page 5 page 6 page 11 CITY SEEKS HELP HELPING HOARDERS GREENHOUSE GAS LEAKS FROM TRUST LAST-MINUTE RUSH FOR PST’S RETURN www.newwestnewsleader.com WEDNESDAY APRIL 3 2013 Decision on iconic sculpture coming Shortlist down to two artists Chris Bryan [email protected]A decision could be made as soon as next Monday about the work of art that will grace Hyack Square and memorialize the second-most recognizable photo in Canada’s history. New Westminster city Coun. Lorrie Williams said the original list of 15 artist submissions has been narrowed down to just two by the “Wait For Me, Daddy” task force. The two finalists will be reviewed by council in a closed meeting on Monday, at which time the successful artist could be chosen. The city has set aside $300,000 for the sculpture that will mark the photo that was shot by The Vancouver Province photographer Claude P. Dettloff on Oct. 1, 1940. The photo features the British Columbia Regiment marching down Eighth Street near Columbia. While the photo was being taken, a boy, Warren “Whitey” Bernard broke free from his mother and reached out for the hand of his father, Private Jack Bernard. Mario Bartel [email protected]Spring is all about renewal, rebirth and cleaning. The women of New West B2B, a network of business women and entrepreneurs, is making it possible to achieve a total life makeover in one visit to Spring Cleaning, a health and wellness fair featuring local businesses and organizations to be held at the River Market on Saturday, April 13, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. The fair will feature displays, demonstrations and interactive consultations on everything from fitness to all-natural beauty products to reorganizing and redesigning your home to make it more organized and less stressful. All the exhibitors will be based in New Westminster says organizer Heidi Clarkson. “We want to showcase what people have in their backyard. They don’t always have to go into Vancouver. The event is the first initiative by the fledgling B2B group, which was formed informally last October over beers and nachos and has now grown to include independent businesses from a wedding planner to a property stager to an esthetician to a pub to three home decor shops. All the members are women. By collaborating, sharing resources, knowledge, experience and mentoring each other, Clarkson says the group hopes to help everyone be successful. “We’re almost like a sounding board,” says Clarkson. “It’s helpful to work together.” They’re also hoping to convince everyone of the value of shopping local, keeping money and jobs in the community. “There are so many hidden gems right here,” says Clarkson. “We need something like this to support shopping locally.” Among the interactive displays at the fair will be a chance to try pole dancing, a mini makeup consult by Sarah Thomas, even a fitness assessment by Robyn Murrell of Zhoosh - Fitness by Design. Some brave visitors, or those just in need of a drastic hair cut, can even get their head, or beard, shaved by a team of hair experts to help raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. For more information about Spring Cleaning, or to volunteer your head for shaving, contact Heidi Clarkson at [email protected]. Getting a head start on Spring Cleaning MARIO BARTEL/NEWSLEADER Sonja Curry is horrified at the prospect of losing her lock to scissors and clippers wielded by Sarah Thomas, Heidi Clarkson and Robyn Murrell. They’re all members of the B2B women’s business network in New West, promoting their first health and wellness fair to be held at the River Market on April 13. Please see ICONIC, A3 Parents of special needs students gather for mutual help. See page A3 Celebrating 40 years Join us at our Open House Friday, April 5, 10am-3pm Community Centred College for the Retired 6650 Southoaks Cres, Burnaby | 604-517-8732 | www.cccrburnaby.org Everyone Welcome! Your Future. Our Focus. 604.541.8500 www.muironmoney.com THE MUIR INVESTMENT TEAM Your Retirement Specialists Join Portfolio Manager David Taylor, CFA, MBA of IA Clarington Tues., April 30 Call to RSVP
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Decision on iconic sculpture comingShortlist down to two artistsChris [email protected]
A decision could be made as soon as next Monday about the work of art that will grace Hyack Square and memorialize the second-most recognizable photo in Canada’s history.
