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- _ by ‘Ann Dunamulr

Opening remarks by “in-
dependent provincial can-

. didates at an ail-candidates .

meeting held Friday by
Kitimat: District Teachers
Association ranged from the
sublime to the ridiculous.
There’ was, for example,
Independent Dave Mc-
Creary's forthright
statement that he’ was not

familiar with Kitimat or ita
problems but had a '

find out'and lsten; °~
On the: other hand,

dependent Dave» Serey, .

stating he e “hada dream like

New Demacratic Party
cardidate Frank Howard
stressed the need for batter
social servicea in the north,

“It's terrible: to see a

‘yaluable facility like Camp
. Weewannee.” Creek. ~

through lack of funds and at
the. same time see ‘the
government pay everyone $5

.to build a bigger pie".
. In rebuttal, Howard and

lost °

of thelr own tax money,” .

Howard said,

Howard said his party has
a ‘commitment to serve
humanity and pravide funds
for projects .the camp
and the Kitimat youth
worker program recently
terminal

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Shelford said the, problem
was not “how to ‘split the
pie’, (a reference to
Fovernmient funds, but “how

McCreery agreed on the
need for secondary industry
to turn raw resources into.
finished products locally.
‘When we ship raw
materials to olher countries
we ship out jobs”, Howard

McCreery also wants

‘erown land made available.

so people can own their own:
homes without going into
debt. —

holding

distributed “so that people
will get out aad apend and be

‘better British Columbians". .

Sérry said the

ie”
remember them?-declded to
solve their problems by
electing an Independent
conservative.

During the hour-long
question period, Shelford
was asked why the govern-
ment has frozen lots in the
Cablecar subdivision and
raised the price by 100 per
a

Heanswered tha ‘the lands
department will soon be able
to process applications for

eople

denne tn tee (nme

platter: -:

ti

A question on the need for:
sustained funding of
women's centres left
Howard at a:loas,

“¥ don’t understand whata
women’s centre is,” Howard
said, He added, however,
that the NDP is committed to
re ing people with

oblems get back Into the
Mainstream of life,

-Shelford said such centres‘
are desirable provided the
government can afford
them,

“We have to think where

we want our -tax dollars to
- go," Shelford said;

anh MOL CANDIDATES MEETING |
are from sublime to ridiculous

wished “the people of
Kitimat would be less
ignorant” ‘and direct thelr
questions to all candidates,

He was annoyed because
Howard aud Shelford were
getting most of the action.

Candidates were asked
whether they favored an oll
port at Kitimat.

Howard does not want an
oil port because of the
dangerous coastal waters
outside the Douglas Channel.

Shelford believes tankers
aré acceptable as longas the
government controls the
‘ype of ship allowed into

- not

’ government's controversial
Essential Services Disputes
Act proclaimed January 5.
- Serry said the act is "a
two-edged sword that should
take the place of
collective bargaining’.

He added, however, that
“most union people. dan't
know the meaning of
responsibility” ;

On the other hand, Serry
believes “companies like
Alcan and Eurocan shouldn't
be allowed to trample on the
rights of workers”.

Howard said the act
ignores the co-operative
aspects of bargaining and

“reasonably intelligent
people" ‘and elect “a
ive Conservative
government Ma 10. ° need
M said voters
a bolee. betweon the ex-
tremes offered by the NDP
and Socred parties.
“People need a middle-of-
the-road choice and that's.
ony im running, " Me-

OShelord. reminded

listeners that - Nhat British
Columbians are the luckiest
people in the world.

He claimed the NDP was
employing a ‘‘Me-Tao"’
elrategy | by adopting uch
Social Credit policies as

Mayor George Thom and Alan

Kitimat Rec

Centre opens
on weekend

Mayor George Thom,
assisted by Vicki Esakin,
Miss Kitimat 1978-79, and
Karin Dzuiba, skip of
Kitimat's championship
girls curling team officially
opened the district's newly
renovated recreation
complex Saturday.

‘Cost of renovations and
extensions to Riverlodge
Recreation Centre amount,to

$1.6

The ‘Provincial govern-
ment provided a $400,000
recreation grant but the
main cost of the centre was
financed by the people of
Kitimat.

Labour Minister Alan
Williams sald that the
government contribution “‘in
no way equala the con-
tribution of the people in
work and enthusiasm’’,

Social Credit candidate
Cyril Shelford also spoke

efly.
Shelford said the new
facility waa only a start in

the “bright future ahead for -

Kitimat.”

Architect for the centre’
Peter Heiss was on hand for
the ceremony.

“It's an exciting day for
me,” Heiss said, “When you
remember what we started

with it’s quite a change. "
The public must have had
difficulty recognizing what

remains of the old recreation:

hall in the shining new
facility. . ae

The centre now contains a

sports area with gym-
taslin, @ fitneas room, twa
handball. and raquetball
courts and two change
rooms, each with its own
sauna,

There is alao a community

room for classes which may .

be rented for banquets and
meetings. The room has a
fully-equipped connecting
kitchen, :

The centre’s arta area
contains meeting rooms and
space for activities such as
ceramics and w

Program and. building
supervisor Margot Hayes
said Saturday that feedback

from the public touring the.

centre alter the opening was
filled with praise for the

ere t, peopl
_ act, people were
land

up to reserve handba
raquetball courts ag B00n a8
the doors opened:

Houraare9 a.m. to li p.m.
Monday to Saturday and 12
noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.

