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Reproduction is not 2 permitted without the written permission of the Publisher. = oleh en nen HO ee rate eterna ont cesctatetatet ete cea ee ec inecanecernsntenicaree SR RR CR TR RA SOX SS RRR TO eM RSM OM MMH SN POO ra Bennett sells us down the river | 4; Rorthern operations. Premier Bill Bennett's plan to turn the assets of CanCel and other government-controlled com- panies over to a private corporation is one of the most ominous and irresponsible decisions yet taken by his Socred government. . It is a decision which is especially threatening to the future of the northwest: an area which has already suffered grievous damage from Bennett's bottom-line, hardware store approach to our province's economy. The people of this region need not be reminded that if a private corporation, rather than the yvernment, had purchased CanCel (then ColCel) 1973, the entire northern section of the com- pany'’s operations would have been curtailed, throwing hundreds directly employed and thousands in related industries out of work. That was what private, big business fiscal policies would have dictated - and that is exactly what would have happened. Instead, the NDP government chose to purchase the forestry company and, recognizing that more than bucks were at stake, strived to improve its efficiency without destroying people's livelihoods and without wiping out northwestern communities. As a result, CanCel began to regain its economic _-footing and, with direction from the government, |... rationalize its operations. -. ‘What was happening was that a better-managed, publicly owned company was using money it made _in its southern operations to help subsidize its And overail the company still began to turn a profit - a huge rofit. It may not have been the best thing to do from a bottom-line, hardware store point of view. But there can be no denying that it was the best thing sible from the northwest’s point of view an om the people’s point of view. _ What's more, it worked, The corporation began to make millions which were diverted into programs such as Mincome, Pharmacare and northern ambulance services. It was something that Bennett and his Socreds called “political interference” and indeed they were right. It was political interference which kept thousands at work, provided money for the tax- payers and ensured the economic future of the northwest. What Bennett could not understand then, and still cannot understand today, is that economic leadership requires a degree of political in- terference and direction to protect the interests of people. His inability to provide such direction was all too apparent when he allowed CanCel’s sulphite mill in nce Rupert to close in 1976 without regard for the consequences of such a move, and without seeking alternative means of maintaining the northwest economy. oe Now Bennett is proposing a further abdication of his responsibilities as premier. Hiding behind a cloak of “free enterprise” he is going to get CanCel out of the government’s shpere where he can be held publicly accountable for its actions and turn it over to a private corporation whose only interest will be “profits before people.” If his father had taken such a backward, narrow- sighted view of political responsibility, British Columbia would not now have a public utility company or a B.C. ‘Ferries Corporation. Is it any wonder that Skeena MLA Cyril Shelford recently criticized the current premier for failing to provide any economic leadership to the province? ; Today, not only is Bennett letting go of the reigns of economic leadership, but he is going to seli the horses as well. Asnorthwesterners, that can only leave us where we always used tobe: sold down the river. _ Your opinions are important _ Recreation plays an increasingly important role in life of our community - and soit should. With shorter work days and an increasing em- asis on physical fimess, people are looking for leisure-time activities which will prove both healthy and fulfilling. Whether you like swimming, acting, skating, arts and crafts, tennis, curling or any one of a multitude of other activities, recreation should be an integral concern for you and your family. . Unfortunately , while many people do take part in individual recreation activities, few are interested enough to participate in the overall process of planning a recreation program and carrying it out. Yet public input is essential if the recreation programs and facilites for the coming years are to accurately reflect the wishes of all the people of this area. This is why the recreation commission and the Terrace parks and recreation department have circulate a questionaire to all households in the strict. - New liquor policy ign With the usual fanfare of political trumpets, Provincial Consumer Affairs Minister Rafe air has announced changes in the B.C. liquor policy. Such changes are now decome almost an annual event, with ‘each new announcement becoming more and more idiotic. Mair’s jewels of wisdom say the new regulations follow the government's overall goal to promote moderation in alcohol consumption. How does he intend to achieve this? Apparently by increasing the sale of B.C. wines at the expense its competitors. Says Mair, manufacturers of alcoholic beverages _ may net insert color advertisements in newspapers. He further rules that manufacturers may run only one advertisement in each issue of a. newspaper, EXCEPT for B.C, wineries, which apparently can space on every page. Pext step in iis crusade is the ruling that manufacturers advertisements may not appear on the outside covers of magazines “‘except those which promote moderation and are approved by the general manager.” Have you ever seen a liquor ad which promotes excess? On the other hand, ial sales at government liquor outlets, ad- vertised in the form of press releases, cause