New Westminster city Coun. Lorrie Williams said the original list of 15 artist submissions has been narrowed down to just two by the “Wait For Me, Daddy” task force. The two finalists will be reviewed by council in a closed meeting on Monday, at which time the successful artist could be chosen.
The city has set aside $300,000 for the sculpture that will mark the photo that was shot by The Vancouver Province photographer Claude P. Dettloff on Oct. 1, 1940. The photo features the British Columbia Regiment marching down Eighth Street near Columbia. While the photo was being taken, a boy, Warren “Whitey” Bernard broke free from his mother and reached out for the hand of his father, Private Jack Bernard.
Spring is all about renewal, rebirth and cleaning.
The women of New West B2B, a network of business women and entrepreneurs, is making it possible to achieve a total life makeover in one visit to Spring Cleaning, a health and wellness fair featuring local businesses and organizations to be held at the River Market on Saturday, April 13, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The fair will feature displays, demonstrations and interactive consultations on everything from fitness to all-natural beauty
products to reorganizing and redesigning your home to make it more organized and less stressful. All the exhibitors will be based in New Westminster says organizer Heidi Clarkson.
“We want to showcase what people have in their backyard. They don’t always have to go into Vancouver.
The event is the first initiative by the fledgling B2B group, which was formed informally last October over beers and nachos and has now grown to include independent businesses from a wedding planner to a property stager to an
esthetician to a pub to three home decor shops. All the members are women. By collaborating, sharing resources, knowledge, experience and mentoring each other, Clarkson says the group hopes to help everyone be successful.
“We’re almost like a sounding board,” says Clarkson. “It’s helpful to work together.”
They’re also hoping to convince everyone of the value of shopping local, keeping money and jobs in the community.
“There are so many hidden gems right here,” says Clarkson. “We need something like this to support
shopping locally.”Among the interactive displays at
the fair will be a chance to try pole dancing, a mini makeup consult by Sarah Thomas, even a fitness assessment by Robyn Murrell of Zhoosh - Fitness by Design.
Some brave visitors, or those just in need of a drastic hair cut, can even get their head, or beard, shaved by a team of hair experts to help raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society.
For more information about Spring Cleaning, or to volunteer your head for shaving, contact Heidi Clarkson at [email protected].
Getting a head start on Spring Cleaning
MariO BarTEl/NEWSlEaDEr Sonja Curry is horrified at the prospect of losing her lock to scissors and clippers wielded by Sarah Thomas, Heidi Clarkson and Robyn Murrell. They’re all members of the B2B women’s business network in New West, promoting their first health and wellness fair to be held at the River Market on April 13.
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CENTURY HOUSE THRIFT SALESaturday, April 13, 2013 • 10:30 am - 2:00 pmCentury House, 620 Eighth StreetBargains galore! FREE admission! “Recycled” treasures include: clothing • small appliances • jewelry • kitchenware • knick-knacks • books • records • plantsDon’t miss this opportunity to pick up odds and ends at a great price.Donations accepted April 6 to April 12 at Century House.
Anvil Centre & Office Tower Update The new Anvil Centre and office tower project is underway downtown at the corner of 8th & Columbia and is scheduled for completion in 2014. This exciting project is being partially-funded through a Development Assistance Compensation (DAC) agreement between the Province of British Columbia, BC Lottery Corporation, Starlight Casino and the City of New Westminster. The new iconic facility will serve the community, stimulate tourism and spur economic development through its many amenities including a 350 seat theatre, conference and meeting facilities, multi-purpose rooms, art studios, museums and tourist information centre. The nine storey office tower will deliver 139,000 square feet of class A LEED Gold office space into the downtown, directly across the street from SkyTrain. For more information visit www.anvilcentre.ca
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2013 RESIDENTIAL WATER, SEWER AND SOLID WASTE CHARGESDUE DATE: MONDAY – MAY 6, 20132013 Residential Water, Sewer and Solid Waste bills have been mailed to the registered owners of Single Detached Dwellings.If you have not received your Residential Water, Sewer and Solid Waste bill please contact the Taxes and Utilities Department at City Hall at 604-527-4555 or 604-527-4550. New owners of single detached dwellings who have not received their bill in the mail are advised to contact the Taxes and Utilities Department.
