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THE Know what's happening CLASSIFIEDS Subscribe today.|!I9)5M25 MMMMMMi The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 .f.m 65 CENTS WWW.SHERBROOKERECORD.COM Wednesday, December 5, 2001 Anglos brace for access battle Advisory committee members resign in protest By Rita Legault Sherbrooke f |-jhe English community has reacted swiftly and strongly to a threat that access plans, which are an essential part of JL the law that guarantees access to health and social services to Quebec’s English-speaking community in their own language, could be scrapped.“Regional associations are gearing up for another battle to protect not only the letter, but the spirit of the law,” commented Townshippers’ Association president Peter Quilliams in an interview with the Record.The access plans will be the main topic of discussion as the Quebec Community Group Network, which regroups minority English-language groups throughout the province, meets later this week.In the meantime, all 11 members of the provincial advisory committee on English language health care, which advised the government on access plans, resigned in protest complaining they were being disregarded.“How could we, in good conscience, allow people to think we were there tending the store, when we were not being consulted," declared Marissa Tessier, who represented the Townships on the advisory committee.“We could not give the community a false sense of security that the committee was looking after their interests when they were completely bypassing us." Please see access Page 4 ' : Deck the Bridge DANIEL HUOT Christmas decorating reaches new heights ___ Ordination of Deacons PERRY BEATON/SPEOAL * *f t I f Barbara A.Wintle and Frederick S.Richardson were ordained deacons in the Church of Christ for the Anglican Church of Canada, the Diocese of Quebec in the Ministry of the Deanery of St.Francis in a ceremony Sunday presided by the Right Reverend Bruce Stavert, Bishop of Quebec.Guest celebrants attending the ceremony at St.Peter’s in Sherbrooke were from various denominations.Organist for the occasion was Barbara Drexel.Halifax Angel arrested in Sherbrooke Hotel 19 more arrests in Nova Scotia By Daniel Huot Suspected Hells Angels member Arthur Daine Harrie, of the Halifax, N.S., chapter, made a brief court appearance in Sherbrooke yesterday after being arrested towards 7 a.m.at the Auberge Des Gouverneurs in Sherbrooke.Harrie, 59, is one of 20 people arrested in connection with an RCMP raid against a cocaine ring operating in Nova Scotia.The Mounties reportedly seized the Hells Angels bunker in Halifax as part of the operation.Meanwhile in Sherbrooke, police found a leather jacket in Harrie’s room that contained the Hells Angels banner with the Halifax chapter colours on it.The raid at the Auberge was conducted by the Sherbrooke Regional Police Force in collaboration with members of the elite escouade régionale mixte (ERM) composed of police officers from various police bodies.Judge Gabriel Lassonde ordered Harrie detained for a period of up to six days until Nova Scotia police pick him up.It’s reported Maritime officers were aboard a Montreal-bound airplane last night to pick up the suspect.Harrie is charged with two counts of possessing drugs for trafficking purposes and one count of gangsterism.“He’s to be shipped to Dartmouth Wednesday morning,” said Sûreté du Québec spokesman Serge Dubord.“They followed him (Harrie) here,” said RCMP spokesman Jim Moffat.“We asked for the ERM’s assistance.They don’t know why he’s here.” Moffat added the 20 people arrested are wanted in connection with trafficking all sorts of drugs including cocaine, hashish and ecstasy among others.Yesterday, Harrie with his long beard, grey shirt, jeans and cowboy boots appeared calm as attorneys discussed his case in French, a language he didn’t seem to understand.Judge Lassonde outlined his detention conditions in English.PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL * MMmmw' : I Daine Arthur Harrie appeared in Sherbrooke Court yesterday where he was ordered detained for six days, giving N.S.RCMP officers ample time to pick him up on charges of trafficking and gangsterism. page 2 Wednesday, December 5, 2001 — THE—- Record A tribute to the wrongfully convicted Last week Stephen Truscott began his latest campaign to have his 1959 murder conviction set aside, this time with the support of the Association in Defence of the Wrongfully Convicted.He hopes to join the ranks of, Donald Marshall Jr, Benoit Proulx.Guy Paul Morin David Milgaard and Thomas Sophonow Not only did they and their loved ones shoulder intense personal grief , each one of the wrongful convictions undermined the very cornerstones of our criminal justice system’s legitimacy.At the time they were convicted the true perpetrators went free.Even