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TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C.

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Too many
tourists
says Clift

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“We. ourselves, are
damaging. the natural things
of the country rapidly enough
without spending money to.
call in the shock troups (or
tourists) te help devistate ihe
surroundings at an .ever-
increasing rate just for a fast
buck,” Clift said.

Clift. offered several
solutions “or. al least a way of
slowing down the carnage’’.

+-Planning. .An inventory
of all our resources, effected.
by .or having an effect on
tourists.

~- Astudy to imderstand the
best methods of. encouraging
the. tourist to leave more
dollars in the area. .

~ A study to encourage the
tourists in the direction we
would like them to con-
centrate,

- Awareness by the
businesses most affected by
the tourist trade and greater
financial assistance from this
source, and... .

Much mere efficient con-
servation activity.

Clift. added that the one
conservalion officer in the area |
is already overburdened

‘Lcould burden you for another
hour as to why we are not ready
to encourage the tourist trade,
but...1 will. say the highway 16
will become a provincial and
federal responsibility as in the
case of the Trans-Canada hig-
hway.'

‘HERETOST..Y

“Don't worry,” Clift added,
. “the tourist is here to stay in
far greater quantities than our

technology can support.”.
“T might add, the tourists.
who can't find accomodation
in Prince Rupert are contin:

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.-“T might add, the tourists.
who can't find accomodation
in Prince Rupert are con-
linually passing the fourists
going the other way who can’t
find accoinodation in
Terrace." Cliit said. .

vA Herald check of several
motels in the area disclosed
that many dozens of tourists,
mainly American, have
already booked units. for the .
summer... .CliIl also cited a .-z.
lack of adequate’ trailer’
parking spaces, camper
parking spaces and adequate
water and sewage [acililies.

- This situation, he said later,
must be greatly impraved to
meet tourist needs.

“Above all." Clift .added.
“don't give away our won:
derful country svithout con-
sidering the cost.”

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End secret meets,
says association

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; idea.

“You empower these people
iirustees) to carry out the
responsibility for you. You are
ing the thing so common
thal nothing of any importance
will be carried out,” he said.
‘WE SHOULD ATTEND!"

Another man quickly rose, ‘If
we are going to be members and
aware of what goes on, we
should attend,” he said.

He added. ‘Democracy
requires information. I don’t
think this should interfere with
the board's ability to function.”

But A.J. McColl, a lifetime
trustee, was also against the
idea.

“You as members of the
association can do as you
please. You can hold your own
monthly meetings if you want,”
he said,

Payroll takes hike

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He said that the general poor
economy of the area in 1970 kept
peaple with minor ailments
from entering _ hospital.

BETTER SERVICE

And, he said, natives in the
Nass Valley had the services of
a full-time nurse and received a
better visiting nurse service
than in 1969, making fewer

visiis to the hospital necessary
in 1970. .

The total number of “patient
days" dropped from 31,748 in
1969 to 29,204 in 1970,

And each drop in patient days
resuited ina $40 day loss in the
hospital's budget which is
determined by the provincial
government in Victoria.

Hospital personnel matters
could not be discussed if the
associalion members attended
Meetings. one man said.

But Keith Tutt said the board
could -rieet ‘‘in camera” to
discuss personnel matters.

NOT DEMOCRATIC -

“The intent,’ Chen Wing
said, “is {o bring the board in
line with other democratic
institutions, to allow the people
to have insight into the business
of the board.”

Mayor Victor Jolliffe
suggesled the board meetings
be opened to the-news media.

“Why not open board
meetings to your news media?”
he asked,

Some of the audience laughed
at the suggestion.

Trustee chairman Norm
Miller said he wasn’t of ‘one
opinion or the other’ about

members attending.

When a vole was taken, 33
voted in favor and 11 against
calling a special meeting to
ammend the constitution. A
second vate on a resolution for
lhe meeting, passed with a 29-20
vole. That resolution calls for
board meetings to be open to
members as observers.

*During the vote, one man §
he would “resign right no
the idea were approved.

Another later said it was “@
“step forward’’ for the
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olliffe seeks ‘mystery
who ‘stabbed town in back’

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oversight and retain the present
hold that Terrace has, but it will
require united effort and there
appears to be some support
from Kitimat."'

