AA - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 6, 1999

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All for one

PEOPLE LIVING outside of the lower mainland
have known this for years — there are two Brit-
ish Columbias. But now it’s official, according
to provincial government statisticians.

Population figures released last week show an
alarming amount of people are crossing the
Rockies for the more vibrant economies of the
Prairies. If not for international immigration,
there would have been a net population loss in
BC.

And this is where the reality of the two British
Columbias comes into play. Most of the popula-

, tion loss comes from the regions where resource
\industries have collectively taken massive hits,
‘forcing people to move out. To be sure, there has
been economic diversification in the regions
since the last economic downturn of the early
1980s but not to the point where new economies
can replace the loss of primary resource jobs.

The lower mainland isn’t so much affected as it
is the prime target for immigrants so they tend to
balance off any bad economic factors there. As
well, industries such as movies, television
shows, high tech and tourism, which are
removed from the up-down cycle of resource ex-
traction, have become major players in the lower
mainland.

Years from now, with the luxury of time
passed, a reasoned analysis may well point to the
last years of the 20th century as the end of the
old logging and mining British Columbia and the
beginning of a new one.

Yet the reality of today provides little comfort
for those who are victim to massive economic
shifts over which they have no control. If we are
to become leaner, then so be it. But at the same
time we cannot become meaner. For to do that
would deny the essential element of community

come,’

wishes

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Greenpeace chases money

. VICTORIA — Just when I

thought [ had heard and seen it
all, I find out that Greenpeace
atid MacMillan Bioedel, along
with a Native band, are going
into the logging business in
Clayoquot Sound, of all places.

Clayoquot Sound, you will
recall, was the batile ground a
few summers ago, between the
environmentalists and forestry
giant MacBlo. Hundreds of
people were arrested. Many
were thrown in jail.

But it seems that the two for-
mer adversaries have kissed
aud made up.

The plan is to log parts of
Clayoquot Sound selectively,
very selectively, according to
Greenpeace. Never mind that
special harvesting require-
ments for MacBlo’s operations
in Clayoquot Sound were in
place before. But that didn’t

stop Greenpeace and other cn- .

ironmental .. bit,, squads from
eating, ‘the’shoyydowa.

Now, 4 reasonable person
might see this new partnership
of former enemies as a good
thing, Co-operation beats con-

by

. frontation any time, right? It

does, as long as neither of the
partners have a hidden agenda.

And I believe that’s precisely
the case with Greenpeace.

I might even have believed
that Greenpeace has suddenly
realized is O.K. to cut down
the add tree, if it hadn’t been

FROM THE CAPITAL

HUBERT BEYER

for another one of the environ-
mental organizalion’s major
offensives against British
Columbia in the U.S.

The same week the ex-
traordinary partnership to log
with love was announced,
Greenpeace, along with several

other .. environmental Broups, .
bought ja full-page - vadvin the.
. New York Times. decrying;log- -; |

ging in old-growth forests
along B.C.’s coast.

The ad lists 27 major U.S.
companies that are doing
without old-growth forest pro-
ducts and seven others that
have not made such a commit-
ment,

The aim of the ad is, of
course, to create consumer
pressure on companies that
comply with Greenpeace’ s
demands,

r amazed, at,the.rever

It should me mentioned that
the firms subscribing to the no-
old-growth-lumber edict ‘such
as cosmetics manufacturer
Estee Lauder aren’t exactly
using a lot of timber.

The ad is very effective be-
cause of its common-sense and
reasonableness.

You're led to believe that
Greenpeace will have no fur-
ther demands if jogging in old-
growth forests is stopped.

Well, that isn’t the Grecn-
peace I have come to know.
Nothing will ever make Green-
peace happy. The battle be-
tween Greenpeace and British
Columbia’s forest companies
has been the international en-
vironmental organization's
biggest cash cow. And they’re
not about to put that cow out to

pasture.
Last summer, I visited
Germany for a week, I was

Greenpeace, is-held
amazed at the misconceptions
in the public’s mind about
British Columbia forest prac-
tices. I wonder who planted
them there,

So why would Greenpeace
want to go into the logging
business with MacMillan

Bloedel? I believe the answer
is very simple: to be able to
prove that the organization
isn’t against logging at all.
Ounce the operation gets

going, Greenpeace can honest-
ly say they’re all for logging.