Accounts paid in full on or before May 6, 2013 are eligible for a 5% prompt payment discount. Accounts unpaid after May 6, 2013 are not eligible for the 5% discount and may be subject to transfer to property taxes if still unpaid at December 31, 2013.
Various payment options are provided for your convenience:
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• Cheques post-dated to the May 6th discount date are welcome
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• At any chartered bank and most trust companies and credit unions
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Seniors Living Alone: If you have received your bill, you may qualify for a waiver of 25% of the fl at rate charges if you meet ALL of the following requirements:
1. 65 years of age or over, and
2. Living alone (one person only) in the single family residence, and
3. A registered owner of the property.
If you meet all of the above requirements and your fl at rate utility bill does not already include a reduction described as “Senior Waiver” please call the Taxes and Utilities Department for assistance.
For further information, call the Taxes and Utilities Department at City Hall at 604-527-4555 or 604-527-4550.
When Alex Duncan was two-and-a-half years old, he could recite lines from movies and programs he’d seen on TV, but he couldn’t hold a conversation with his family.
At first his mother Alison thought he was developmentally advanced. But as she noticed other signs like his inability to interact with others, she started doing research on her computer.
She discovered Alex’s behaviour matched a number of points on the autism scale.
Getting him in to see a speech and language pathologist for a proper assessment took eight months. Getting him the help he needed took another 18.
The time in between, says Alison, was filled with fear and uncertainty.
“It’s hard to describe how you
feel about it,” says Alison. “It certainly presented problems about his future because what happens without language. It’s at the core of everything we do.”
She also became an advocate for Alex.
Instead of waiting for the help to come to Alex, she went out and got it, using applied behaviour analysis to create a home program for teaching her son the language skills he needed. She discovered Alex really responded well to technology, so she used the computer to broaden his world. She was also able to connect with him through his finely tuned musical ear.
As Alex approached school age, new challenges emerged. Alison knew her son couldn’t stay home and protected forever.
“He needed social connections, he needed to have peers and a community to open him up to the
world.”But navigating her way through
a school system trying to do the best for all its students while keeping an eye on the budget
proved fraught with frustration. Time and again Alison bumped heads with school officials over the way Alex was being taught, and the special education
assistant he’d been assigned. She had meetings with school trustees, principals, teachers. Twice she pulled Alex out of school as a last-ditch effort to resolve an impasse. She knew the stakes were too high not to fight.
“(Alex’s) entire success is based upon their decisions,” says Alison. “Everything has ramifications for the child, the family, the teacher, the students.”
To help ease the journey of families of children with special education needs through a system that can seem at odds with their goals, the New Westminster District Parent Advisory Council and the BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils are hosting two Special Education Parent Networking Days. The first will be held Saturday at F.W. Howay School, 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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The photo so powerfully captured the feeling of the time it was subsequently featured in publications around the world.
Today, it is considered the second-most recognizable photo in Canada, after the driving of the last spike by Sir Donald Smith in Craigellachie in 1885.
The criteria for the “Wait For Me, Daddy” work asked the artists to show the mother, father and son “realistically” in three bronze statues.
Williams said she was in Tofino last week and had dinner with Warren Bernard and his wife, who offered photographs and letters for Williams to have copied by the New Westminster Museum and Archives. Bernard has agreed to do the unveiling for the new sculpture, expected for October 2014 as the new Anvil Centre
nears completion.“He’s extremely pleased
and excited to be part of this,” Williams said, adding with a laugh: “As he said: ‘I’m thrilled to be immortalized in bronze.’”
