Burnaby’s first and favourite information source
Tomoya offers sushi by day, barbecue by night PAGE 23
Delivery 604-942-3081 • Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Aunt Leah’s reaches out to help teen moms
PAGE 11
Your source for local sports, news, weather and entertainment! >> www.burnabynow.com 11TH ANNUAL BLUES AND ROOTS FEST HITS ALL THE RIGHT NOTES
HST GOES TO COURT
Lawyer says tax violates constitution Alfie Lau
staff reporter
Photos by Jason Lang/burnaby now
When life imitates – life: Above: Young Julia Noteboom does a riff on the guitar she made at the festival. Below: Serena Ryder shows off her stuff on a real guitar. Ryder was a crowd pleaser – as was Noteboom.
Cool tunes on a hot day They came, they grooved. The smell of sunscreen filled the air at the 11th annual Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival at Deer Lake on Saturday as temperatures soared. Hundreds of folks who love blues and roots music, or just a darn good time in the sun, enjoyed a jam-packed entertainment roster and loads of food and fun at the annual event. For more on what people had to say about the festival, the heat, the food and the performers, see pages 14 and 15.
Web FIRST
HST Page 8
BUYING or SELLING?
Working for you in Ottawa and Burnaby
Call Brian Vidas 604.671.5259
Bill Siksay, MP
BURNABY-DOUGLAS 4506 Dawson Street, Burnaby, BC V5C 4C1 604-291-8863 (T) 604-666-0727 (F) siksay.b@parl.gc.ca www.billsiksay.ca
The next stage of the HST battle is unfolding in B.C. Supreme Court in Victoria. On Monday morning, Joe Arvay, lawyer for the anti-HST campaign being led by former premier Bill Vander Zalm, said the new harmonized sales tax should be struck down by the court. “What my clients have wanted from the outset is to adhere to democratic principles,” said Arvay. “People have fought wars over the right not to be taxed without representation and consent. My clients are law-abiding citizens.” Arvay asked Chief Justice Robert Bauman to strike down the B.C. cabinet order-in-council that imposed the tax, the HST agreement between Ottawa and Victoria and “let events unfold.” Arvay said it would This story first appeared on www.burnabynow.com take him at least the next two days to explain why the HST violates the constitution and is an example of “taxation without representation” – the very spark of the American Revolution. Once Arvay is finished his argument, the government and a group of industries and businesses, including the Council of Forest Industries, the Mining Association of B.C., the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association, the Western Convenience Stores Association, the Coast Forest Products Association and the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, will make submissions to the court. One of the lawyers expected to present that argument is former B.C. Attorney-General Geoff Plant. Those arguments are also expected to take two days, meaning that by Thursday afternoon, Bauman would be able to retire to consider his judgment. The packed 68-person Victoria courtroom includes lawyers, anti-HST campaigners and the media. In the front row is Vander Zalm, his wife,
Professional Real Estate Service with Award Winning Results
w w w.
centre realty
B r i a n Vi d a s . c o m
Grab a Double Leg & Thigh Meal w/one regular side for $8.49!
Two Double Leg & Thigh Meals w/2 sides for $14.99!
www.nandoskingsway.com
Valid only when you present this voucher at Nando's Kingsway, Burnaby. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Substitute regular salad for 75¢ extra. Expires Aug. 31, 2010.
Nando’s Kingsway, Burnaby • 4334 Kingsway • 604-434-6220