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Willams’ ‘oben’ Recreation Centre.

Margaret Thatcher,
Britain’s first woman
prime minister, formed
her government during
the weekend amid
rumblings of trade union
discontent.

A.stream of visitors
passed through 10
Downing Street as Mrs.
Thatcher, declsive

- winner of last Thursday’s
general election, quickly
put together a team‘
drawn from both the
moderate and right wings
of the Conservative perty,

Missing from the 22-
Member cabinet is for-
mer prime minister
Edward Heath, the old
political rival she toppled
from the Conservative
leadership four years
aga,

Foreign secretary, the
job many believed would
go to Heath, went instead
to Lord Carrington, a 59
year-old baron with ex-
tensive business ex-
perience,

Like many in the
Thatcher cabinet,
Carrington .comes from
an aristocratic
background and has
considerable experience
in both government and
business. His foreign
policy is expected to
similar to that of his

THATCHER'S: TORIES —
SWEEP BRITAIN

LONDON (Reuter) — '

Labor party predecessor,
David Owen, ;
As expected, James
Prior, a popular, affable
’ politician, received one of
the hottest posts — em-
ployment secretary, He
will handle relations with
the trade unions and faces
the Immediate threat of a
strike by 500,000 school
teachers.

It- was
government con
frontations that
precipitated the downfall,
of Heath's government in .

- 1974 and contributed to
last week’s defeat of the
minority Labor ad-
ministration of James
Calla

ghan.

Opinion polls showed
that last winter's strikes
were a major reason for
Labor's failure at the
polls. The party drew its
smallest share of the
vote, 36.9 per cent, since
1931,

“We want to estabilsh a
relationship with the
unions very quickly,’’
Prior sald, “It is essential
for them to know what we
are thinking...

Union leaders re-stated
criticism of Conservative
plans to control strike
picketing and end the
closed shop which makes
union mentbership
compulsory at
firms,

union-

many

“Mra. Thatcher is
heading for trouble if she
tries to interfere with the
unions,” said Ray
Buckton, leader of the
train engineers’ union.

Other unlon leaders
expressed fears over
Conservative plans to cut
publle: 5 , saying
the move would throw
thousands out of work.

With teachers agitating
for wage Increasea of up
to 30 per cent, Prior and
the new education
minister, Mark Carlisle,
will move this week to try
to settle their dispute,

The way they go about
It could set the pattern for
wage negotiations with
the -mlllions of civil
servants and other work-
ets employed by the
state.

Apart from Heath's
omission, there were no
major surprises in Mra.
Thatcher's government.

Her choice of Northern
Ehmpirey secretary,

ms,

st been ea, pected. The
iihecmnewn Atkins had
worked hard for Mrs.
Thatcher behind the
scenes and fills the post
she had originally
planned for Airey Neave,
who was assassinated by
Irish trillas at the
start of the election cam-
paign.

Maftin’ ‘Luther - King”, b eer .

treated . ee a audience ment.- y the govern women cure nol Which apponted to purl the it they wold ware asked po sorry sald technicians who omMeCreery and. Shelford equalization of automobile

Ramla eamig Srl Gad cntdte Sl et tune me eee oe a tt ett as “ad

deseription of ‘his vision ond minister of agriculture — “I¢ Pm elected I'll tight for ._ As for the closing of the teenagers and fransienis, safe oll port, _o“— naieve Int sicomed bit ns °

which involved a platter and CyrilShelford, however, sald opportunity not hanc-outs:” “Kitimat children’s ward, They responded in the “They the technicians) however "Howard, however, simply
a pile of rocks supported on {He main issue in the cam- | Shelford sald his, parly . Shelfordeaidtherewereonly. ffirmative with: the ex- t aa stupid as the ferring totheacthesaid wished voters good luck

the backs of the, people. palgn is the economy. believes individuals: can two children in hospital ception of Shelford who sald people in this ay. Berry that “if we ant trust our lection day.

‘pile ‘of -rocks He wants several ports ™anage their own. affairs quring his recent visit, he had already answered . sa He elected government whocan “You are the ones who
represented Victoria, Secry developed on the west coast While the NDP Uelieves i464. much moneyeanwe that question. The minister. McCreery sald Kitimat wa trust?” need it,” be said.
sald. He did ‘not specify. so ihat products shipped tp government should control sera to put in, * Ghelford seemed to be confusing residenta should decide the © In his closing remarks, | ‘There will be an all-

_ whether he meant the queen PacificRim countries will no People’s affairs for them. = aig “Becnamists & agree women’s centres and matter through a referen- Serry, who had earlier candidates meeting for these
ar the capitol, ih longer need totravel via the He said Brilish Columbia that hospitals and schools transition houses (refuges dum. described Kitimat residents same people in the H.E.M.
major sinks aoick i more rimmenhocalil and Resources Investment will bankrupt Canada by for battered women). Candidates were also as “ignorant” and “stupid”, Lee Theatre in Terrace
ue 0 nama a Corporation shares are being 1995, i At one stage, Serryeaid he asked to comment on the asked voters to‘act ag tonight at & p.m.

