Inside:
The
Free
Press
Editorial
2
Canadian
Science
6
Prince
George
Theatre
7
Volume
11
Issue
11
Friday,
March
30,
1990
Poetry
Page
8
Comics
9
Bulletin
Board
10
GST
-
A
Burden
For
Students
By
John
Togyi
G.S.T.
To
everyday
Canadians
it
will
mean
higher
inflation
and
an
increase
in
the
cost
of
consumer
goods.
It
means
the
elimination
of
the
hidden
12
manufacturer's
tax,
replacing
it
with
the
more
visible
7
Goods
and
Services
Tax.
The
G.S.T.
can
be
applied
one
of
two
ways:
1.
the
G.S.T.
and
provincial
sales
tax
will
be
added
together
for
a
total
of
13
and
then
added
to
the
cost
of
the
taxable
item,
or
2.
the
G.S.T.
will
be
added
visibly
added
to
the
cost
of
the
item
and
a
total
taken.
After
this
total
is
reached,
then
the
provincial
sales
tax
is
added,
increasing
the
cost
of
the
item
even
more:
Scenario
1
Cost
of
item
$100
G.S.T.
and
Provincial
sales
tax
13
Total
$1
13.00
Scenario
2
Cost
of
item
$100
G.S.T.
7
Total
$107.00
Provincial
sales
tax
6
Final
total
$1
13.42
What
this
means
for
the
provincial
government
is
that
if
they
administer
the
tax
in
the
first
scenario,
they
will
stand
to
lose
money
in
administering
the
tax.
However,
if
they
administer
the
tax
the
second
way,
they
stand
to
gain
forty-two
cents
for
every
one
hundred
dollars
spend
on
consumer
goods
in
British
Columbia.
Because
there
is
two
ways
for
provincial
governments
to
administer
the
tax,
there
is
the
potential
for
a
great
deal
of
confusion
among
clerks
and
bookkeepers.
So,
the
federal
government
said
that
it
will
hire
some
7,000
workers
who
are
supposed
to
know
this
new
tax
inside
and
out,
to
help
with
the
administering
of
the
G.S.T.
What
this
then
means
for
Canadians
is
more
people
living
off
our
already
over-stretched
David
Bromige
and
son
at
literary
breakfast
on
Friday
23rd.
Photo
by
John
Van
Geloven.
tax
dollars.
The
new
G.S.T.
will
be
eventually
applied
to
everything
that
Canadians
buy.
Things
like
groceries,
new
houses,
housing
supplies,
gasoline,
alcohol
if
it
isn't
taxed
enough
already),
cigarettesfaoon
to
be
gone
from
society
anyway),
and
potentially
movies
and
other
cultural
activities
such
as
concerts,
plays,
etc...
What
this
will
mean
for
students,
on
top
of
the
costs
already
listed
above
will
be
tax
on
rent,
meaning
an
increase
in
rent,
tax
on
books,
and
eventually
an
increase
in
tuition
and
other
major
school
supplies.
Who
knows,
they
might
end
up
taxing
air,
bus
and
taxi
fares.
If
this
happens,
all
of
these
things
will
increase
in
cost.
What
will
be
next?
Tax
on
the
use
of
pool
tables,
pinball
and
other
video
games?
Things
that
we
use
for
recreation?
How
about
playing
poker
in
the
Academy
II?
Now
that
would
be
a
challenge
to
tax!
The
Goods
and
Services
Tax
will
soon
be
passed
into
law
and
there
is
nothing
that
we
can
actually
do
about
it
at
this
point
except
bitch
and
complain
like
hell
to
our
local
M.P.s
and
in
the
next
election,
toss
the
Conservative
party
out
of
power.
DAVID
BROMIGE
-
WRITER
IN
RESIDENCE
By
John
Van
Geloven
When
I
think
of
a
poetry
reading,
images
of
a
stuffy
room
half
filled
with
people
dressed
in
black,
slouched
against
a
wall
or
chair,
with
a
far-away
look
in
their
eyes
pops
into
mind.
This
was
not
the
case
at
the
reading
given
by
David
Bromige
at
his
common
hour
reading.
It
was
held
on
Tuesday,
March
20
in
the
lecture
hall
of
the
College
of
New
Caledonia.
Mr.David
Bromige
read
works
from
his
latest
anthology,
'Desire',
which
contained
selected
poems
written
between
1963
to
1987,
as
well
as
works
from
another
of
his
books
entitled
'Avec'.
Mr.
Bromige
was
able
to
keep
the
attention
of
the
audence
and
furnish
them
with
a
clear
and
concise
interpretation
of
his
work
by
presenting
his
ideas
in
an
unconventional
and
humourous
way.
His
anecdotes
brought
welcome
relief
since
I,
and
I'm
sure
others,
were
expecting
to
be
lulled
to
sleep
by
the
sound
of
a
poet
murmuring
on
about
his
work.
By
his
thorough
explanation
and
extrapolation
of
the
history
of
his
poems,
I
and
others
were
able
to
extract
meaning
and
to
reach
a
greater
understanding
of
poetry
in
general.
The
thing
which
was
most
enjoyable
about
the
reading
was
how
the
poet
relayed
what
he
was
inspired
by,
what
his
thoughts
were
at
the
time
of
writing,
and
how
he
thought
his
work
would
effect
others.
Overall,
I'm
sure
every
body
who
attended
the
readings
given
by
David,
either
because
they
had
to
for
English
class
or
just
because
they
wanted
to,
enjoyed
them.
lam
also
sure
that,
based
on
this
reading,
these
same
people
will
plan
to
attend
another
if
the
opportunity
should
arise
in
the
future.