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o â€" "A o_ *‘s Local residents @ t 4 foam insulation f 1v~ 2 Wednesday, January 13. 1982 Waterloo, Ontario 25 Cents at the Newstand â€"â€" SEE PAGE 3 j’t m THIS WEEK INSIDE â€"â€" SEE PAGE 11 Her dream came true "":.J“‘ i l en s }1 Fye | ) Concer ned ~..“:":~t ‘.‘- > eS P e e %@“ ¥¥ &; _ 1@Dou d et The committee, ~ And as a result of the formed by the PC party new budget, Bauer Inâ€" to hear Canadians‘ dustries is shelving its views on the budget, plans to expand. has been broken into The company, estabâ€" subâ€"committees so lished in Waterloo in By Jerry Zeidenberg and Karla Wheeler At a local meeting held by a Progressive Conservative special committee yesterday, members of the Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo community expressed concern about adverse effects brought about by the new federal budget. The company, estabâ€" lished in Waterloo in 1881, manufactures felt pads and carpet unâ€" derlay for the automoâ€" bile industry. _ According to Bauer: "If they (the governâ€" ment) are going to take so much tax, they‘re taking away from what you can invest. We were better off before Claiming that govâ€" ernment already reâ€" ceives.44 per cent of every dollar earned by industry, Bauer deâ€" Association of Canaâ€" clared: ‘"Who are they da), Greg Voisin pointâ€" to: say what they=can (Continued on page 3) _ Waterioo experienced record year ‘‘We have never been up that high," he enthused. ‘‘There‘s no real formula®" as to why the city experienced its best year yet, the official said. "I guess it‘s just a healthy community â€" healthy and industrious. And (Continued on page 3) That‘s the reason Waterioo has just completed a record year in values of building activity, according to the city‘s chief building official Guenter Trinkaus. For the year ending Dec. 31, 1981, building permits were issued for construcâ€" tion with a total value of over $41.5 million, Trinkaus said in an interview. This figure represents a $10 million increase over last year, and far surpasses the previous city record set in 1976 of just under $36 million. Trinkaus chalks up the record year as resulting from Waterioo‘s economic cliâ€" mate. Activity. Lots of building activity in the form of new structures, renovations, alterations, additions, and repairs. Speaking on behalf of HUDAC (Housing Urban Development Association of Canaâ€" da), Greg Voisin pointâ€" Bauer made note of the crisis faced by the auto industry, then asked why the governâ€" ment has abolished writeâ€"offs on company cars, a move that will only further diminish the demand for auto mobiles. He added that quotas ought to be put on imports of Japanese and Russian cars. ‘"Who needs Lada at a time like this?" tax us, what they can take, and what we can keep. That‘s what I call a dictatorship! *