Williams added that it’s quite special that the young boy from the original photo is still alive and will be involved in his historic occasion.
Putting the new sculpture in Hyack Square will mean moving another sculpture already on site, Ab Avo - The Fertile Nest, somewhere else in the square.
Williams conceded that the budget for the project may seem steep to some, but she said it was important to create a work that properly honours the significance of the photo, and that it be a work that
lasts for generations.It’s likely that much of
the cost will be covered by outside contributions, as well.
The city plans to obtain a portion through fundraising and accessing grants from agencies like Veterans Affairs Canada which offers up to $50,000 for projects like this.
There might even be some way residents are encouraged to play a role.
The iconic bronze sculpture “The Homecoming” in Victoria’s Inner Harbour features a sailor’s reunion with his young daughter. It was installed in 2010 to honour the Canadian
Navy’s 100th anniversary, and was created by artist Nathan Scott, who designed the Terry Fox sculpture at Mile 0 of the Trans Canada Highway. The Homecoming includes dedication bricks that people can purchase to honour a loved one’s military service. Williams said similar bricks would be an ideal fit for Hyack Square, and could possibly be installed up Eighth Street as far as Royal Avenue, where the British Columbia Regiment marched more than 70 years ago.
There could be a number of special events as part of the “Wait For Me, Daddy” dedication, Williams said, including the possibility of a re-creation of the soldiers’ march down Eighth and, in 2015, a stamp from Canada Post as part of its commemoration of the end of the Second World War.
This iconic photo, taken in New Westminster in 1940, is considered one of Canada’s most recognizable photos. It is to be commemorated with a bronze sculpture.
MArIO BArteL/neWsLeADer Alison Duncan shows off a LEGO model of the video game character Super Mario built by her eight-year-old son Alex, who has autism. Parents of kids with special educational needs will be able to exchange information and trade stories at the Special Education Parent Network Day to be held in New Westminster on April 6.
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Finding bees, farming in the city and a street hockey game that’s been going for 22 years will be among the topics presented at New Westminster’s second PechaKucha on Friday, April 26 at the River Market.
PechaKucha is Japanese for “chit chat,” and was founded in Tokyo in 2003 by a group of architects to meet, show off their work and exchange ideas. Each of the 10 scheduled presenters shows 20 slides for 20 seconds each on their passion, their big idea.
There are now PechaKucha events in more than 600 cities around the world.
“We think… New West is hungry for events that combine culture and entertainment,” says organizer Neal Michael.
The presentations begin in the Food Hall at 7:30 p.m. They’ll be preceded by an informal mixer with wine and local craft beer. After the event, conversations can continue at a cocktail reception at Wild Rice Restaurant.
Tickets for PechaKucha New West vol. 2 go on sale April 8, for $7.50 including service charge. None will be available at the door. For more information including a link to buy tickets online go to pechakucha.org/cities/new-westminster.
The event will give parents of students with special needs a chance to meet and learn from each other, build relationships, discover what other school districts are doing. There will also be workshops and presentations on topics like advocacy, anxiety, sexuality, mental health and community
support.“Parents often act in
isolation, reacting to a perceived lack of adequate support and funding rather than proactively advocating for the best possible education of their child,” says a press release announcing the event.
Alison Duncan couldn’t agree more.
“I fight until I get what I want,” she says.
“But it shouldn’t be this hard.”
• Tickets for the Special Education Parent Day are $20, which includes lunch. For more information, including a link to register online go to www.nwdpac.ca.
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Lineup named for PechaKuchaApril Fool’s missive
Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore tweeted a “press release” on Easter Monday (April 1) to state that his city had “expanded its boundaries as it takes over the oldest City in British Columbia, New Westminster.”
The release further went on to thank “former Mayor Wayne Wright” and New West council for their years of service.
It quoted a “never used section” of the Community Charter which it states allowed PoCo to acquire New West if the Royal City did not “reject the claim on or before April 1, 2013.”
