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The Terrace Review asked:

What will be some of the more
important issues for Skeena
in the provincial election?

Debbie Sluggeit

| would like to see
the candidates ad-
dress: 1. the north’s
transportation pro-
blems, le. return the
Prince Rupert/Tsaw-
wassen run, high
airline fares, and com-
pletion of roads; 2.
native land claims; 3,
the monetary pro-
blems that arise from
two ministries handl-
ing the funding for in-
stitutions
Child Development
Centre; 4. the need to
make permanent, in
this area, Intensive
forestry programs that
can be continued from
the federally funded
programs of the last
four years.

Ron Stewart
Employment is our
main concern at this

time, although, the
native land claims
should be resolved as
the claims issue has
gone too far.

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Harry Sharyk

The economy and
the job situation will
be the major issues,
but there are other
subjects to be
pondered. The Lotto
649 revenue shouldn’t
be used to make up
for Expo's losses |

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Dennis Palmu

| would say that the
stabilization of our
employment situation
is the most important
issue. This could be
done through the im-
plementing of me-
dium and long term
projects in_ the
tourism and forestry
sectors. Some govern-
ment incentives in
these areas would
help to make this a
reality. The develop-
ment of such projects
as the Thornhill
Nursery is a step in
the right direction.

Christine Eide

Improved forest
management with in-
creased funding for
reforesation and
silviculture should be
a major issue for our
riding. Secondly the
unfinished portion of
Highway 16 between
Terrace and Prince
Rupert should be com:
pleted. Thirdly, we
should lobby to have a
ferry port established
at Kitimat.

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think that lottery
revenue should be us-
ed to give support to
sporting and social
orgainzations and ser-
vices. If Canada took
more care of its
various service groups
the country would be
more of a contender in

Ed Graydon
The strongest Issue
of all can be summed

up in two words
“Social Credit”. Why
let all of our important
Issues fall prey to

deaf ears, its time we
made a change for the
better!
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Jo Patterson

Some of the more
Important issues for
Skeena In the provin-
cial election are:
economic develop-
ment for the region,
specifically the crea-
tion of Jobs and edu-
cation, specifically
more funds for pro-
gram development,
general education and
careers.

Alfred Darby

| think that we
should concentrate on
the settlement of the
ilabor problem, and
perhaps the native
land claims. | do not
think that Expo will be
a major Issue.

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the world as far as
sports and other ac-
tivities are concerned.
Our logging industry’s
problem should be
resolved by coming to
a compromise. We
have to create resolu-
tions if we want to get
ahead in this world.

Skeena riding

TERRACE — In order

to give our readers a

clear idea where each of
the three candidates for
the Skeena riding stand
on some of the more im-
portant issues in the ap-
proaching provincial
election, the Terrace
Review drew up a list of
ten questions for the can-
didates to answer. B.C.
Liberal Party candidate
William Hayes, New
Democratic Party in-
cumbent Frank Howard,
and B.C. Social Credit
Party candidate Dave
Parker were questioned
in three individual inter-
views. None of the three
had prior notification of
the questions, and all the
responses are spon-
taneous,

Here are the results:

1. What do you per-
ceive to be the B.C.
government's role in set-
tling native land claims?

Hayes: A vital role —
the province is in charge
of lands and resources,
the central concerns of
the Indians. We need a
political solution, not a
court solution, for the
reason that court deci-
sions are based on past
precedents based on the

_. Indian Act, an act of

apartheid.

Howard: Our (NDP)
policy has always been
that the province should
enter into tripartite
negotiations involving
the native councils, the
federal government and
the provincial govern-
ment; this has been our
consistent view.

Parker: One word:
facilitator.

2. How can the pro-
vincial government en-
courage the development
of secondary industry in
the northwest?

Hayes: I don’t think
the government is able to
do that until the land
claims are settled; under
these conditions, who is
going to invest?

-Howard: The New
Democratic Party has
just issued an economic
Strategy for the north
called the Northern
Development Program.
The program has a
positive objective which
places the emphasis on
consultation and _ in-
volvement of north-
erners using their in-
itiative and enterprising
capacity to encourage
and create jobs.

Parker: This is already
being done through the
Ministry of Industry and
Small Business Develop-
ment; we can launch

HOWARD nor

Terrace Review — Wednesday, October 8, 1986 5

- Candidates address issues

Dave Parker, B.C. Social Gredit Party candidate for
Skeena.

trade missions, give sup-
port to people with ideas
for secondary industry,
and provide research and
development assistance
for products and
markets.

3. What can the B.C.
government do to lessen
the negative effects if a
countervailing duty is
imposed by the. U.S.
government on B.C.

softwood lumber im-
ports?
Hayes: The B.C.

government is the cause
of the countervailing du-
ty because of the low
stumpage rates it
charges. We have to raise
the stumpage rates; this
would also raise funds
for silviculture and
create jobs because

silviculture is people-
intensive,
Howard: It's tragic

that we have our govern-

ment negotiating with a-

foreign power over the
stumpage rates we
charge here. The NDP
has argued consistently
the need to have.a

Strategy of market diver-
sity so that all our eggs
are not in one basket.
We should be prepared
to produce lumber in
dimensions that are re-
quired by other markets.
The problem is the
government’s aloof at-
titude which encourages
the industry to follow the
path of least resistance,
and that path is the U.S.
market.

Parker: We will have
to work closely with the
‘federal government in
the free trade negotia-
tions.

4, What steps can the
provincial government
take to ensure that B.C.
benefits from the U.S.-
Canada trade negotia-
tions?

Hayes: Any free trade
arrangements should be
under the umbrella of
multi-national trade.
Bilateral agreements be-
tween the U.S. and
Canada would ultimately
create a ‘‘fortress North
America’, which would

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