line- Guest editorial ups at the door. ’ In the future, only dr sell high-alcohol tonic That is the only place the sells them is not likely to use them. .The new policy also contains stores will be allowed to es, says the new order. y Were ever sold, and who ve any effect upon who rovisions +to “Encourage consumption of wine, rather than hard liquor or beer.” This ignores the fact that the real ‘down-and-out alccholic’s limited budget compels tim to choose a bottle of cheap B.C. Sherry, immoderate dr onous though, it is, rather than more expensive - Tf such are Miar's idea of an attack on ve dnaking, he is completely out of touch with reality. He mentions the problem as if it were something new. And, as is politicians, he concentrates on the the cause of the problem. case with most oblem rather result is a totally ineffective mish-mash of self-contradiction. In his mention of neighbourhood pubs, the lowliest English barmaid could assure him that a. Canadian pub resembles an English one about as - much as rock-and-roll resembles ballet. She would int out that if a British customer were served to 1¢ point where the stuff's coming out of his ears, — FALL WE bt GRANBY, Que. (CP) — ; THANKS TO SUBSIDIES Dairy producers support federalism of Quebec’s dairymen are The general manager of one i of the most successful than they. ot oo ily agricultural cooperatives in separate country because Canada, is sure Quebec's they nowrreceive an average 25,000 dairy farmers want $5 o00each in annual federal the province to remain part price subsidies. ; of Canada. Giroux’s Granby Raynald Giroux saysmost Agricultural Co-operative TO MOLUCCANS Dead terrorists are now martyrs BOVENSMILDE (AP) — South Moluccans in_ this Dutch farming village Sunday mourned the latest martyrs to their struggle for independence, six young men and a young woman killed by marines in the bloedy finale to a terrorist takeover of a train and school. Inside Bovensmilde's Moluecan community, ringed by barbed wire andnpolice since the terrorists seized the village school May 23, edgy and hostile residents cloaked their grief in silence. . Among the young Moluceans, there were rumblings of anger and bitterness over the attack that ended the 20-day siege at the school and at a hijacked train 12 miles to the north. “Our comrades were murdered by _—ithe collaborators of Indonesian fascism,"’ declared a .spokesman for the . South Moluccan Youth Liberation Front, one of several radical independence groups. “Our revolution might need a lot more victims among our sons and daughters.” Moluccan ilags, symbols of their self-styled republic, droo at half-staff from windows in the Bovensmilde enclave, home to some of the 13 terrorists who took part in the twin sieges. Police, rifles slung from their shoulders, guarded the enclave, only yards from the school, “We're on alert to prevent possible friction between the Moluccan and Dutch communities,’’ said one policeman. “The future?” said: Etty Appone, a leader of the young militants here. ‘‘The misery will now be en- dless." Summer session: for B.C.’s MLAs VICTORIA (CP) — Most of British Columbia’s 55 provincial politiclans will march up the steps of the legislative buildings today to begin the first summer sitting of the legislature since the turn of the century. As many as 10 MLAs, however, members of the legislative committee on agriculture currently examining the B.C. food industry, could be absent. Those members are travelling throughout the province holding hearings. The current session, which an Jan. 13, was adjourned April 6 for an indefinite period. Premier (GAC), with headquarters in this community 50 miles southeast of Montreal, made a profit of $12.2 million last year on assets of $77 million. Quebec supplies 48 per- cent of Canada’s industrial milk, used to make cheese, butter and skim milk wder, and GAC produces t under half of that. The province also pcoduces about 22 per cent of the country’s fluid milk. Girouxnsays the co-op's farmer-owners fear that if Quebec separates, Canada will turn to the international market to fill the gap. The ‘world price for skim milk powder is 15 cents a pound, while the protected Ca- nadiannprice is 70 cents. The price paid Canadian producers for butter is $1.16 a pound, while the world price is 45 cents. The Canadian price for cheese is also $1.18 a pound, but only 94 cents in the United States and 50 cents in New Zea- Run on the principle of vertical integration, the co- op takes milk from its 9,200 member farmers, processes itin 17 factories, and either sells it to marketing bodies or does the marketing itself. The co-op's 1976 sales of $287 million were up 15 per cent from the previous year and 120 per cent from 1972. GAC would have ranked about 65th among Canadian companies in terms of sales last year if co-ops were included, Outside of the giant Prairie grain pools it is the largest agricultural CO-Op. Its size allows member farmers to deal head-on with such giant processors as Kraft Foods and most of Canada’s big supermarket firms. Although GAC has taken over several companies during the last five years, including a $4.5-million purchase last year of J.J. Joubert Lid. from Borden Co. Ltd., its long-term debt has declined. Of GAC’s $12.2 million surplus in 1976, $2.9 million was distributed among the owner-farmers on the basis of their production. All the ores causes the landlord mod loge licence. The same would apply if he served & minor. TR spadian drinking styles are barbaric and sordid. Perhaps the best examples are our beer parlors, where a drunk can be a at his table until the waiter awakes him -notto tell him he’s cut off, but to supply him with another beer. If other drunks become involved in a fight, are - they ordered to leave the premises? Not likely! Once they've calmed down by the management, they're served more and more. po. We wonder if Mair has ever stood outside a