though the many safeguards in our criminal justice system make it one of the best and most transparent in the world, wrongful convictions, as rare as they may be, will continue to be a fact of life.System not perfect No criminal justice system is or can be perfect.Short of never charging a suspect or of increasing the threshold of proof to impossible levels, no judicial system can ever provide absolute guarantees against miscarriages of justice.Just as crime itself reflects the many weaknesses of human nature, the same must be said of the various ingredients that are conducive to breeding miscarriages of justice.They include false accusations, misleading police investigative work, inept defence counsel and forensic experts, blatant legal errors by judges, misperceptions by Crown prosecutors of their role, inadequate identification evidence, perjury and the list goes on.While in the past government officials were inclined to scoff at allegations of wrongful convictions, their attitudes have changed dramatically, particularly since DNA technology began presenting irrefutable evidence to the contrary.By investing the Minister of Justice with specific powers regarding applications for the mercy of the Crown, even our lawmakers formally recognized the likelihood of innocent persons being wrongfully convicted.This exceptional procedure, which Stephen Truscott is banking on, was intended to rectify situations involving innocent persons who remained convicted of serious crimes despite having exhausted all conventional avenues of appeal.Under very stringent conditions this procedure enables the Minister of Justice to order a new trial or an appeal.Little chance of success However, without new and reliable evidence that was not considered by the courts or that was only discovered after the appeal process, applicants have little chance of success.Out of the 50 to 70 requests the Minister of Justice receives each year, very few ever meet the requirements .This explains why in 1989, the Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr.Prosecution and again this year, retired Supreme Court justice Peter Cory, both recommended that the federal government create an independent agency so as to facilitate the reinvestigation of alleged cases of wrongful conviction.They proposed the U.K.model which has the power to not only assess and investigate, but also to recommend cases for new trials or judicial review, without government consent.Special unit So far, the government is prepared to consider the creation of a special investigation unit with new powers to subpoena evidence and witnesses.Although federal and provincial governments have demonstrated a willingness to compensate victims of miscarriages of justice, the process is long and tedious and more often than not depends on whether the government is willing to launch a public inquiry.Most of the delays in obtaining compensation are due to the lack of any compensation system for wrongful convictions.So far, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms has not helped in this regards.A claim for damages under the Charter would be difficult to prove.Any plaintiff would have to establish that according to general constitutional law the State committed an unjustifiable breach of one of his Charter rights and that the only appropriate remedy is financial compensation.Furthermore, not every wrongful conviction can be attributed to a Charter right breach.Under ordinary law there are other problems, not the least being the requirement to prove that some government official, whether it be a police officer or prosecutor , was at “fault “ and therefore was the cause of his or her wrongful conviction.Assigning blame In order to get around the problem of trying to attach blame to individuals involved in the criminal justice process, many countries around the world have acknowledged that compensable harms can result from the conviction and imprisonment of the factually innocent.On May 19, 1976 Canada added its signature to The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Optional Protocol.Although they both recognize the right of persons who have been wrongfully convicted to be compensated there are strict conditions.Every applicant must have had his criminal conviction reversed or have been pardoned and in both instances on grounds that a new or newly discovered fact showed conclusively that there had been a miscarriage of justice.When it comes to determining the amount of compensation a number of factors are always considered.Since the right to be free is at the core of every democratic country it necessarily follows that the length of time spent in prison is a key factor.Equally relevant are the overall conditions of each prison institution where the person served his sentence together with their cumulative effect on the person .In 1990 , Mr.Justice Evans, in the Commission of Inquiry Concerning Adequacy of the Compensation Paid to Donald Marshall, JR.recognized approximately 20 factors.They included loss of liberty, loss of reputation, humiliation and disgrace, pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of potential normal experiences, such as starting a family and loss of civil rights.To these factors, 11 years later, Justice Cory added in the Thomas Sophonow case the effects of post acquittal statements by public figures, police officers and the media.Right to compensation If Stephen Truscott’s murder conviction is ever set aside there will be no dispute as to his right to obtain compensation.Whoever would be appointed to recommend the appropriate amount, will no doubt side with the sentiments expressed by retired justice Cory in the case of Thomas Sophonow.“ Thomas Sophonow has been deprived of his liberty; he has suffered irreparable damage to his reputation by being branded as a murderer; and he has suffered and will continue to suffer from the symptoms flowing from a post-traumatic stress disorder.“ While our governments deserve to be applauded for showing greater concern with the problem of the wrongly convicted and imprisoned, much of the credit should be attributed to the courage and perseverance of individuals such as Donald Marshall Jr., Benoit Proulx.Guy Paul Morin , David Milgaard and Thomas Sophonow as well as their sponsors.comments :henryk @endirect.qc.ca Henry R.Keyserlingk Weather Today: Cloudy with clear periods and 30 per cent probability of showers.High near 9.Thursday: Mostly cloudy with showers.Low near 5.High near 10.Probability of precipitation 70 per cent.Friday: variable cloudiness.Low near minus 3.High near plus 3.Saturday: Intermittent snow.Low near minus 2.High near zero.Probability of precipitation 90 per cent.YOU SEE, A LONG TIME AGO, K-F0REJÜU OR YOUR WP WERE E0RN, A TERRJULE THING HAPPENEP.J Ben by Daniel Shelton y .i mow Five, TEARS OLP PLAYING IN FRONT OEMiPARENTS \ MUSE HERE m YAM-\C0UVER WHEN TWO MEN SHOWER UP,.".they saip they WERE W/TH THE GOEERNMENTANP THAT WE HAP TO LEAVE OUR HOME Ml J "THERE WAS A WAR AGAINST JAfAN FAR, FAR AWAY.EVEN THOUGH WE LIVER IN CANAPA.THEY THOUGHT ALL JAPANESE WERE theenemy: WHY YOU KNOW, ITS KEN ALMOST SIXTY YEARS I STILL PONT UNPERSTANP., I ¦¦THE — Record Wednesday, December 5, 2001 page 3 Aging infrastructure, police to push up TBL tax bills Burying Knowlton Hydro wires costly -preliminary estimate By Maurice Crossfield Property-owners in the Town of Brome Lake can expect significantly higher tax bills in the coming year.“We are going to be taking a big step,” said Brome Lake Mayor Stanley Neil at the monthly council meeting Monday night.“We are going to be putting this town in order and we will move forward.” Neil first warned taxpayers last December that 2001 would be the last year the council would be able to avoid tax increases.Since then the municipality has decided to keep its police force, which should add about 17 cents per $100 of evaluation to the tax bill for the coming year.Now the municipality is looking at increased spending to deal with its aging and decaying infrastructure.Besides the increase for policing, Neil said the tax increase will go mainly towards repairs to roads, water and sewage systems, which he says have been let go for too long.“Over the last year we have spent over $200,000 just on patching roads,” Neil said.“Our infrastructure is crumbling.” “There are more things that have come out of the woodwork in the last year than you could imagine,” Neil said in a phone interview Tuesday.He said the capital must be there to be able to take advantage of government infrastructure projects, or if necessary, for the municipality to do the repairs itself.Neil would not say how much the tax increase will be just yet, noting that the final figures have not been put together.However he did say the tax increase FILE PHOTO .: •••• ¦ ‘Our infrastructure is crumbling,’ - Mayor Stanley Neil will be limited to the mill rate.The special meeting to adopt the budget for 2002 will be held on Monday, Dec.17 at 8 p.m.In other council news: • The council voted to take out a temporary loan of $260,000.This because the municipality has not yet received payment from the province to cover the costs to the repair work done on Lakeside Road.