.__.. V. Mr. Ross, who Spent his boyhood in Woodbridge, was ordained May 7 in the Woodbridge Presbyterian Church, and received the congregation’s gift of a goWn and hood. His father, a former minister of that church, is now in British Columbia and a sister working with the Indians in that province. V-vliielndEdwin'flie’E‘t-aoveVpioture of the graduates are: Evelynv CarpentEr, W. W. H. Chan, Robin Ross, Elgin Wilson, Cameron Brett, Donald Cuddling, William McNeil, Norman Allison, Lloyd Clifton and J. W. Frederick. 7 First licensing Service In 754 Years Before the project can get star-ted, said Dr. Rae-Grant, its board of directors must sell the community. the municipal authorities, and the province on the need for it. to acquire land, zoning, services and financial back- ing. The child care worker who comes in once the building is UP. however. has one of the hardest jobs in the world, she continued. “You need a lot of patience to become a child care worker. It is a very demanding job," A brisk'wi'nd blew over the hills south of Aurora where the two cottages that com- prise the new Blue Hills Academy stand. Provincial and municipal by Elisabeth Kelson MUNICIPAL POLITICIANS ‘ I ask you. "Is this necessary?” ARE EMPIRE BUILDERS ‘I say “no, it is not. A smaller Dear Mr. Editor: body could operate more effici- The poor taxpayer has been'ently and economically. One laboring under a delusion for a good representative is better long time, He thought that than half a dozen mediocre politicians at the municipal lev- OHBS- 15 regional government 91 ran for office because they EOing t0 Pattern itself after had his interest as well as their county education and say to own at heart and would strive‘heCk WW1 the expenses?” to do a good job and at the With the big jump in taxes same time, keep spending of through the reassessment of public money 1;? a minimum. York County, one would think nuns. .LL- ........ 4-L..u- I“. “mush-I Now comes the rude awaken-‘thaj ing. The provincial government Stl‘l proposed that the County of tax] York be reorganized into a re- doe gional government by stream- W01 lining it to nine municipalities C911 in place of the present 14. A re- h1g1 ginal council consisting of 16 a members and a chairman would the replace the present county a council of 28 members. EVE Dear Mr. Editor: The announcement that Metro is to expand an- other 50 square miles to the north is typical of the dictatorship of the provincial government at Queen’s Park. In the area proposed for annexation by Metro, 82% of the people concerned want no part of Metro. Like myself, the biggest number of them moved out of Metro and have no desire to return. The big tin god at Queen’s Park says it is so and the little tin gods echo the big tin god’s, “It is s_o’_’. Have the people concerned no voice in this matter, or have we another “Hitler” or “Stalin” at Queen’s Park? Perhaps they have forgotten his- tory. Revolutions, in 90% of cases are caused by over-taxation or oppression, and oppression is caused by dictatorship. Never in the history of Ontario have we had such dictatorial Ministers as we have at the present time. The record of the Robarts Gov- ernment goes from one restrictive piece of legisla- tion to another. Stand up for your rights and let the powers that be know where you stand. We want the right to decide where we will go and under what municipal government we will live. Speed the day of the next provincial election. CECIL JONES, 116 Woodward Avenue, South Thornhill. It is time we told Premier John Robarts and Minister of Municipall Affairs Darcy McKeough we do not want to enter Metro and we want no part of reassessment as it is constituted at present. officials. members of the medical profession, the board of education and dozens of supporters and interested spectators were assembled on the freshly sodded and land- scaped grounds for the open- ing ceremonies. They were welcomed by Russell MacDonald. chairman of the board of directors, who described the achieve- ment as “a labor of love”. The two new buildings on the six acre site are just a beginning, said Mr. Mac- Donald. There are now six children in residence, and soon there will be 12, all re- ferred by their parents through the family physician to the psychiatric services of York County Hospital and THE TIN GODS AT QUEEN’S PARK ARE DICTATORS (Photo by William Wallace) then to Blue Hills Academy One building now serves as a residence. the other as an administration building, but two more buildings will be added as soon as finances permit Mr. Mac-Donald paid tri- bute to the board of direc- tors for their devoted service in bringing the project to a successful conclusion in its first phase, mentioning par- ticularly the board’s Vice- President Glenn Ferguson of King, “who worked day and night to see the project com- plebed.” He introduced Douglas Al- len, senior member of the architectural firm of Allen, Brown and Sherriff of Rich- mond Hill, who had designed (Montreal Gazette) Finance Minister Benson has conceded. admittedly in a roundabout way, that his tax re- form proposals won’t be imple- mented in 1971 as he intended. The government’s announce- mend; that it would introduce the tax changes in 1971, he told Parliament, is not necessarily binding. He also said that no legislation is being drafted at this time. Nuisance disposable pop bot- tles may soon become a thing of the past. “We would not have done that in our day”. I am almost as sick of hearing that phrase as the youngsters to whom it is addressed. What it means in many cases is that we could not have done it. I was aware of this when I saw 'Arthur Miller’s “The New Plastic To Solve Pop Bottle Problem "University of Toronto chem- ists have devised a method whereby plastics can be made mulmummmmuun““\umuu“l\\mmunuuumxmumun\mun