PAGE Alo, THE HERALD, Wednesday, October 20, 1976

Salmonid Enhancement
community enquiries

Dr. G.H. Geen, Director-
General, Fisheries &
Marine Service Pacific
Region, Department of the
Environment announced
recently that “community
inquiries” will be held
throughout B.C. in
November. These inquiries
will be conducted in 17
centres as part of the
planning process of the
salmonid’ Enhancement
Program announced earlier
by Fisheries Minister
Romeo LeBlanc. As Dr.
Geen explained: ‘We
recently distributed a
brochure on Salmonid
Enhancement and included
4 postage-paid envelope for
people's comments. Many
have already replied and
have indicated a real desire
tu provide us with some
positive suggestions as to
how we might improve the
munagement of the salmon
und steelhead resources.
uthers suggested some
constructively critical
vumments including the
need to get out information
10 the communily and listen
OaUre,

salmonid Enhancement,
‘vile stul in the planning
sluges, is a major attempt
vy the Federal Fisheries &
Marine Service along with
vogperation and assistance
‘rom the Provincial
Wepartment of Recreation
and Travel Industry to
mnprove stocks of salmon
and sea-run troul tpar-
ticularly steelhead).
‘rhrough a combination of
natural and artificial
enbancement techniques it
1s hoped that before the end
of this century these fish

‘would again be at the
abundance they were at the
beginning of the century.

A major component to this
program is the involvement
of the public. The attitudes,
values and aspirations of the
B.C. community will have a
profound effect on the
success of any attempts to
enhance the salmonid
stocks. Pollution of;
waterways, improper’
streamside management,
public apathy towards
critical fish spawning or
rearing requirements and
similar situations have done
much to diminish the
number of fish.

Dr. Green pointed out that
these inquiries will not be
the only avenue the public
has to participate in the
Salmonid Enhancement
Program. There are also
opportunities to participate

Last month, Leigh Neille received an
eight pound, three ounce baby boy, doz-
ens of best wishes and.a husband with a
non-stop smile, What she needed was.2

hursery, Niagara thought so too, That’s
because Niagara knows a lot about peo-

alongside fisheries and
conservation officials in
resource protection ac-
tivities. A series of Task
Force groups are being
formed to facilitate direct
public input to the planning
rocess. In addition, more
informational and
educational packages will
be provided.

“The main issue at this
time", stated Dr. Geen, “is
that the community
inquiries will give us a good
insight into those matters of
most concern to the com-
munity regarding the future
of their fisheries resour-
ces.”

Dr. Geen explained that a
consultant will chair the
jnquiries in order that as
much impartiality as
possible will be brought to
the process. The format to
be followed is that those who
have submitted briefs in
advance will be heard first,
those bringing briefs to the
inquiry will be scheduled
next and then those who
wish only to make a verbal
presentation will be heard.
Those who have formal
briefs will be permitted 15
minutes oral explanation
time each, all others will
receive somewhat less
(approximately 10 minutes)
depending on the number
wishing to speak and the
time available.

Dr. Geen outlined the
major areas where he hopes
advice will be forthcoming:

(i) “What are likely to be
the most effective ways to
gain better protection of the

salmon and steelhead
resources?
(ii) Should fisheries

agencies go about producing
more fish? And if so, how?
Why?

diii) How ought the public
to be involved in Salmonid
Enhancement?

(iv) What are some
suggestions as to how
fisheries -resource
management might im-

rove its overall per-
‘ormance?”

“While time constraints
limit the number of com-
Taunities that can be visited,
I feel the schedule does
provide most people af-
ecting, or affected by, the
salmonid resource an initial
opportunity to make their
yiews known,”

The Dates are: November
t - Victoria, November 2 -
Duncan, November 3 - Port
Alberni, November 3 -
Nanaimo, November 4 -

ple’s needs. We also know a lot about
money. Thal’s our business at Niagara.
Mortgage money, money for a new car,
money for home improvements, for your
child’s education, or, if you're like Leigh
Neille, money to welcome the newest

Campbell River, November
5- Port Hardy, November 8 -
Pender Harbout, November
$- Chilliwack, November 10
- Kamloops, November 12 -
Quesnel, November 12 -
Prince George, November
15 - Queen Charlotte City,
November 16 - Prince
Rupert, November 17 -
Kitimat, November 14 -
Terrace, November 19 -
Smithers, November 22 -
Vancouver,

Each inquiry will run
from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
except Port Alberni and

Quesnel which will be from -

920 am. to L p.m. Van-
couver will have one at 9:30
am, and again at §:30 p.m.,
furthermore, if demand is
such, additional dates will
be scheduled in Vancouver
after the 22nd.

Ron MacLeod, Program
Director for Salmonid
Enhancement expressed the
hope that Individual citizens
as well as organized groups
would take advantage of this
opportunity to share their
ideas and concerns.