“We need to make sure we have the money to pay our bills,” Neil said.The loan will be reimbursed when payment is received from the Quebec government.?Council passed a resolution calling for Municipal Affairs Minister Louise Harel to recognize part-time residents when calculating the voting powers at the Municipal Regional Council tables.Under the existing structure the amount a municipality contributes to the MRC is based on property value.However voting power is based on population.In Brome-Missisquoi, Cowansville, with its larger population, holds more votes.But Brome Lake, with its hefty property evaluation role, contributes the most money to the MRC.Neil had presented Brome Lake’s case to the Jutras-Nicolet commission last year, arguing that if part-timers were recognized, Brome Lake would have 8,258 residents instead of 5,222.That would give it five votes at the MRC table instead of the present three.That suggestion was picked up by the commission as one of its recommendations.Sutton Township, with its large part time population, would also get more votes at the MRC level.But now it appears the recommendation is in danger of being scrapped, because a government bureaucrat says the formula is too complicated.Monday's resolution calling for the acceptance of the new formula, along with two previous MRC resolutions will be forwarded to Municipal Affairs Minister Louise Harel.• The council called on provincial environment minister André Boisclair to intervene in the manure surplus issue.Under environmental guidelines Brome Lake is one of four municipalities in Brome-Missisquoi designated as having a manure surplus.The designation means farmers in the municipality are forbidden from expanding their animal operations, unless they pay the hefty price of treating and hauling away their manure.It effectively means that a farmer, regardless of the capacity of his farm, cannot purchase even one additional animal.“This is something we feel very strongly about,” said councillor Robin Moore.He said the formula for determining a manure surplus is difficult to understand and doesn’t take into ac- count the realities of the farming community.A preliminary estimate of the costs of burying electrical wires in downtown Knowlton under a Hydro-Québec program doesn’t look promising.Under the terms of the program Hydro will cover 30 per cent of the costs of burying the cables, while the town pays 70 per cent - except in areas designated as having heritage value.There, Hydro pays 70 per cent and the town pays 30 per cent.In Knowlton, the heritage zone is designated from the United Church on Knowlton Road to the four-way stop, and from the stop to the bridge on Lakeside.At a total cost of $2000 per metre, it would cost Hydro $488,000 and the town $205,000 just to do the heritage sector.If the entire downtown core were done, it would cost the town $ 1,390,000, and Hydro $987,000.“If the people in the village want this it will be a user-pay concept,” Neil said.“If the merchants think they can afford this, then we’ll go the next step.” • Councillor Don Wing said he will be working on a plan to make road repairs and maintenance more effective in the coming year.He said the aim is to save money by taking a different organizational approach to the maintenance.A round of applause was given for Knowlton businessman Chris Severs for his efforts with the annual Festival of Lights.Due to Severs’ efforts Brome Lake is also the only Quebec participant in the national Winter Lights competition.Judges for both the Festival of Lights and the Winter Lights competition made the rounds Monday.For the first time in years no one asked a question during question period.The only thing to come up was a man unhappy about getting a parking ticket during the recent Woolrich sale.Broken bottles common sight at LES Staff Janitors working at Lennoxville Elementary School met a familiar sight Monday morning as they assessed the broken bottles littering the school grounds.Principal Patricia Mo-gensen said the eyesore is a common sight after weekends.“It seems like a regular thing to pick up glass on Monday mornings," she noted.“Students will often come to the office to report broken glass.” School officials try to clean up the mess left behind by drunk vandals be- fore the kids arrive.“It seems some people work really hard to do this stuff,” said Mogensen, referring to recurring acts of vandalism in town and on school property.“If only they worked this hard to make this town a better place, it would be a great.” RN or RNA Night Supervisor wanted for Wales Home.Call: Director of Nursing (819)826-3233 i Blood Donor Clinics Thursday, Dec.13 Magog mayors blood donor clinic Magog Les Galeries Orford 1700 Sherbrooke St.10:30 am.to 8 p.m.Objective: 240 donors Friday, Dec.14 Magog mayors blood donor clinic Magog Les Galeries Orford 1700 Sherbrooke St.10:30 am.to 4 p.m.Objective: 100 donors Yves Robert Advertising Consultant Tel.: Ô19-569-9525 Fax: Ô19-Ô21-3179 email: eherbrookerecord@>videotron.ca page 4 Wednesday, December 5, 2001 '¦THtw RECORD Access- CONT’D FROM PAGE 1 The rapid response and angry resignations come in response to Health Minister Rémy Trudel’s flagrant deception about a ministry report on the access plans and concerns raised by Liberal MNA Russell Williams that secrecy surrounding the document suggested the PQ intends to dismantle the plans.The 68-page report, which Trudel and his top bureaucrats tried to keep hidden, was widely circulated among English rights lobby groups over the past few days.Quilliams describes the report by high ranking bureaucrat Pierre-Paul Veilleux as “a narrow-minded and nasty piece of work”.