Wed May 25 2011 Leader

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More health cards than B.C. residents page 18

Locals shine at Fraser Valley meet page 26

Wednesday May 25, 2011 Serving Surrey and North Delta www.surreyleader.com

Crown asks for 8 years in jail for slasher

Sheep shot A young mutton buster prepares for impact at the Cloverdale Rodeo on Saturday. The weekend rodeo and country fair attracted 77,000 people, about 15,000 of whom attended rodeo events. For more photos, see page 31.

Defence urges rehab instead of long prison term by Sheila Reynolds THE YOUNG man who slashed the

BOAZ JOSEPH THE LEADER

Carbon tax for TransLink? Premier says she’s considering using revenues to support regional transit by Jeff Nagel AN OFFER from Premier Christy Clark to turn some carbon tax revenue over to TransLink for transit expansion is being welcomed as a potential breakthrough in the long-running funding impasse. In a statement, Clark said she’s ready to consider using the carbon tax to support regional initiatives such as public transit. Such a move must ensure only carbon tax revenue from the Lower Mainland goes to TransLink, she said, so northern B.C. residents don’t pay for SkyTrain extensions. A share of carbon tax revenue had been proposed by the regional

mayors council, which is trying to negotiate new TransLink revenue sources with the province to build the Evergreen Line and finance an array of other expansion projects, including rapid transit extensions in Surrey and out to UBC. “This is a very welcome sign,” said North Vancouver District Mayor Richard Walton, who chairs the mayors council and met with provincial officials May 18. Premier Clark also said the province will proceed with scheduled increases in the carbon tax, which rises from the current 4.45 cents on gasoline to 5.56 cents on July 1 and hits 6.67 cents in mid-2012. See FUNDING / Page 3

face and neck of two other Surrey men last year should spend eight years in jail, says the lawyer prosecuting Anthony LaRose. One of LaRose’s victims, Chris Hanna, who bears a scar on his right cheek stretching from his mouth towards his ear, thinks the prison term should be longer. Garry “But MacDonald I know it won’t be,” said Hanna during a break in LaRose’s sentencing hearing Thursday. “I’ve forgiven him already. I’ve moved on.” In March, a jury found LaRose, 21, guilty of two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of assault with a weapon, and one count of possessing a weapon in connection to an April 2010 incident near Fraser Highway and 156 Street.

Eight-year sentence “unduly devastating.”

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