“To ensure New Westminster is not forgotten… The new city will be called New Port Coquitlam,” Moore said in the statement. The press release included a photo of Moore with his feet up on a desk, in what it says is “former Mayor Wright’s” office in New Westminster City Hall.
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Council calls on province to form mental health teams to tackle issueGrant [email protected]
New Westminster wants the province to help cities deal with hoarding.
City council will be asking the Union of B.C. Municipalities (UBCM) later this year to support a resolution calling on the province to develop mental health teams that would aid municipal bylaw officers.
Coun. Bill Harper said it has become clear compulsive hoarding is more than an issue of unsightly premises or safety.
“Our staff don’t have the mandate or the knowledge or the skill set to deal with the psychological situations with hoarding,” said Harper.
He noted Vancouver, in conjunction with the Coastal Health Authority, recently established mental health teams to work with residents when its city employees encountered hoarders. So he’d like to see the province have the health authorities work with cities to manage and reduce the risk by establishing similar squads.
“Fraser Health doesn’t have a program that deals with those individuals,” said Harper. “These are really provincial responsibilities that are being
downloaded to the cities.”He pointed out when the
city’s bylaw officers visit a home they frequently can’t enter the premises to have a discussion with the resident because there’s no room to manoeuvre. This has become particularly evident in apartments and rental units of many seniors, he added. The homes present safety hazards to the occupants, the bylaw officers and to any first responders called to attend.
On Monday, council voted to send its resolution to a regional municipal conference in May to seek support before it goes to the UBCM’s annual general meeting in September if it is accepted for discussion.
City wants help to deal with hoarders
April is National Poetry Month and the New Westminster Public Library is celebrating with a special evening featuring three poets on Monday, April 8 at 6:30 p.m.
The evening will include New Westminster’s Poet
Laureate, Candice James; Penn Kemp, the Poet Laureate of London, Ontario; and Manolis Aligazakis, a Greek-Canadian poet and author.
The event is sponsored by The League of Canadian Poets and the Canada Council.
It is free but registration is requested, by calling 604-527-4667. The library is at 716 6th Ave. in New Westminster and is wheelchair accessible.
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VICTORIA – The Pacific Carbon Trust orchestrated a months-long campaign of calls and letters to discredit a report from B.C.’s Auditor General on its first two big carbon offset projects, before it could be released.
Just as the audit report was about to be made public, the trust, a Crown corporation created at taxpayer expense, participated in the leaking of selected critical letters to media outlets.
Then the Speaker of the B.C. legislature, Bill Barisoff, made a final, clumsy effort to delay the release of the report.
As soon as it was out, Environment Minister Terry Lake tried to discredit it, by blustering about all the highly paid experts who swore up and down that a forest reserve near Kootenay Lake, and a gas flaring reduction project near Fort Nelson, were bona fide carbon offsets worth $6 million of taxpayers’ money.
The audit states in plain language, with charts and timelines, that the $6 million was basically given away for nothing.
I look forward to further audits on this carbon offset scheme, assuming it survives after the May election, because these two projects aren’t the only boondoggles.
The Pacific Carbon Trust was set up in 2008 as part of former premier Gordon Campbell’s climate change program. To make the B.C. government’s operations “carbon neutral,” the government and all of its agencies were required to pay the trust $25 per tonne for their carbon dioxide emissions from fuel use.
In 2011 alone, B.C. universities paid $4.46 million to the trust. B.C.’s 60 school districts paid a total of $5.36 million the same year, and the province’s six health authorities paid $5.79 million. The money is supposed to go to projects that capture carbon, thus “offsetting” the heating
of schools, the fuel burned by ambulances and so forth.
The 55,000-hectare forest reserve is known as Darkwoods. The audit shows that the Nature Conservancy of Canada decided in 2006 to buy it, using $25 million of federal taxpayers’ money. The deal closed in 2008, the same year the Pacific Carbon Trust was formed.