Canadian booze outlet and watched a drunk driver being helped into his car by an equally drunk passenger, courtesy of the Management. We wonder if he’s seen adults come out of government liquor stores and hand over thelr purchases to under-age drinkers ‘tas a favor,” Has he seen Quesnel’s drugstore cowboys sleeping it off at street corners, apparently im- - mune from arrest? We'll not hold our breath in anticipation of next year’s governmental plans for promoting moderation. In all probability they'll be no more constructive than this year’s, or last year’s or the one before, right back to the days of Wacco Ben- nett. But tightening up our licencing tions would a way towards rem cause. O roblens Me already are aware of. It’s solutions - that are needed. And simply pushing the sales of sulphur-smelling B.C, wines is not one of them, (Cariboo Observer) ULSTER Quieter move BELFAST — The non-sectarian peace movement which last year made Tear apes f world, br opes for an end. to blepdshed in Nor- thern Ireland, has entered a new quieter phase. Gone are the mass rallies, with their floodlights and whirring cameras and the stonethrowing enemies. Leaders of the nine- month-old peace movement say they are changing tactics. n Their supporters are cam- paigning quietly but in- sistently for support in the Roman Catholic and Protestant ghettoes of Belfast, “We decided to stop the rallies and consolidate our efforts at the grass roots’, said bearded Ciaran McKeown, the movement's philosopher and pamphlet Writer. farmers’ milk is bought under contract by the co-op at prevailing prices. The $9.3-million balance was borrowed from the owners for use as working capital. Part of this probably will go inte a $20- million cheese processing plant GAC may build. Girows says the primary eoncern of most co-op members is their inability to make major gains in the fluid milk market. The industrial milk roducer is paid $8.96 per undred pounds of raw milk, | while the dairyman producing milk for bottling gets $12.70. The difference is supposed to reflect the qu ity of the milk—fluid milk has a lower bacteria count, Giroux says about half of Quebec’s dairy farmers are producing milk of bottling ality, but only about one- th are being paid the extra premium, The difference in was set years ago, rices fore ‘most farms had adequate cooling systems. FIRST SINCE 1900 Bill Bennett has said repeatedly that the session be the longest in B.C.'s history. — The last time the legislature sat during the summer was in 190 when there was a sitting from July 19 to August 31. Bernett has indicated the sitting will last about three or four weeks, depending on how long the opposition wants to debate various bills and budget estimates. To date, 24 bills have been passed, but a budget calling ‘or expenditures of $3.85 billion has not been fully approved. There are 21 other government bills at various stages of debate and Bennett has said there are about 40 or 50 more to be in- troduced. Among the most significant bills expected be one to provide B.C. with a labor standards code and a revamped B.C. Labor e, Labor Minister Allan Wil- liams said in a recent in- terview that a throne speech promise to ‘'govern the uality of the working place would definitely be ntroduced during this sitting. . The minister said the new labor standards code has been “the major initiative of the labor ministry for the past two years.” . Labor standards codes are usually aimednat non- union shops where workin conditions and benefits ten to leg behind conditions offered to organized workers, Williams said the code will consolidate 14 existing statutes. The minister would not ¢iaborate on changes he plans to the existing labor code, but said the labor code will be clearly distinguished from, the labor standards code, Other major legislation is expected from Attorney- ‘you Movement leader Mairead Corrigan said, “We have | more support than the ever But recent rallies have drawn only a fraction of the tens of thousands who last ear chanted hymns and ed arms in a spo: taneous expression of solidarity that swept as sectarian lines and hatred There is no doubt that the initial momentum generated by the deaths three children killed in an incident between guerrillas concrete targels as well ag fraternal coexistence in 4 society where the gun and the bomb and sectarian suspicion have become ‘a@ way of Ife. Such alms are difficult-to achieve for a movement careful to preserve a Ndi sectarian nonpolitical line, a Pre ee suppor , terests and appealing to le who are removed om the grim realities of Northern Ireland. The grass-roots campaigi inside the ghettoes fi where the core of the violence is said to emanate is intended as an answer to that criticism. The driving force in that campaign is Miss Corrigan, former brewery secre and Catholic social worker who found herself unex- tedly in the limelight aa the aunt of the three alied children last August. Miss Corrigan has brought a missionary fervor. to her new role as peacemak: er. . She said: “It does take courage to break down the barriers. The other day we went into some pubs crowded with para: militaries. They frowned at us. Nobody moved, nobody spoke until I managed to ake hands with one, that, broke the barrier.” ‘ Her own target is the creation of bi-sectariab. community centres ‘where le who haven't spoken each other all their lives meet and havea cup of tea.” General Garde Gardom, who said the Ombudsman Act would definitely be introduced, Gardom said the legislature would be asked to approve promised changes in family law, new. offenders legislation fury Actand mene Land ury Act and in the Lan Titles Act.” i Bennett sald last month the fact that the sitting is being held in the middie of summer is unlikely to have any effect on the length of the th sitting, ; ok er pebple wor throughout the Gummer he said, and MLAs should expected to do the same.