' ' f) ‘ 1 a i ‘ ® 4 . ' ? THE FEDERAL. govern- - ment wants the Nispa'a treaty passed in Parlia- ment and ratified by Christmas. : “We've got four parties in this house who are in total-agreement that this legislati sheuld be Abrough "this place by “Christmas,” federal Indian ‘affairs minister Bob Nault old reporters last week. :- “And ft hope that we ‘can have a legitimate de- ‘bate with the facts on the “table that. will Tet us £0 through this between now and: Christmas,” added Nault. . «i His comments came afte | he introduced the Nisad'a treaty asa bill for passage in Parliament Oct. 21 * The deal, already been fatified by the Nisga’a and by the provincial legisla- ture, is the first of its kind fo appear as a bill in Par- liament. ; Government members defended the treaty in the face. of criticisms made Jas! week by Reform party MPs, including Mike Scatt Who represents the Skeena tiding for the parly. Reform we Mike Scott isn’t one of the four parties backing the treaty passage. During Question Period Oct. 21, Seote said the trealy “fails. to provide Nisga’a people with pri- vate property rights, fails lo provide Nisga’a women with the same: rights and protections as all other Canadian women and puts in peril the charter rights of each and every Nisga’a Jndividual.” His criticisms follow a main theme developed by Scott over the years — that land claims treatics now Feds hint they want Nisga’a treaty done — in time for Christmas being negotiated don't re- flect individual rights. Now that it’s been offi- cially introduced into Par- liament, the treaty will be examined by the parlia- mentary commitice -on aboriginal affairs northern development, That will invalve-hear- ings and testimony by wit- nesses, all likely to take place in Oltawa, Skeena Reformer Scott is ane of three Reform MPs on the committee and he’s already promised a rigorous examination of the treaty, ¥ct he and other Re- form MPs were already worried last week that the federal Liberals would cut off debate on the treaty’s provisions. “Under questioning in the House of Commons, deputy prime minister Herb Gray declined to say if there would be a time limit on debate or not. “Obviously the rules in- clude means of coming to an end al one stage of de- bate and moving to the next,” said Gray, “A lot depends on how .the debate goes.” Market parkers tagged DRIVERS WHO park il- legally. near the farmers’ market this year may have ended paying more for their veggies than they bargained for, By-law enforcement of- ficer Frank Bowsher has been issuing $25 tickets for vehicles parked iLlegal- ly near the market. = *He’s -really having a hay day down there,” said Lyon Christiansen, market coprdinator,. + Bowsher said there is no | ‘reison for markel goers to pak iNegally on Davis Ajenue Saturdays, especi- ally since there are two Iprge parking lots and plenty of empty parking spaces in the downtown fare. ‘+ “People just don’t want lo walk,” he said. “They jump out of their vehicle without even thinking,” he said. Bowsher said people often park their vehicles in the wrong direction, leave their cars on the grass al George Little Park an block driveways. Others make a habit of parking too close to stop signs - ils against the law to park less- than 20 feet from a_stop sign. . Bowsher. said. he visn%} irying to target market gocrs, What he’s doing is trying rectify a problem. “When there’s a pro- blem, that’s when I work,” he said. He explained that all the illegally parked cars on Davis Avenuc Saturdays cause a bottleneck in the area. He’s concerned that if a house fire occurred, firefighters wouldn't be able to drive into the arca to pul out the flames. Bowsher said he’s been lenient with tickets so far. He admitted the fines could be a lot worse. He’s only been giving out one ticket ta drivers who park in the wrong dir- ection an streets, when he could.be giving out two. . 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