“It’s misleading,” he said.“It takes facts and distorts them.” For weeks, Trudel and health ministry bureaucrats denied the existence of the document which was delivered anonymously to MNA Williams.Last week, Liberal Whip and Health Critic Jean-Marc Fournier wrote Quebec’s Access to Information Committee chairman Jennifer Stoddart demanding a full inquiry into the PQ’s attempts to hide the document’s existence.The report came to light as the Health Ministry prepares to review anglo access plans which detail what services are available and where.The re view, which must be done in 2002, is obligatory every three years under Section 348 of the Act respecting health and social services which guarantees health and social services in English to English-speaking Quebecers.“I think Trudel is grasping at straws.The Parti Québécois sees its popularity going down the tubes and he is raising the language red flag,” commented Heather Keith Ryan, who chairs the health and social services committee forTownshippers’ Association.“They always hope if they talk about language people will get upset and support them.” Keith-Ryan said it’s deplorable for the PQto raise the issues of English-language health care services, particularly since they are a basic need for many unilingual, elderly anglophones.“Every single Quebec taxpayers wants good health care services," she told the Record.“To make it a political and language issue is really sad.” “They are just playing politics with people’s lives and that's not fair,” Tessier said in a separate interview.“They are not really interested in the health and welfare of people showing up in hospitals.” While the the PQ has not gutted or scrapped access plans yet, talk over the last few days added to past history of endeavouring to weaken the plans does not bode well, say a number of English-rights activists.“We have more questions than we have facts to deal with,” complained Quilliams, adding that the only infor- Marrissa Tessier, a member of the advisory committee who resigned in protest over minister’s failure to consult.mation the community has is from the internal ministry report which was leaked to the Liberals last week, and comments by Trudel on Thursday that he wants to cut down the number of official bilingual positions in the health care network without affecting services in English.“I don’t know if the issue is that we have bilingual posts,” Quilliams said.“I think it is a question of whether or not you are meeting your access plan or not.Are you meeting your objectives?” Tessier disagrees.“You have to have a certain number of bilingual positions,” she insists.“Otherwise if you go to a point of entry into the system and they can’t speak English, you can’t get access to services.” “I think he’s (Trudel) playing with statistics and not looking at serving the community in the best possible way,” Tessier said.In the Estrie region of the Townships, the access plans states that three-quarters (74 per cent) of institutions must provide some level of services in English, but not all services are indicated.Tessier points out that in the past one hospital - Sherbrooke Hospital, which represented about one quarter of hospital beds - was designated to provide all acute care services in English.“Now there is only one hospital - or 100 per cent of hospitals - is providing those services in English.” But it’s not an issue of numbers and statistics, it’s a question of services to people in need, Tessier said.“It’s ludicrous for them to be talking about statistics when we are talking about the lives of people who are in distress,” she remarked.Like Williams, Tessier fears the Veilleux report reflects government policy.“You can’t pretend it is just a ministerial lackey when the minister made public his goal to cut the number of bilingual positions,” she said.Tessier also wonders about the timing of the changes - just as the government has done away with elected health boards to replace them with directors appointed directly by the government.“Does it look like it might have been planned in advance?” she asks.“What was so secretive about the report?What was so important that it could not be shared with others?” The classified report, which questions the need for access plans when rights to services are already guaranteed by the health care law, outraged anglophones - particularly with its final comment that asks if “health care clients and workers can be liberated by this foreign body” and if Quebec’s health care law “can recover its virginity.” The report also suggests scrapping the provincial advisory committee -which may be a moot point following the mass resignations of members.Tessier said members of the advisory committee, except for her and chairman Richard Walling - were replaced by former Health Minister Pauline Marois.But changing committee members did little or nothing to change its positions, she noted.