Jolliffe said he had talked
over the rail spur with Kitimat
Mayor John Springer because a
Terrace rails spur would benefit

Kitimat as well.
WHOIS HE

“All I can say on the railroad-

is I have so far been unable to
get first hand knowledge and
who the the mystery person is.”

“The Prince George mayor s-
ays Terrace was represented at
the Prince George meeting. But
it wasn’t by any member of the
Terrace council,” Jolliffe said.

He added: ‘‘But we're con-
tinuing, through the pracess ‘af
elimination, to find out whe is t-
his mystery parly who has sold
Terrace’s birthright. ;

Earlier, to fill in gaps in his
report to council on his Ottawa
meeting, Jolliffe issued a pr-
epared stalement to The
Herald.

He said he wanted to answer
charges made by council
members and by The Herald in
an editorial.

Here is his statement:

“I contacted The Herald on
Thursday afternoon after
reading The Herald editorial
and expressed my coricern that
the editorial had suggested that
the mayor witheld information.
I did, however, admit that I had
done this and agreed to give The
Herald an exclusive interview
into my reasons why.”

IN HERALD

The mayor said: “I first
became aware by reading in
The Herald that the four may-
ors, from Prince George,
Prince Rupert, Dawson Creek -
and Williams Lake, had arrang-
ed to ga to Ottawa.”

“T talked it over with my
administrator (Jack Hardy) a-
nd then asked council for
permission to go and teke the
administrator, Mr. Hardy, with
me.’

“This was about 2 o’clock on -
Friday afternoon, The reason I
gave council at that time is that
I felt Terrace should be Tepa,
resented at the Ottawa meeting
and find oul what is going on.'

“The members of council -
present at the meeting said we
should go. We left Terrace on th

_Sunay morning plane and we

were in Oltawa at 11 o'clock -
that night. The following -
morning, I was in contact by
phone with Mayor Moffat and
Mayor (Pete) Lester of Prince
Rupert who were staying at the
same hotel. .

“Mayor Lester said he didn’t
have a copy of the brief to be:
submitted and to talk to Mayor
Moffat: who was handling the:
whole thing.”

“Mayor Moffat said he only
had ane copy and he was
working on that one for pr-’
esentation:

“Tasked him where we should
meet. He said they'd be at the
minister's office al 11 a.m. Mr.
Hardy and 1 went.to the Pa-
rliament Buildings and we were
Sitting in the ante-room next to
the minister's office by 10 mi-
nutes to 11."

The mayor added none of the |.

delegation had showed up then.
“As it turned out, they haa’
had another meeting in the off-

ice of Bob Borrie, ‘Liberal MP
for the Prince George area at 11
o'clock to discuss strategy. We
were told the Prince George -
mayor would do ail the talking
and just at that moment the
minister’s door opened and the
assembled party of people
moved towards the door and we
walked in with the group.”

* Besides the various MP’s for
the area for the areas

represented, the Prince George-

development office and the -
manager of Northwood Pulp of
Prince George were included.

Jolliffe said the Northwood
manger gave him his copy of
the brief so that he could follow
was was being read.

“Mayor Moffat then yay’

speech and then proceeded to pa.

thorough things in the brief. On
the first page it was headed up
with the words: ‘‘Northern
British Columbia Development
Forcast, 1971-.""

RESENTATION
The mayor said the first

_ paragraph read: ‘‘A committee

appointed by the Regional
District of Fraser-Fort George
and the City of Prince George in
the Province of British
Columbia, and representing
other regional districts and po-
‘pulation centers north of the
52nd parallel, presents for your
consideration the following p-
roposal...’

“And it was signed by Mayor
Moffatt and a Mr. Johnston of, I
believe, the Fraser-Fort George

Regional Distret.”

“The brief continued on and
outlined forestry, mining and
other activities (north of the
52nd parallel).’’

“The main point made by Ma-
yor Moffat was a request for
this total area to be specificed
by the federal government as a
special tax incentive area.”

“And,” Jolliffe added, “I
would like to make it quite clear
that I would support this 100 per
cent.”

