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PAGE 16, WHFBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4,1990 Parents. suggest new drect ion for student shuaffle Contingency plans for student accommodation in the next school year, should trade strikes delay achool construction in Whitby, will be further studlied by Durham separate school board staff. At the urging of more than 40 parents of stuaents of St. John and St. Theresa elementary schools, which would be affected by such plans, trustees voted Monday niight te refer the matter to property and transportation committee for more study- and discussion. The parents. mostly, from St. John, are opposed ta, a board proposai to locate ail Marguerite d'Youville elementary school stu- dents to portables on the St. John site. Marguerite d'Youville is the niew elementary sehool on Michael Blvd., but the school is now used te, accommodate about 180 French high school students of Ecole Secondaire Charles Gar- nier until the new French and English high school, Father Leo J. Austin, is constructed. The board fears that trade strikes could seriously delay the construction of Austin. English students who will attend Austin, still under con- struction, are now accommodated in an industrial mail in south Whitby. Parents say that d'Youville and St. John students will total about 1,000 at the St. John facility, and would mean that children aged 3 and up would be in portables on the site. "This is totally unacceptable, and is a direct threat ta Roman Catholic Separate School enrol- ment," parent representative im Sheehy tald trustees at a meeting of the board's English language section Mondlay night. ~e problems resulting from such an arrangement are asrnmiclepcially for te smaller childrn. Rotine mat- ters such as washroom breaks, recess, physical education classes and library visits will become logistical and personal night- mares," he stated about the over- crowding posed by the alterna- tive. St. John school has a ministry- rated capacity cf 518 students. There are also 16 portables on site, and current enrolment is 814 students. The Michael Blvd. school has capacity for 516 students, mea.n- ing that it is now only at less than 50 per cent capacity. 'Parents suggested another contingency plan: - students who would attend the Michael Blvd. elementary school (d'Youville) instead 1 be located in the former Denis O'Connor High School, in the annex next ta St., John, until d'Youville je ready; « establish the next echool SEE PAGE -18 Blenkarn promotes GST before Whitby Chamber FROM PAGE 3 more yeu jay.» He saidthat because retailers will be paying leas for manufac- tured products, the savings wili be passed on to the consumer. iflenkarn rjected arguments that the tai is unfair te lewer inceme Canadians, noting that it will be offset by tax credits. He said a family of four with an income below $30,000 will be «better off with the GST and tai credits than under the present system. "And 84 per cent of seniors are better off, tao.» As, for the business com- munity, Bienkarn said, "the GST represents a 4 per cent tai credit te every business in the country. «It will make the cost ef build- ing and deveiopment cheaper and more protitable.» He predicted that in its first year of operation, the tax will result in the creation of 60,000 new jobs and an extra $9-billion in gross domestic productivity per annum. Blenkarn told reporters follow- ing the meeting the GST will reduce the cest of capital te business.- With more funds at their disposai, businessmen will be able te expand their ope- rations, add te their inventor and hire more employees. «It will take the dead weight off the system, more money will In addition te touting the advantages of the GST, Blenkarn mentioned other aspects of the government's enconomic policies. Referring te the year-old free- trade agreement with the United States, Blenkarn said the deal has been a boon te Canada. «Twelve billion dollars of fore- i gn investmnent came inte Canada in 1989 twice the ameunt ef 1988. lýree trade is making us a potfull of money, don't let anybodly kid you." As for the governmnent's overal approach to taxes, Blenkarn said, «It's net our intention te tax inceme se much that you make working unproductive. "That's why we try te keep inceme tax lew and that's why the GST is geod. It dosen't tai inceme, it dosen't tai capital, it only taxes consumptien.» In response te a question about how -long the rate will remain at seven P er cent, Blenkarn joked, "I think it will stay there fer a while, at least until after the next election." However, he did say that future increases will depend on how many provinces participate in the acheme. S"Before many, many moons are over, I suspect most provinces will join in. I suspect every pro- vince by 1995 will-blong.» That weuld result in a cern- bined federal-previncial sales tax rate of 12 te 15 per cent, depend- ing on the province, said Bien- karn. He dismissed Ontario Trea- surer Rebert Nixon's threat ef net collecting the tax as «election talk» prier te a possible provin- cial election later this year. Blenkarn teld reperters that Nixon or his successer will climb aboard following the election. Adding ta Blenkarn's remnarks, Soetens, a member of the finance corite, admitted that the GST is unpoular. "To be fair, I have had the odd phone caîl and letter about it,» said Soetens. "But we were elecý- ted to make hard decisions, net take the easy way eut like it's been in the past.» Seetens said that while both the Liberals and New Democrats reject the GST, neither party has proposed an effective alternative. He said the NDP response is ta increase income taxes while the Liberals would a ppoint a royal commission to study the matter. 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