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As - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 8, 2006

Dear P

Dear Sir: ,
I would like to offer, a

. great big heartfelt thank you.

to MLA Robin: Austin for
listening to our complaints
on the gas price increase and
doing what he can to have

our voices heard by the B.C. |

Utilities Commission.’

' As stated by Mr. Austin, :

‘the economy in our region.

has been greatly. suffering.

for the last few years with

“our friends and family lds- -

ing their homes and posses-
sions . because of the poor
economy.

~ Any. savings put’ away
for a rainy day are all used
up by now just to keep our

warm, with nourishing, food
tO eate

» Tam under the belief that
few of the residents in the

other increase to our already

7 stressed budgets.

. Just like. Ms. . Booth, a

previous letter T writer, T have,

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CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD

been doing what I can not to
use the natural gas. I would
rather pay the additional cost
of keeping heat in my. home
to BC Hydro by using porta-

ble electric heaters and using. ;
“extra blankets as their cost is

much more reasonable.
Even though my house-
hold has taken steps‘to keep
the natural. gas turned low
we.are still faced with a gas

bill of over $400 for two
- months.

And we haven't even had
a cold winter which I am
extremely thankful for. Oth-

erwise I believe my gas bill .
- would be at the $800 mark
. OF over.

.To add insult to injury”

‘Pacific Northern Gas ap-

pears to have forgotten the

* lite guy/gal who are’ out
there working their buts off’

to meet monthly. obligations
while PNG is crying that it
will lose $10.4 million per
year in revenues.

Bloody hell. What about
-the “ small . businesses
are trying so very hard to.

‘that

keep their doors open, the
elderly in our area trying to
make a go on fixed incomes,

‘single parent families trying

to keep their children safe,
warm and fed.

_PNG appears to have for- :

gotten all of the little guys/:
gals who have hooked up to
their system is not rolling: |

ny

n

‘share holders for letting your °

_in money like big corporate

companies. °
PNG is not acknowledg-

- ing that they will get their

money each month from the

small business owners, .el- |
. derly and single parent'fami-

lies who are struggling.
PNG official Greg Weeres

indicated in this article that ~:

PNG is taking the termina-
tion payment and * ‘returning
it to our customers.”
Great, I would love to
receive a check. from your
company or’ better yet how

about a noticeable credit to
_mya ,

account?
° By the way, Mr. Weeres.,

as a customer of, your com- °

pany, how am I benefitting
‘from this? An increase of

11-22 per. cent to my ac- »
“count is not what I see as a.

benefit to me: .
Shame on PNG and it

greed get the better of you. .

If I was any of your: moth-’ -

> ers, ‘I would be ashamed of

lt Ss more complicated than that

“Dear Sir: _

‘T-would like to take this _

opportunity to address com- |

ments made in a February 1,
2006: article in your news-

paper. The article contains.

some ‘inaccuracies. that re-
- quire correction.

» While I appreciate Skee- "
“na MLA Robin Austin’s

~ enthusiasm and interest’ in
. the BC Ambulance Service
. (BCAS), his comment that

these changes are a result
of.“‘asking a question in the’

legislature” simplifies the

-decision’ “making — process.

and does ‘a disservice to the
~ BCAS regional and. head-

a quarters staff.

Ambulance station des-

This i is.
-about
trust

. ‘Dear Sir:
“'. The Skeena-Bulkley Val-

ley riding re-elected M.P.

Nathan Cullen who says, the -
_ Conservative party — and its -

previous Reform/Alliance

' ncamations — haven’t got a

very good record in terms of
First Nations policy.

In my view Mr. Cullen,
who is still a member of the
fourth: party in the House
of Commons, . should take
a look-at issues concerning
~ aboriginals carefully before

. making remarks so lightly.

Ido not see the Conser-
" vatives as struggling with a
bit of history concerning ab-
original people.

I have: noticed Nathan
Cullen agreeing with Con-

_ servative Party candidate ~

Mike Scott on a few Con-

servative party policies,.and

now sees the change in gov- .

emment as an opportunity.

It’s an opportunity for the”
NDP to make deals in’ the.

House. This is the name of
- the game when you are in
_opposition.

B.C. voters chose to vote

"in opposition MPs. Voting

in someone who would be

in government would do the.

- riding better.

I'd like to hear Nathan

--Cullen’s ideas on how to
‘solve land claims issues and

treaty negotiations now in

place, and with a positive at-—

titude.
Some of..us did give the

“Liberal MLAs of B.C. time '

lines on treaty negotiations
and land claims. These fell

on deaf ears because the In- .

dian industry is too huge.
This is why the negotia-

decades. .
’ What is the debt load on
treaty negotiations so far?

. There were many Re-
form/Alliance MPs

who
represented the peoples’

concerns across Canada on. .
’ aboriginal issues. Especially
the accountability and. trans-

parency issue. ;
I ask Mr. Cullen, what
“right wing ideologue” will

. spell trouble on the ‘treaty

- front and hurt the northwest.

The Conservative gov-
ernment is. based on honest,
integrity and truth, and the
trust is there.
Mary Dalen,
Cedarvale, B.C.

_ tors drag the process out for _

_ professionals
» been a ‘challenge in rural’

~ and remote communities in
; British Columbia and across

ignations ‘are determined by -

a number of factors, such as
proximity to other resourc-
es, call volumes, and geo-
graphic location. The BCAS
routinely reviews station
designations and meets on a
regular basis with municipal
officials and other stakehold-

ers to seek input on these.

and other operational mat-

‘ters. The recent decisions to

change the station designa-

‘tions were based on the fact

that a clear business case eX-
ists to support the change.

Recruiting .health care —
has always —

Canada. °

2005 with the introduction
of the stand- -by shift at rural

stations to reduce that gap

significantly.

Our - government o
took action in February of.

I would like to point out —

that since the. implementa-
tion of ‘the standby shift,
there has been:a 13 per cent

improvement’ in . response
times on average in rural
communities across B.C. -

meaning patients are receiv-"

ing high quality care more
quickly.

Again, I appreciate MLA
Robin Austin’s interest in

the BCAS but encourage ~
‘him to check his facts before.
‘taking credit for the change

‘George Abbott -

- of classification i in Terrace.
George Abbott,

' Minister of Health,
Victoria, B.C. *

ame on you |

you, too. Especially know-
ing that you are receiving a
tax break on top of every-
thing else. -

’ Again Mr. Austin; thank
you’ for’ speaking out on my

behalf.

G.H.M. Allen,

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