He continued “It. was only
when we came to the section in
the railroad development...I
saw the diagram of where the
railroad would begin fram and
that point was Hazelton rather
than Terrace.”

“Then at the first op-
portunity, 1 broke into Mayor
Moffat’s presentation and
expressed the concern of
Terrace and spoke directly to
the minister, informing thim
that the District of Terrace had,
in January, 1970, prepared a
detailed brief and presented it
to the Department of Transport
concerning the railroad to the
north.”

The minister then asked what
the employment situation was

in the Terrace area and was |
particularly interested in the

number of Native Indians in our
population being trained at the
vocational school (in Terrace).

. “We had informed him we

chad a Technical Vocation Scho-

o! built by federal-provincial
funds and he was particularly
interested.

Jolliffe said he supplied the |.

minister with figures showing
40 per cent of the total en-
rolment was from the Native -
population.

“It is understandable that -
‘Mayor Moffat is a little’ upset
since it was agreed he would be’
the spokesman.”

“But f felt t should take the -
opportunity regardless of wh-
ether we were we were. just
observers in view of ‘the d-
evelopments (of the rail spur).

“Now we come to the part of -
what I had held back form the
news media and council, It is.in
the following facts: .

“Upon returning to Terrace, I

and Isaidata public meeting of
council I would explain later in
committee-of-the-whole,”’
“However, the committee
meeting went until almost 11:30
p-m. and council was in no mood
at that time to listen to anything
as controversial as this, I decid-
ed I would call a meeting: the
following morning and explain at

had my secretary search for a~;the meeting what was: hap-

copy ‘of the brief that had been
submitted to Ottawa in Janua-
ry, 1970 and I found that the
brief headed ‘Canadian
National Northern. Trans
Canada Yukon Territories
Railway Extension’’ and the
eredits clearly show that it was

‘presented by ‘John Pousette,

Secretary-Treasurer, Regional
District of Skeena ‘B’. (Ki-
timat-Stikine)’

And, upen checking the minu-
tes of municipal council of Jan
26, 1970 the mayor said it was
the council of the district of
Terrace---and not the regional
district--which approved
Pousette’s trip toe Ottawa to
make the presentation for the
municipalily.

IMPLICATIONS

“Now at this point,” the
mayor continued, ‘I realised
the political implications of this
and had hoped to get together -
with some members of council

so they could be fully informed

pening. uu :
“One alderman. said, What!
are you trying to do?”. ,

The alderman, the mayor |,

without identifying him, said:-
“The next thing you'll ask for a
customs guard at the Skeena a-
nd Kalum Bridge's" which, the
mayor said, ‘'set me back for

awhile; I have since spoken to .
* some of the other aldermen and

explaind the ramiticafions if -
Terrace doesn't get the
railroad.”

"I had hoped to work the
problem out quietly with council
on an individual basis, but after
reading the March 25 paper and
considering what they’ve said,
it seems to me that there is only
one way to handle it and that is
to hand out information (to the
press) and council will have to
hear it from the news media.

Jolliffe added that after
speaking to the Kitimat mayor,
he may have support in lobb-

George.”

ying | ‘for ‘the rail spur fromi
Terrace. : Ble

‘“This is a ‘strategte, central
point, the mayor said. “We are
a supply center and we have aj}
:lot . of government agencies - Ht
based here...because of thefd ;
ehances. that Terrace will Ph ;
become antcher Princesa

He said if Terrace does. not fi |
get the rail link, then only
Prince George can befefil,

“This is the reason I say that -ff
Terrace must go it alone, or at
least without the Regional Di- jig
strict and must lobby in Ottawa--Hig

‘until we are assured we are the }
jumping off point: - fo . Bi

“L realise itis the popular. th
hg to make grand statemen
and assure the public thatallis
well and while I do not see the
development of the railroad
spur in my present.term of
office, I feel I shoudl. sound:
warning and do all I ca
various groups are ‘awa
what i is happening.”” eenee

Jolliffe pointed out the.cost of
the trip he and Hardy: made to
Ottawa, Victoria-and back. was
less than $1,000.

“Theinformation we received
by being there we couldn't have
been bought for $10,000,”" *

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