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~ Spectal thinks to‘all
aur contributors and
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~their dime and

- talents. Ms

For any years and many millions of
liars,’ ‘governments and interest groups

; have pondered the mystery of the

“salmon. How many are there, where do

‘they come from, where do they go and

how do they return?
It’s the same kind of effort that has
gone into the elusive creature called the

tourist and its subspecies, the, recrea-
- tional angler. What draws them up here,
’ what are their spending habits, how can

we get them to spend more time and’

money here?

The two meet, some might say collide,
on the banks of the Skeena River and its
tributaries. Just as the salmon return

“each year, so does the tourist angler. We
spend .much money and much time
tinkering around to ensure each is hap-
py, hearty and healthy for how the
salmon and tourist prosper determines
the benefit for the rest of us.

The latest tinkering has raised the

’ price to fish for the tourist from outside

'. the province. There’s always been an ex-
tra charge for those from outside, but

-condemning,

that has been boosted with a $10 a day
_ fee to fish the most popular areas. This
fee is a tax, based partially on the
assumption that if people attach a per-
sonal value to something, they will pay
money to enjoy it.
Yet all is not well with this fee. Local
licence sellers say the $10 licence system
is cumbersome in its application. One

tole ada ®

; Iraq’s “Saddam Hussein and the
Mohawk Warriors Society have a lot in
common. Both wear nifty uniforms,
both have machine guns and both have
brought out an amazing contradiction in
federal government policy.

It didn’t take long for Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney to react to the Iraqui in-
-vasion of Kuwait. He was right up there
trade sanctioning and
looking serious along with the rest of the
-world leaders. He is even — once they

Fishy story

$10 licence has to be sold for. each day. If .

a person buys 10 days worth of licences
and limits out two days later, tough luck.
There’s also the question of the cost.
Europeans and Americans don’t seem to
mind because the cost to fish where they
live'is much higher.’ Anybody with the
bucks to fly thousands of miles isn’t like-
ly to quibble over $10 a day, But those
tourists from other provinces aren't hap-

.py with the fee, particularly those from

just to the east of us. They say it’lI pre-
vent them from returning or spending as
much time in the area as they once did.

’ The great majority of those involved
in recreational fishing don’t question the
increase in the price to fish. They do
question the procedures involved and
ultimate cost.

The provincial government now says it
will meet with interested groups this fall
to go over how things have gone since
the new system was introduced.

It’s not too much to suggest that the
opinions of those involved in the recrea-
tional angling industry be taken into ac-
count. A simplification of the licensing
system and perhaps selling licences good
for more than just one day could help
ease the situation.

For while it is the right of governments

to assess fees and taxes, it is also their

responsibility to ensure that the methods
do not place a burden on those involved.

A contradiction

get out of drydock, that is — sending
three Canadian forces ships to face
whatever they are going to face in the
Persian Gulf. But the Prime Minister |
was conspicously absent in enforcing the
rule of law with the Mohawk warriors.

There’s an old political rule that when
you’re in trouble at home, do something
outside of the country to divert atten-
tion. The Prime Minister has done that
to the detriment of his ability to effec-
tively govern.

Ranking those bad guys

- It appears

. prioritize their duties by

‘-eriminology surfaced recently
“when a Canadian escapee sur-

lawmen

_glamourize their jobs and

. pigeonholing lawbreakers on a
- scale from one to 10, like movie Bifocals
stars. by Claudette Sandecki

Through )

“This whimsical approach to

“rendered to police nine days
after he was profiled on

and physical injuries suffered
by his victims, the ruthlessness
of his crime (Clifford Olson

rating would slide through
rendering the victim a
vegetable, quadriplegia,

, _ America’ 's Most Wanted.

The fugitive, Jerry Dowe,

“Was imprisoned in 1978 for
shooting and wounding a

» policeman following a gas sta-
“tion theft. Then he was sentenc-
ed to life for murdering an in-
mate, After escaping from. a
< minimum security camp in
November 1988, he holed up in
> Kent, Washington, where he did
’ odd jobs such as mowing lawns,

and spent much of his time

fishing.

~ But within five minutes of his.

oe “erimes | being. aired on TV,

~ flashed on the screen, where-
vAgassiz’s Staff-Sgt.

“tipsters phoned the number

Price monitored the calls.
Price said,

: “suspect ¢ on a scale of one to 10

4 and: he said 12. We knew right

h da hot tip.”’

id re explain the

“criteria | used~.to- ‘decide a
-criminal’s : Hollywood. rating.
But. I expect it's: calculated bya

categories; the’ ou

he ‘Hina

ad RH ey

Darrell’.

F “We asked one.
stipster how he would rate his

would rate 110 on this alone},.

the vulnerability of his victims,
his skill with firearms, and
whether he had escaped from a
minimum or maximum security
jail,

As for the gangster's personal
habits, are points allotted for
the fashionability of his
hairstyle, the trendiness of his
attire, the blending of his
lifestyle with that of. his

neighbours’, and the class of :
- wheels he rides on? 1 can see a-
-bold crook filing a discrimina-

tion charge with the human
rights commission

~ Levying points for the vic-

and a calculator.
10s.
- Victims’

harder lo gauge fairly, Autopsy
reports, emergency room notes,

and victim: impact statements

would be vital for this.

is rising. Maybe this glamour
_ fating is an incentive. :

if he,
‘disagreed with his score here.