_ Why, they even do it them-

selves,

It’s an ingenious plan and it
will probably work like a
charm. Even Premier Glen

Clark will have to think twice

before again calling Green-
peace and enemy of British
Columbia.

I’m uot the only one who has
misgivings about the partner-
ship.

Significantly, the Friends of
Clayoquot Sound, an environ-
mental group whose concerns

and interests aren’t global: as -

those of Greenpeace, aren’t
buying into the deal.

Publicly, the group says it’s.

concemed and will keep a
close watch on the operation.
Privately, some members have
told me they’re horrified and
7 Greenpeace has sold

deal may well be a_ sell-out.
But then, an international orga-
nization has different needs
than a small band of concemed
citizens. And the need to keep
money flowing into the coffers
may. just be greater than the
need to be principled.

Beyer can be reached at:
(250) 929-9300; Fax:

Tel:
(250) 356-9597;
hubert@coolcom.cont

E-mail:

A womb’s work is overdone

AS IF the world isn’t well
populated already, women
routinely treated for infertility
are rivaling Mme. Dionne,
giving birth to as many as
eight babies in a single preg-
nancy.

Do fertility doctors think
they’re in animal husbandry,
treating rabbits?

Fertility doctors take the
Bible too literally. Go forth
and multiply doesn’t mean
every female should hatch a
clutch, Doctors need to divide
their efforts between adding
and multiplying to achieve a
healthier balance, Barren
women who year to give birth
don’t wish to end up living ina

shoe.

Or is GST at the bottom of
this cheaper-by-the-dozen
trend? Six babies at once cost
less than one, like buying muf-
fins or doughnuts?

That wide-eyed grin a
mother displays for the media
is nost likely a combination of

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CLAUDETTE SANDECKI

Shock and gas, plus the cold
realization she’s cloned a
baseball team. ‘

At bathtimes, mealtimes, and
diaper-changing sessions, the
commotion and din will im-
itale Grey Cup half time.
Where’s the joy in lining up
six babies and feeding them
with the tender attention of a
harried short order cook slap-
ping together BLT sandwiches

f STUFF FROM HOME
AND Have A BIG
CLEAN -UP AFTER...

to feed a tour bus crowd?
Parents have no time to coo,
coax, or chuck the wee ones
under the chin. And the kids
will forgo the one-to-one atten-
tion youngsters thrive on;
they'll do like the youngest girl
in a family of eleven who, late
one night, crept aut of bed and

. padded into the living room to

climb in to her mother’s lap.
‘Because you never have time
to talk to me during the day,”’
she said, pouting.

Now that’s sad, to have to
queue fora cuddle with Mom.

Economists estimate raising
one average, nonmal child to
age 18 costs a family
$180,000. An underdeveloped
premature baby costs about
that in specialized medical care
per week. For months,

Few of these multiple birth
babies have millionaire fathers.
The family will be dependent
upon social assistance, corpo-
rate donations, and the good-
will of friends, nelghbours, and

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relatives. God may provide, all
right, but He’s apt to expect
hard work ftom Mom and Dad
as a show of good faith.

In Ontario, so much of the
province’s health care dollars
and medical facilities are being
claimed by premature babies
that mothers having difficulty
with single births are being
flown about the province like
Mary and Joseph in search of a
hospital with a bed to take
them in.

Most fertility-assisted multi-
ple birth babies. need
prolonged, expensive medical
care lo survive until they
achieve normal birth weight,

If fertility doctors rationed
the number of embryos they
implant to a realistic count we
wouldn't bankrupt our health
care system staffing and outfit-
ting neonatal hospital units

whe

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of Clayoquot Sound stand, the

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a womb’s work.

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