“The problems won’t go away because they are not generated by members of the committee but by the needs of our community,” she said.Tessier said the advisory committee has been unable to meet with Trudel since he was named last year.She said the advisory committee also attempted to provide advice to the minister, but “he has said he will ask us for an opinion on things he thinks it’s important to get our opinion on.” Tessier said Trudel wants to change the method of putting together and implementing the access plans without seeking the advice of the committee.“The community has to mobilize,” she said.“The minister has flagrantly disregarded a committee that has been legally constituted to give him advice.” Quilliams, who voiced concerns about dormant access committees, points out that Trudel and Premier Bernard Landry have said anglophones have a fundamental right to access to health care.But those oft-stated guarantees have not calmed fears in the community.“We fought for the last 15 years to get access plans,” Tessier said.“We cannot hope to survive and for services to survive if they depend on the whim of a minister.” Tessier said English-speaking Quebecers should have the same rights as other Quebecers.“We are citizens the same as everybody else.We should have the same legislative guarantees,” she said.“Health is not the place to play politics.” “This is really fundamental to the health of the English-speaking community,” she said.“If you don’t have access to health care, you can’t stay in that community.” Bishop Stavert to go ahead with study By Stephen McDougall Special to The Record North Hatley Over the next year and a half, members of Anglican parishes in the St.Francis Deanery can expect to be asked for their opinions and their feelings about how they are being served by their church.The responses from members will be needed for a study being conducted by the Potentials, a consulting firm that Quebec Diocesan Bishop Bruce Stavert decided to hire last weekend.“This means a lot of people in the deanery will be asked for their feedback,” said rural dean Rev.Alain Milot.“With this study, we hope to decide which way we want to go.The hope is we can find ways to provide better service, and maybe resolve some of the tensions and divisions that have built up over the years.” The study will cost the Diocese between $25,000 and $35,000, according to Milot, and take one and a half years to complete.Part of the study, he said, will include looking at the finances and attendance at the various congregations in the deanery.“For the deanery, it means at least one meeting a month until next September,” said Milot.“The key thing the deanery has to do is set up a steering team to guide the process through the parishes of the deanery and make sure many Anglicans are heard from.” Milot said the team will, for the most part, be made up of lay people from the various deanery areas.At present, the deanery encompasses Eastern Township congregations from the American border north to Drummondville, and from the St.Francis River east to Thet-ford Mines.Milot said he would not be part of the steering team, arguing that his position as rural dean would put him in a conflict of interest when it came to consulting lay parishioners.Deanery archdeacon Rev.Howard Hawes said the steering team will be made up of 12 people handpicked by the Bishop.Milot admitted last week that hiring the Potentials was not fully supported by the 49 member deanery council, which had preferred setting up its own task force.But he added that Bishop Stavert had a right to overrule their choice and go ahead with the study.“We know we can’t satisfy everybody in the deanery with this, but we will try to serve as many people as possible.” Wednesday, December 5, 2001 page 5 ¦¦THEh i - RECORD Getting the goods on Canadian residency status Snowbirds should check on status to avoid taxing surprises By Nelson Afonso Going south for the winter?Are you still considered a Canadian resident if you spend six months in another country?Can you be taxed in both countries if you do?These are some of the questions Revenue Canada would like to answer before the beginning of the busiest travel period of the year.“It’s important for people who are planning to spend some time abroad for a certain period to have some basic information,” Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) spokeswoman Danielle Leblond told The Record last week.Because so many Canadians, especially seniors, spend the winter months in the United States, it is important that they know their residency status once they return, added Leblond.Residency status depends on the purpose and permanence of the person’s stay abroad, the ties he or she establishes in the other country and residential ties.