Dr. Geen indicated that
exact locations of each
inquiry along wi rsonne
io be attached to tie process
will be announced within
two weeks,

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CAC criticizes anti-inflation policy

“The government’s ex-
periment in wage and price
conlrols has been an ex-
pensive exercise and has to
date produced few tangible
benefits for consumers’’.
This was the conclusion
reached by Consumers’

Association of Canada
President, Ruth Lotzkar,
following a weekend

meeting of the CAC’s board
of directors. Mrs. Lotzkar
said she reflected the views
of other board members in
expressing concern about
the enormous costs of
running the program. And
she openly wondered
whether the AIB which has
no control over prices for a
large number of important
goods and services, can ever

‘control inflation: in an ‘ef-

fective and fair manner.
Noting the recent decline
in the rate of Consumer
Price Index growth, Mrs.
Lotzkar was not willing to
credit the AIB with this
trend. ‘‘It is true that world
prices for agriculture and
fish products have been
lower”, she said, “but these
are not subject to board

Leigh Neille needed a nursery.

: ry ‘y , c me Tae . 7 .
said: Pink or blue?
member of yourfamily, Ifwhat standsbe-
tween you and what you really need isa
thing called money, come in and sit down |
with the peaple you've come to know at

Niagara. We know that one way to fulfill
aneed is to put money into action,

_ Loans, Mortgages, Sales financing,
LAG Moneyinaction.

control. At the same time,
the prices of so many things
that consumers have to buy
have been rising apparently
without control’.

She cited the many
complaints. that the con-
sumers’ association has
received from members
about the rising costs of new
housing, energy, many
forms of transportation, and
government services like
the Post Office, education
and day care. “When the
effectiveness of the wage-
price controls is so open to
question, it is not surprising
that consumers are ob-
jecting to paying the costs of
the program, especially
when these costs come to
include a $144 million

publicity campaign.””; +

Since thé introdiiction or
the Anti-Inflation Board in
late 1975, the CAC has been
urging the government not
to lose sight of the full range
of policies which com-
plement an effective
restraint scheme and are
required if the fight against
inflation is to be successful

inthe long term. Yet to date, .

Mrs. Lotzkar complains, the
association has noticed few
efforts by government ta
bring in the measures which
will attack inflation at its
roots.

From the CAC’s point of
view, continued neglect of
such basic structural
defects in the Canadian
economy as high tariffs,
uncompetitive markets and
government-sanctioned
monopolies whose pricing
decisions are not subject to
effective public scrutiny,
can only mean that the
conditions for renewed price
inflation will persist.

Mrs. Lotzkar, speaking on
behalf of the association,
called for the early in-
troduction of a full com-
plement: of, ,anti-inflation
policies to ensure

restoration of stable prices
and a healthy economy in
Canada. While the CAC sees
the recent decision by the
governor of The Bank of
Canada to reduce the rate of
money supply growth as one
sound step in this direction,
the critical conditions
prevailing in the Canadian
economy clearly call for
these additional measures:

1, Government should
initiate a more open
dialogue with the Canadian
public on the causes and
alternative solutions to

_ inflation. Specifically, it

should provide public access
to the date and analyses,
now only available to
selected government of-

‘ficials. -- And ® ‘thie: =Anti-

Inflation Board, should it be

continued, must similarly
be required to provide full
public disclosure of prices,
price roall-backs,
professional fees and other
information not currently
available.

2. The government should

. move immediately to im-

plement the — recom-
mendation of the Econamic
Council of Canada to
unilaterally reduce tariffs in
order. to — rationalize
Canada's tariff structure. A
general reduction in trade
barriers will. have the im-
mediate effect of reducing
the price of imported goods
and, by intensifying com-
petitive pressures, will

. provide. a major incentive
oO

r improved productivity in

‘the econamy. ,

Early B.C.
Photo —
Exhibition

Early B.C. Photographs, a
travelling exhibition
organized by the Extension
Department of The Van-
couver Art Gallery, will be
shown locally at the Terrace
Library Arts Room from
October 24 to October 31.
Admission is free. This
exhibition is made possible
by the National Museums
Corporation of Canada. It is
sponsored locally by the

‘errace Arts Association, It
will also be shown in local
schools.

Early B.C. Photographs is
a special collection of
photographs taken b
settlers who came to Britis
Columbia at the turn of the
century to make a home for
themselves. The prints, now
rl of The Vancouver Ant
allery's permanent
collection, provide unigue
and intimate documentation
of the everyday life of early
B,C, residents. The range of
subject matter depicted is
as diverse as the characters
of the history-conscious
image makers who took the
ictures. For instance,
attie Gunterman, 28
hotographer and intrepid
lady settler in the Cariboo,
took many pictures of
jioneer life ‘‘on the range”
in its more memorable
moments. Another more
cosmopolitan photographer,
whose name we do not know,
recorded meticulously on
photographie plates every
usiness establishment in
New Westminster in 1912. A
third photographer, Ben
Leeson, moved to Quatsino
on Vancouver Island in 1894,
yhere he: recorded the
ing loggiig indusiry
on ier In alls prints in the
exhibition, there is a quality
and freshness of material
that gives us a new insight
into “the good old days" in

Early B.C. Photographs
will be accompanied by an
Art Gallery representative
who will be available at all
times to discuss the

’ exhibition.

walkout.

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BUT WE DID!!

we

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THE AIB CAN'T WORK

Yes, we are concerned about inflation, and we recognize
the need for restraint.

But decisions of the AIB that change at random, the
balance of income across the land, are totally
unacceptable to us.

We are in complete sympathy with the objection of wage
control by the CLC as expressed in their recent national

‘

Therefore we want to express, here, now to you, that we _
want to stand up and be counted. _ oo

oa Nis gha . Teachers Association