Run-of-the- Fa
‘mill B and Es would be ts; : Bite
_million dollar frauds been be 1; at

physical anguish
would be more subjective, 30 © LeX@,

ould claim. -MaX-,
From: ‘there, the: a

_ paraplegia, loss of limbs, down

to a lone point for assault,

‘J have to wonder, if a detach-
ment collars a 10, is it rewarded
with free Scotch for - its
Christmas party? And do police:
assigned to investigate petty.
crimes ever whine, ‘Aw, geej,

Woody, why do J always get the -

3s?”
. British Columbia’ s crime rate

Correction to last week's col- .
unin:
“hemlocks felled measured. 29,5.
. inches. ,

. tims” financial loss is simple. All .; ~
“that’s needed is cataloguing of:
~ ‘the funds or valuables heisted, e

_The diameter of ‘the

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The Premier gets |
ready for election

VICTORIA — Slowly, plank
by plank, Premier Vander
Zalm is putting together his
election platform.

Vander Zalm’s long search
for an election issue was
rewarded when the Native In-
dians cranked up their land
claims machine. In a market

.. Not exactly. flooded; with issues, .
-he grabbed the land claims

question and ran with it.

But one issue does not an
election campaign make, at
least not this one, so:'the
premier remained on the
lookout for further campaign
fodder. Would you believe he
found it in Winnipeg?

“The status quo is dead-and
we can’t continue om-as we
are,”’ he told -his counterparts
minus Robert Bourassa on the
opening day of the national

| premiers’ conference.

The death of Meech Lake,
the premier indicated, also-
rang in the demise of Canada’s

traditional constitutional
framework. If. Quebec was

looking for a new relationship
with the rest of Canada, so |
could every other province,
particularly British Columbia.
So now, Vander Zalin has
got two issues around which to
build an election campaign —
Indian land claims and fed- .

. bashing. Neither.of these can

be relied upon to assure the
government’s re-election, out
they are probably the best
issues that will present
themselves between now and

date runs out.

Both issues have potential.
The question is whether.’
Vander Zalm will be able to
deploy them effectively. Let’s

“face it, his experience in.

fighting an election on issues is
very limited. Four years ago,
he bluffed his way into the ~

* premier's office with a big
- ‘smile and little else, .
“> When his opponent, Bob: -
Skelly, accused him of compa-—
‘inging on style rather than
_Substance, Vander Zalm didn’t

bother: denying it. On the con

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From the

Capital
by Hubert Beyer

portant as substance and

anyway, it was working for |
him.

It wouldn’t work, again and -
Vander Zalm knows it. That's
why he has been looking so
desperately for an election
issue. Now he thinks he’s got
not just one but two, And for

_ better or worse, he’s going to

fight a fall election on those
two issues.

The native land claims issue
is the trickier one of the two.

--Lt could blow up in Vander

Zalm’s face, Whether or not it
does, depends on the advice he
gets and whether he takes that
advice.:

Ever since Ejijah Harper
single-handedly sank the
Meech Lake Accord, native
issues have dominated the
news in Canada. Elija
Harper's stand, which earned
him admiration and respect. .
from Indians and non-Indians
alike, inspired his people to
fight for their rights a as never

- before.

The response was varied,
Quebec bungled things by not —
defusing a ticking bomb when
there was still time, thereby
allowing the situation at Oka

’ to get out of hand.
the fall of 1991, when his man-

British Columbia acted more
intelligently. Reversing a long
and intractable position, the
government announced last

week it was prepared to

negotiate Indian land claims,

It was a good first step, but
the Indians want more. They
demand recognition of their
aboriginal title to the land, and

_that has white society worried
. stiff, because nobody knows
. just how much land the In-

_ ‘dians are laying claim to.

Vander Zalm may be able to

_use the issue to his advantage
In’ two ways. By: pointing to his
‘government's willingness to sit

down with the “Indians and
negotiate land claims;' he *
strikes a statesman-like pose;
by refusing to recognize’
aboriginal title, he can show :

-himself as the responsible:
' politician who isn’t about to

give away the store.
The second issue isthe ~'

future of confederation.

Canada’s misery is Vander
Zalm’s delight; His speech at
the first ministers’ conference
in Winnipeg left no doubt:
where he stands. It isn’t on the
side of federalism.

Vander Zalm is trying to ©
divide the spoils of this coun-
try even before Quebec ac-
turally removes itself from |
Canada. He says federalism is
dead and it’s time to find a

’ new formula.

As a start, he proposes a’
transfer of federal services to
the provincial government. By
Tteducing or even shutting —
down the federal bureaucracy
in British Columbia and letting

‘the province deliver the ser.

vices, the taxpayers would save
a lot of money, according to
Vander Zalm, In fact, he says

the province could do the job .

for one-third of the price. .

I think he may. well be able
to sell that concept,: if not-to
Ottawa, then to 4 lot of B. c.
voters. Never mind that it’s;
just.a bill of goods. In the...
wake of Meech Lake and_
Quebec's determination to go -
it alone, Fed-bashing i is in stlye
again.

. Vander Zalm also won't
heed David Peterson’s admoni-
tion, The Ontario premier =.
warned his colleagues not to.
act like ‘tribal warlords” ©.
dividing up the country, Our:
premeir will fight the election:
with whatever he’s got. and...
that's land claims.and fed-.
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