From 2008 to 2010, the trust bought 450,000 tonnes of carbon offset, based on independent evaluations that all rested on the assumption that Darkwoods would be clear-cut logged.
Since the forest was already owned by Canada’s leading conservancy, this assumption makes no sense. Was the conservancy going to log it, or flip it to someone who would, after accepting $25 million in tax money to acquire it? Legally, it could not.
(I would add that the assumption that logging releases all of the carbon in a forest is also false. Lumber actually sequesters carbon for longer than trees, which eventually die and rot.)
The audit found a similar case
against EnCana’s flare reduction program, which the company used on many wells before the trust started offering money. EnCana was saving money as well as reducing emissions without collecting offsets. Therefore, the audit concluded, neither of these projects was a credible offset because the emissions savings would have occurred anyway.
Here’s the next Pacific Carbon Trust project that should be audited. In a complicated transaction, the trust bought offsets from something called the Great Bear Carbon Credit Limited Partnership. Yes, this is the world-famous forest on B.C.’s North Coast that was subject to a preservation deal hammered out between the Coastal First Nations, the B.C. government and three U.S.-backed environmental groups.
That was in 2006. The offset purchases were in 2009 and 2010, years after detailed preservation areas were mapped and codified in law.
Again, the trust paid for forest that was already preserved.
It was perhaps fitting that B.C. returned to the Provincial Sales Tax on April Fool’s Day.
The rollout of the Harmonized Sales Tax by then-Premier Gordon Campbell was a colossal bungle during his time in office. The HST was praised by economists as sensible tax policy, and approved by many in the business community as easier to administer. But too many people felt betrayed by the way the tax was introduced, particularly due to the fact it came on the heels of an election where no mention of the HST was made.
And after the damage had been done, and after people learned that, in general, most folks would pay more under the new regime, no attempts at explanation could turn the tide of opposition.
In the summer of 2011, residents had their say in a province-wide referendum, rejecting the HST in favour of a return to the PST.
So here we are, again. Back in a world with two taxes,
the GST with a few exemptions, and the PST with quite a few.
There’s a great explainer on the provinces website to untangle it all—just visit http://gov.bc.ca/pst and click “What’s taxable, what’s not.”
Suffice to say, for many things the average British Columbian will save money with the return to the PST.
On things like home repairs and renovations, child safety equipment, smoke detectors, bikes, movie tickets, golf memberships, haircuts, basic cable, gym memberships and buying a new house, the return of the PST is good news and will mean significant savings.
The unfortunate impact, however, is the loss of the provincial rebate of up to $230 a year for low-income individuals, which now drops to $75.
As usual, the most vulnerable feel the shift most keenly. Meantime, the rest of us will adjust, as we always do.
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013 NewsLeader A7Wednesday, April 3, 2013 NewsLeader A7
COMMENTLast year it was suggested
that Canadian housing prices were, on average, approaching an astounding 40 per cent overvaluation.
If that wasn’t sufficiently alarming, then three back-to-back reports which came out last month should be sufficient to send ice-cold shivers of fear through every realtor, mortgage lender and mortgaged homeowner across Canada.
Moody’s, the ratings service, completed an assessment of housing prices in those countries—Spain, the UK, Australia and Canada—where housing prices over the past decade have gone well beyond sustainable market fundamentals. Its analysis contemplates a 44 per cent drop in Canadian housing prices, given a severe economic shock.
Meanwhile a subsequent report issued by the Toronto Dominion Bank’s chief economist predicts an annual two per cent rise in prices over
the coming decade. However, this report also concedes that prices are out of whack with underlying fundamentals.
Lastly, the Canadian Real Estate Association has just come out with its own report, bemoaning that while the number of sales nationally has dropped some 16 per cent this February from last, the average cross-Canada price—if sales from Greater Vancouver were excluded—continues to rise.
