Al0- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 28, 2004

MP Cullen reaffirms —
offshore oil position —

NDP MP NATHAN CUL-

~ LEN isn’t all that. worried
that David ‘Anderson ‘who,

like himself, opposes lift”

-ing.the.ban on offshore ail
and gas’ drilling, is--no
. longer the federal’ environ-
‘ment minister. (~ =
The femoval. from thie
cabinet.. of: the: ‘Victoria

* Liberal MP = he liad criti-

cized: Liberal party cam-
‘ paign -tacti¢s ‘during. the
election — has been inter-
preted aS a. sign ‘Prime

Minister Paul Martin may-
be leaning toward, Jlifting B

the ban.-

“There - wasn’t- anything.

- Nathan Cullen

from the Liberals. during -.

the campaign ‘that. they “:
would lift the moratorium..
If they did now, that would.
~ be a shock, not only’. here:
but across the country," :
0.200 years away from 4
. happening, -

said Cullen last week.»
.The provincial Liberal

government, °

prospect- of . royalties | and

jobs, has. been applying -
_pressure on’ the. federal “
. Liberal. government. to ‘lift.
the ban so: ‘exploratory
drilling can take Place: to-
determine if there jis a po--
tential ofan offshore « ener-

gy. industry.

Cullen. is. a: strong. ‘op- ch
ponent of lifting the bans -
to allow. exploration to de--:
termine if there is a poten-.
tial for offshore | oil: and a
; . lone. term and: how to ‘bring .

gas.

eyeing. the.
~ not necessarily. will be’ for:
the people. who. live. here. a
os Minister Paul’ “Martin.
Former. “NDP. premier . Ame

Tm riot in. ‘favour: Of.

“anything that. can threaten’. :

fisheries;”, he: said...

an industry that may. be 15

“And. there are re jobs: ‘that

he added. ~

trating.- ‘on: tidal or: “wind:

power. to generate energy,” ;
is now. health: minister ‘and .

“Saying thésé have. ‘the

“promise: of, offering ‘Sus-
”. tainable. ‘development.

““The’ main.reason: peo-

ple. are talking about. this:
[offshore] project. is jobs"
spay: close’ ‘attention. to the |
softwood ‘tariff battle” ‘with.

and. it .makeés ‘more : sense
to. talk” about jobs in the:

“Cullen ‘is also leery of: °

 Cullen® favouis ‘concen: .

vironment can-¢o- exist.”

sidered ‘less risky-than the

Bowser ‘Basin, the area
north of. Terrace: toward the

-“I've not seer. anything

“On paper. It depends ‘upon |
“what: the: concept: is,’
+ Cullen, “There is. no place

" said -
“you, can: ‘draw: oil from.

consequence.”

federal .:  cabinet,:

= several - ‘other:: prominent
“BiCi ‘Liberal - MPs: were. "

“named -to- significant -port-
folios: last‘ week by Prime.

Ujjal: ‘Dosanjh,: “who: con:
verted to-the. Liberal party,

‘David’ Emetson,: orice: the:

~ CEO of forestry-giant Can- .
for, “is. now: the. industry.

‘minister. , “
Emerson’ will: be able to-

the. United States. “ ny

Liberals not in trouble

in north, says. MLA |

By JEFF NAGEL ©
THE NDP victory here «in:
June's: federal. election is -
being taken by sonié as.a°
sign of dissatisfaction. with *:
the B.C. Liberals.’ :

But. Roger’ Harris, isn’t.
among them." -

‘The. B.C. ‘Liberal MLA.
for Skeena- ‘doesn't: think’.
the results mean. the same.
fa Likely-awaits | chim in

saang $1 provitéial’;

- vative MP: Andy. Burton, on:
June 28, °
If anything, Harris ‘said,

the NDP. ended. up. with Jit--

_ tle to cheer about in B.C.

_ “Across the country. the : |

_ NDP came ‘third..’And in
‘they came -third,”

Haris said, ‘referring to the

‘NDP's share of the popular...

vote... “They: expected. a |

massive breakthrough - in’
. B.C. ‘and: quite frankly: that
_ didn’t happen.” ror
But the. NDP’ captured’
five seats in B.C., up-from’-

two in the 2000 federal
election, and. got 26:3 Per af

_ cent of the popular. vate. °
Harris was. -Teacting ° to.

suggestions by one of. Bur- :

ton’s campaign organizers:
that the NDP capitalized -

on anger. with: the : Provin--

cial Liberals,, -.

| “Tve read lots of stuf
that said’ this is a message
to us, but quite. frankly

they. placed third, " Harris: :

’ said,

‘He said the election. ‘of

NDP candidate - Nathan

Cullen in. “Skeena-Bulkley | :
Valley was — largely: Jans.
‘anomaly in the: province,

the result of vote splitting

‘by Burton and Liberal-can-

didate Miles’ Richardson.

“In our riding, look at |
the. percentages. for Andy 7
and. Miles~ those two cers .

.tainly split ‘one side ‘of the

vledger and the NDP, came

through."

A New’ Democrat’ ‘tine
ning | provincially:” would *

have . to’ overcome * that
combined: ’
vote, Hie said.

_- “Nathan locally - fan a -
very good campaign,”. he.

added. “Certainly: the - best
of the three... ~
Harris is expecting: ‘the

NDP machine ‘in- “Terrace
_ and. Kitimat- that.. helped’ ,
‘elect Cullen ‘will work .vi-
gourously to unseat him.in- ~
next» May’ 8. . provincial: ”

vote, a

[ADVENTURE]

CHALTENGE

220%

~ That the opposition can

‘cal?
-election: dale inde taken fecog
led ion. as ‘befell, ‘Conser- — eee ae

“Tye never. sinderesti--:
- mated the NDP,” Harris.
‘said. !They ‘have a. goad’. *
- Organization. T expect, they
> will run. a; very, strong-cam-

avery strong campaign,”

make. steady - preparations: -
for: the: May. 17, 2005: vote
is itself: ‘a-credit to politi-
reforms. like. fixed

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. “onside,” Cullen’ added... me
"There ate-huge oppor-..”
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The economy and. ‘the: ene:

_: Although ‘dry -Jand ail :
‘and gas exploration. i is con- “,

‘offshore | variely, “Cullen ’*. ,
‘isn’t ‘yet willing t6 commit ~
himself ‘to: promoting the

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tains oil and. gas potential. -

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