“It’s important to get your residential status evaluated to know if you are still considered a Canadi- -=====-an resident,” Leblond said, adding that things can get confusing if Canadian residency is not clear.“If you are considered a citizen of another country or of two countries, then you can be taxed in both places.” Ties to Canada will also determine whether or not a person retains Canadian residency.Residential ties include a home, a spouse and dependents who stay in Canada while you are living abroad, and personal property such as a car, furniture and social ties.A Canadian driver’s license, bank accounts, credit cards and health insurance are also considered ties.Other Canadians, including young people studying abroad, people working temporarily outside Canada or commuting back and forth between Canada and the United States will also retain their residency.Leblond recommends that vacationers and anyone in these situations speak to someone at CCRA to make their status clear.Where it may get confusing, said Quebecers who own real estate in other countries must decalreiton their taxes.Leblond, is when Quebecers also own real estate in another country.“When you are a Canadian resident and you receive revenue from another country, rent from a condo you own for example, you must remember to declare it when you do your taxes in Canada,” added Leblond.When Canadian residency has been confirmed, the person is (income) taxed as if he or she has never left Canada.The person must continue to report all income received from sources inside and outside Canada for the year and claim all deductions, non-refundable tax credits, and refundable federal, or provincial tax credits that apply to him or her.Federal or provincial taxes where the person keeps residential ties must also be paid.If you leave Canada to settle in another country and you sever your residential ties with Canada, the CCRA considers you to be a non-resident for income tax purposes.To make sure that Canadians abroad avoid double taxation, Canada has tax treaties with about 65 countries to 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Desbiens has three years of high school boys hockey under her belt.While she is used to being the only girl on the ice, Des-biens found it strange going up against another female at the other end of the ice.“It felt weird,” Desbiens said about fac- ing Girvan in a high school boys game.“It is pretty unusual, not the kind of thing you see every day.” The two goalies have competed against each other before, but it wasn’t with boys teams.The past two summers, the two have tried out for local all-star teams at the same time.While Desbiens flatly says that she doesn’t have a particular role model, Girvan was quick to talk about her inspiration.“My role model is Kim St.Pierre (starting goaltender for the Canadian Olympic Team and a member of the McGill University women’s hockey team), and my ultimate goal is to some day play on the national team,” said Girvan.While Desbiens is a bigger player who uses a more traditional goaltending style, the diminutive Girvan (she’s five-foot-one) is a scrambler whose butterfly style has its advantages and disadvantages.“She likes to scramble and use the butterfly style which is very effective on low shots,” said Massey head coach Jeremy Anderson.“But it also leaves us susceptible for high shots.” Girvan, who keeps busy by playing on two other girls teams during the winter, believes her strengths are her quickness PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL Marie-Pier Desbiens was one of two featured goalies in Friday’s Massey-VanierfBCS hockey match.and glove hand.“1 know that when I play against boys teams I usually make a few very good glove saves,” Girvan recounted.“I like to scramble arid go after the puck.” NOTE: While Desbiens is the first female to play in the TIAC last year, the Vikings have two female players, Desbiens and Kara Stowe.Stowe, a rookie forward, has seen limited action this year.The Record’s High School Co-Athletes of the Week • Name: Stephanie Girvin • Height: Five-foot-two • Sport/Position: Hockey/goaltender • School/Grade: Massey-Vanier/Grade 9 • Name: Marie-Pier Desbiens • Height: NA • Sport/Position: Hockey/goaltender, soccer.« School/Grade: BCS, Grade 11 THE RECORD Wednesday, December 5, 2001 page 13 SALE PRICES END SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, OR WHERE SEARS IS CLOSED, SATURDAY DECEMBER 8,2001, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED KENMORE* DISHWASHERS ARE CANADA’S BESTSELLERS! 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