So what is going on? How is it that despite what is recognized as a growing affordability gap homes are still being bought at vastly inflated prices? How is it that despite a substantial drop in sales, prices are not—as might be expected—falling but are in fact continuing to climb?
The answer is to be found within the very-much changed makeup of the Canadian real estate market.
The “traditional” market was a pure supply-and-demand model driven by families who
wanted to own their own home. Since then, steadily rising prices combined with restricted growth in real incomes combined with tightened-up mortgage regulations have all conspired to exclude more families from home ownership.
At the same time, speculative activities—encouraged by a generous Capital Gain tax regime and a voracious appetite by non-Canadians for ownership of real estate—have fed each other while driving prices into the stratosphere. Traditional speculation was no threat in the old days of supply-and-demand: you couldn’t sell a property for more than the market was willing to pay, so the secret was in buying as low as possible.
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But province decision against light rail used incomplete infoJeff NagelBlack Press
The provincial government was right to choose SkyTrain technology to build the Evergreen Line to Coquitlam, but it did so with incomplete information, according to B.C.’s Auditor General. John Doyle’s latest audit concludes SkyTrain and not light rail was the best option because of its greater capacity at similar cost, its easy integration with the existing rapid transit system and because it’s well understood by transit users.
But he also found the 2008 and 2010 business cases for the 11-kilometre line left out information needed to understand the cost, benefits and risks of comparing SkyTrain, light rail and bus rapid transit options.
“They also did not explain that the
SkyTrain ridership forecasts were based on assumptions that placed them at the upper end of the estimated range,” Doyle said.
“Omitting this information meant government did not have the opportunity to understand these risks and endorse actions for protecting and enhancing the benefits of the Evergreen Line over its useful life.”
While the $1.4-billion Evergreen Line is already under construction, the findings may influence the debate underway in Surrey and Vancouver over whether rapid transit extensions in those cities should be done with grade-separated SkyTrain or street-level light rail.
If the province takes the same approach with future lines, Doyle’s audit said, it runs the risk of making different decisions than if it understands all costs, benefits and risks.
Among the concerns
raised by Doyle, is that information presented to the Treasury Board didn’t meet the government’s own Capital Asset Management Framework guidelines, and ridership projections were at the top end, and assumed “extensive” investments in other parts of the transit system.
The higher range ridership forecasts for use of SkyTrain in part assumed Broadway and Surrey SkyTrain extensions would be built by 2021, very frequent bus service to Evergreen Line stations and that owning and running a car will be much more expensive in the coming years.
The report noted TransLink does not yet have committed funding for broader transit expansion.
Nor, it said, has the provincial government yet decided to increase the cost of car use
– the province assumed the cost of driving would jump 70 per cent between 2021 and 2031 to 23.5 cents per kilometre, spurring more motorists to take transit.
Despite the information gaps, Doyle was “satisfied” the cost estimates
for using light rail were in line with comparable North American light rail systems – addressing a key complaint of SkyTrain critics
who believe light rail estimates are routinely inflated due to pro-SkyTrain bias.
The audit also noted the Evergreen Line will carry more riders to the big SkyTrain pinch points at Broadway-Commercial and Main Street stations.
“Not effectively addressing these capacity issues means Evergreen ridership is likely to suffer as downtown commuters face more crowded and less reliable journeys.”
Doyle backed the use of a short-term P3 partnership to build the new line but not operate it, as happened with the Canada Line. Instead TransLink will maintain and run the northeast sector line.
Meanwhile, the province has accepted the results of the audit, and will carry out the recommendations.
– files from Diane Strandberg
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For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again: Vagabond Players presents the play
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Royal City Musical T h e a t r e n e e d s volunteers for the month of April when their latest production, Oklahoma, plays the Massey Theatre. Info: 778-397-1671.
Burnaby-New West-minster Newcomers and Friends Club: Club welcomes women who are new to the area, as well as longtime r e s i d e n t s . M e e t women of all ages and cultures to make new friends. When: Dinner meeting the second Wednesday of each month plus various events including book club, craft group, social Saturdays, etc. Info: Lenore, 604-294-6913.