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= DREDGING TRIAL

Eleven are

convicted

-fonowto (CP) — The
Canadian -jury ended
Saturday with ilve of 11
executives and seven of their
nine dredging companies
convicted of conspiracy to
commit fraud by rigging
bids for government con-
tracts.

It'was the most expensive.
trial in Canadian history and
prosecutor Roderick
McLeod said he will seek
prison terms for the five

executives.

Court was told the
executives had inflated the
cost of dredging jobs by
agreeing in advance among
themsevles how much each
would bid. The winning
company would then pay off
the others, the prosecution

The jury had been on the
case 14% months and
deliberated almost one
month before returning with
49 verdicts, It returned no
decision on -four ather
counta,

McLeod would not com-

* ynent on whether the Crown

would appeal the acquittals
or prosecute the charges on
which no decision was
reached, Cost of the trial has
been estimated at more than
$7 million.

Convicted were: Harold

, MeNamara, 65, of Toronto,

former president and
chairman of the board ‘of
McNamara Corp.; Sydney
Cooper, 57, of . Toronto,
former president of Pitts
Engineering Construction
Ltd.; Jean Simard, 67, of
Laval-sur-le-Lac, Que.
former vice-chairman of
Marine Industries Ltd, and
3.P, Porter Co. Ltd., and
Frank Hamata: of Van-
couver, president of Sceptre
Dredging Lid.

Assoclate Chief Justice
Willlam Parker ordered that
they surrender their
passports and not leave the
country without the
prosecution's permission.

Acquitted were; Gerard
Filion, 69, of St, Bruno, Que.,
former president of Marine
Indsuries Ltd; Hugh A.
Martin, 64, of Vancouver,
chairman of the board of
Canadian Dredge and Dock
Co: Lid.; James Jarrell of
Toronto, | vice-president of
Pitts Engineering; Louis
Rochette, 54, of Quebec City,
former executive vice-
president of Marine [a-

tries; and Bruno Des-
jardins of Bale WUrfe, Que.
former director of J.P.
Porter,

ev-teled by-a,.-.

och ecieate

VANCOUVER (CP) —
Joe Clark said Sunday a
Progressive Conservative
government would .
reintroduce legislation al-

private mail. .

Legislation to allow
police to open first-class
mail was introduced in
the last Parliament by the
Liberal government of
Prime Minister Trudeau
after ithad been disclosed
that the RCMP had been
opening mall illegally for
40 years

The bill was given a low
priority after the
government ran into stiff

’ criticism andit was never
ssed.

Clark told a mws
conference that if elected
May 22, a Progressive

. Conservative government
would bring the bili back
to the Commons, poasibly
in amended form.

The legislation would
have allowed police to
open first class mail in
drug and national
security investigations,
something now prohibited
by the Fost Office Act.

“CLARK WOULD ©
LET THEM
OPEN MAIL

lowing the RCMP to open -

The McDonald royal
commission wn RCMP
. wrongdoing
, the nitopening ace
' tivities as well as several
ether illegal acts.

Clark expanded on his
proposal to allow the
RCMP to break the law in

a cabinet nister. Under

proposal, a minister
pont give permission for
such activity and would
have to explain his deci-
sion, possibly in secret, to
a Parliamentary com-
mittee at least once a
year.

Clark said the illegal
act would be permitted
only when there was no
time for Parliament to
pass enabling legislatlon,

Cabinet authority could
not be used to permit
long-tefm operations
Buch as those (-
amined by the royal
commission, headed by
Justice David McDonald
of the Alberta Supreme .
Court.

33 killed

in traffic

Hy THE CANADIAN PRESS

Three persons killed in a
rafting accldent In the
Fraser River in B.C, on
Sunday were among at least
33 persons who died in ac-
cidents across Canada
during the weekend.

A survey by The Canadian
Press from 6 p.m. Friday to
late Sunday night local times
showed 27 traffic deaths,
three drownings, twa
electrocutions and one un-
determined death.

Police said the three
persons drowned after their
raft overturned In the Fraser
Canyon section of the Fraser
River near Hell's Gate. Two
of eight survivors. of the
accident were admitted to
hospital with undetermined
injuries.

Besides
drownings, Brith Columbia

also had five traffic deaths.

In Ontario, seven persons
died In traffic accidents and
one person was electrocuted
when the television antenna
he was lowering touched a
hydro line. The cause of
death of another man whose
body was found in the Wys
River near Midland had not
been determined.

One person died in a traffic
accident In New Brunswick
and another person was
glectrocuted while flying a

e,

Six died in trafle
accidents im Quebec, two in
Nova Scotia and one in
Prince Edward Island,

There were three traffic
deaths In Alberta and two In
Manitoba. No accidental
deaths were reported in
Newfoundiand or Saskat-
chewan.

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