Resetting The Schedule Crucible”, performed by the Theatre Company of Thornlea Secondary School last week. I know that my contemporaries would have had neither the un- derstanding nor perception to tackle such complex material, and what is more, to make it a moving, often poignant experience. It is a tribute to the students that their director, Howard Reynolds, had such faith in them, and the guts to letthem t~ry_ it. When will the proposals‘be implemented? It will depend on the speed with which the Com- mons and Sen-ate Committees complete their examinations of them. On that basis. it would now appear they’ll not be im- plemented in 1972 either. The plates of both committees are too full to expect they will have read all submissions, studied all proposals and drafted the amendments they will want to make within two years. “The Crucible” is the story of the Salem witch trials at the close of the seventh cent- ury. It has its parallels today, when there are those who see their own particular bogey behind every tree, and we all recognize that brainwashing is not exclusive to communist regimes. Presumably the author had this in mind when he wrote his play. His subject may be based on historical fact, but there is nothing archaic in a society in which faith and honesty are corrupted by fear, superstition and self-interest, or in which the fear of death can make perjurers out of good men. On the basis of that schedule, there is a very good chance the proposals will simply be shelved until after the federal election. The election, in d e e (1, may very well be fought on the ori- ginal principal issue raised by the White Paper â€" the'nature of the society Canadians are to have. The government. by now, must recognize its need for a mandate for such a sweeping shift from a society which makes a virtue of savings to one which makes a virtue of spending. Without it the government is in- creasingly vulnerable to the cri- ticism. particularly from the provinces. In 1119 Spotlight r--_,-._ v-.. Vv, .7 The action of the play demanded four locales, and these were achieved by groupings of furniture on an open stage, assisted by lighting. The awful presence of the church was suggested by a silhouette of a typical New England spire, and the constant reminder of death by a gibbet. A raised platform at stage left made for interesting groupings, and was used to advantage, especially in the trial scene. Art director was Gerry Costello. The sturdy furn-y ishings of the period, together with the good earth colors of the costumes, while attractive to the eye, provided the minimum of distraction from the dialogue, and sustained the sombre theme of the (Continued on Page 14) Fine Production Of “The Crucible” By Theatre Company Of Thornlea the buildings, and to D. Bourke Constructon Com- pany of Maple for finishing the buildings by the April 1 target date. York County Commissioner Stewart Burnett, Reeve of Whitchurch Township. brought greetings from the county. Dr. William Hughes. direc- tor of psychiatric services for York County Hospital, New- mrket, told the assembly that the medical profession in York County “Welcomes Blue Hills with relief as well as with pleasure. It is sorely needed.” Six years ago, said Dr. Hughes, a report was made to the province. and the greatest needs cited were for By MARY MONKS EStudents At Bayview {Raise 54,650 For KAP In a seven-year research pro- gram, the chemists have found that if groups of atoms sensi- tive to ultraviolet rays are in- troduced into the molecular chains during chemical synthe- sis of the plastics, the chain will break apart when exposed to the sun‘s radiation. to disintegrate in sunlight, thul promising a solution to the pro- blem of disposing of unsightly plastic containers. Studies by the group, under Dr. James Guillet, professor of chemistry. indicate that some plastics show substantial degradation after exposure of less than a month. Plastics are made of lengthy molecules whose atoms are linked in chains. They are in- vulnerable to the attacks of micro-organisms, which degrade other materials into their con- stituent chemicals. The plastic then loses its phy- sical strength and becomes brit- tle and easily broken down by natural erosion from wind and water. The resulting small par- ticles can then become part of the soil in a form susceptible to attack by micro-organisms. The KAP (Korean Adoption Program) Committee. headed by Barry McKillop, reports that Bayview Secondary School stu- dents this year have raised $4,700. , j YMnrv. Events of the well-organized campaign included a 20â€"milo walkathon to Toronto City Hall, a student variety night, a dance featuring SHE and a bridge and euchre. The top class project was a hockey game featuring teaching staff members of Bay- view and Richmond Hill High School. The project was organ- ized by a group and raised $135. - . - ,._ _v-.l..- “a-.- _, v-â€" themselves to raise through their own efforts almost $2,000 to support seven Korean young- sters. Their contribution to KAP provides food, clothing and education for these foster children. -nuA The remaining money WIll be distributed to local charitable organizations. 7 4_; LL- psychiatric services for chiL dren and adolescents and services for addictions. “These two problems seem to have coalesced,” he de- clared, “and it is very wel- come to the medical and par- ticularly the phychiatric seg- ment of the county." The Ontario Department of Health was represented by Miss Betty Graham, direc- tor of child care services for the province. Dr. Naomi Rae-Grant was introduced by Dr. Paul Perry. a member of the board of directors and one of the original committee formed four years ago to plan child care services for York County. Members of the board of (Continued on Page 14)