Beaver Watch: Beavers adapt well to their aquatic environment and venture onto land at night to gather materials to build dams and lodges. Join a park interpreter and learn about these master builders, listen for their warning slaps, and watch for their silvery wake as they swim to and from their lodge. Aimed at families with children aged six or older. When: Friday, April 5, 6 to 8 p.m. Where: Burnaby Lake Regional Park. Cost: $8/adult, $4.25/child/youth/senior. Advance registration required. R e g i s t e r : w w w.metrovancouveronline.org or 604-432-6359.
Hyack Festival: Seeking volunteers, particularly f o r t h e H y a c k International Parade and Uptown Live on Saturday, May 25, as well as any emerging local acts who would like the chance to perform on stage. Info: 604-522-6894 or [email protected].
Crossroads Hospice Society: Volunteers needed to work with the New Westminster Hospice and Palliative Care Team to support clients and their families in meeting the challenges at the end of life. Comprehensive t ra i n i n g o f f e re d . Vo l u n t e e r s v i s i t people’s homes or at Royal Columbian Hospital during the end of life, or run support groups or a weekly walking group to support those grieving a loss. Info: Carolyn Thornton, 604-777-6734 or [email protected].
The Board of Education of School District No. 40 (New Westminster) invites the public to celebrate the official start of construction of the District’s new elementary school.
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Tom FletcherBlack Press
VICTORIA – The brief era of the harmonized sales tax ended in B.C. Monday, with a last-minute scramble by thousands of businesses to register as collectors of the revived provincial sales tax.
About 100,000 businesses in B.C. are required to register and collect PST from customers. By the Easter weekend, about 80,000 of them had done so, said Naomi Yamamoto, B.C.’s minister of state for small business.
“I think what most consumers will be doing is looking at their receipts,” Yamamoto said Sunday. “In most cases they’ll be paying the same as they did prior to April 1, unless you’re getting your hair cut, or buying a ski ticket or you’re paying your golf membership or going to a restaurant, or buying a bike.”
The good news for barbers, bike shops, restaurants and other labour service providers is that they see a seven per cent tax reduction. The bad news is that they have to administer two sales taxes.
There are a few anomalies, such as insulation and weatherstripping, where sales tax falls by seven per cent as historic PST exemptions resume Monday, but most retail purchases will remain subject to both GST and PST at a combined rate of 12 per cent.
Yamamoto said businesses can register
online by going to www.pstinbc.ca and selecting the registration link. Using incorporation documents, the process should take about 15 minutes.
Business owners who don’t register immediately can still correct transactions made after the deadline, because the first online remittance of PST is expected at the end of May.
NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston said a statistically average family will be about $350 ahead with the removal of the HST, which was rejected in a mail-in referendum in June 2011.
Ralston acknowledged that low-income people will lose the increased HST rebates that have been paid quarterly since the
HST took effect in 2010. But he said that will be balanced by the reduced sales taxes they pay in restaurants and other service purchases.
Tobacco taxes went up by seven per cent with the HST, and that tax will remain.
Liquor taxes have also been adjusted to be unchanged with either tax, although restaurants will pay increased tax on liquor sales with the return to PST.
A separate seven per cent tax on private used vehicle purchases also remains in place. It was imposed along with the HST to make private sellers subject to the same taxation as car dealers.
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DigitalServices SpecialistBlack Press B.C. has an immediate opportunity to join our Digital Operations team.Reporting to the VP of Digital Operations, the Digital Services Specialist is a full-time, permanent position based in Surrey, B.C.We are recruiting a champion to develop, implement and support the online tools that will drive traffic, engage and maintain readership for the 90 websites in Black Press B.C.Working with a team of web developers and engineers, you will source, develop then administer resources to empower our newspapers’ staff to manage online content.Among core responsibilities, you will:
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