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Terrace Review — Wednesday, May I, 1991 A3

- Mediator says district not ready for his services -

TERRACE — Ace mediator Vince
Ready, the man who resolved the
1989 teachers’ strike here, spent
six hours in town April 25 and
decided the board of School Dis-
trict 88 and the Terrace District
Teachers’ Association weren’t
ready for his services.

Contract talks between the board
and the TDTA have been sus-
pended since March 4, awaiting
Ready’s arrival. Kirsten Chapman,
the trustee from Stewart and head

of the board’s negotiating commit-

tee, said Ready told her the talks.

hadn’t progressed far enough and
the sides were still too far apart for
mediation.

Chapman said Ready also
expressed the opinion _ that
appeared to be no urgency to settle
on either side.

The TDTA will be taking a strike
vote among its membership tomor-
tow. In a news release on April
26, TDTA president Rob Brown

said Ready had been astonished at
“how little progress the negotiations
had made in view of the length of
the talks.

Negotiations have taken more
than 5O days since the fal! of last
year.

Chapman said the e board tabled a
package of proposals March 1 in
order to speed the process. "We
tried to.get things to a workable
size, to address concerns and key
issues. They asked for mediation

Local reps attend Reform assembly

Delegates Tom Goyert of Kitimat
and Lome Sexton of Terrace repre-
sented the Skeena constituency at
the Reform Party assembly held in
Saskatoon April 4-7.

Over 1,400 people attended,
including 823 voting delegates and
1U8 observers. Ontario sent 65
non-voting delegates, even though
the current constitution of the party
does not allow membership east of
Manitoba. According to Sexton,
"The Easterners were well-organ-
ized and sported badges which
-Tead "The East Wants In’.”

Among the constitutional amend-
ments passed at the assembly were
a motion that a party-wide referen-
dum be held to ask members if
they favour changing the party
constitution to allow expansion
east of the Manitoba-Ontario bor-
der, and that a "double majority’
be necessary to change party
policies, a’ move to allow fair
representation from all regions.

Among the 60 party” policy
resolutions voted on, a number
were passed, including:

based on freedom of speech and
that the party rejects comprehen-
sive language legislation.

sthat the Reform Party support the
abolition of the Ministry of
Multiculturalism while at the same
time standing for the acceptance

‘and integration of new Canadians

into the mainstream of Canadian
life and support the principle that
individuals or groups are free to
preserve their cultural heritage

using their own resources,

Sexton says they will likely call
a meeting locally to get all the
information out. Their current
goals are to encourage new mem-
bership and get a Reform Party

representative from every centre in
the riding, Sexton adds, "We’d like
to have 1,200 members, a good
cross-section of members, before
we choose a candidate to represent
us in the next federal election."

Subdivision approved

The Regional District of Kitimat-
Stikine has given the green light to
a new Thornhill subdivision by
approving a minor adjustment to
the Thornhill Zoning Bylaw.

Application for the change was
made by Fred Eichorst, who has
proposed a 265-lot subdivision on
the Thornhill bench facing Krumm
Road. Eichorst told the regional
board he plans to develop 73 lots -

‘in the first phase of the project,

most of them about a half-acre in

size, Three park areas are included [ame
in Fichorst’s plans, and the largest, [im
located in the southwest comer of iim

the property, will include a portion
of Thornhill Creek.

According to regional district
administration, Eichorst’s plans are

consistent with the Thornhill Offi- [am

cial Settlement Plan and will not

require a public hearing to pro- a

ceed,

that day, and they haven't
responded to the package yet."

Chapman said the board got an
unequivocal "no" to the package
through Ready.

There have been no further com-
munications between the two sides
since Ready left.

Brown accused the board of
believing that "a strike is inevi-

table” because they insisted on
dealing with the package proposal
rather than returning to point-by-
point bargaining. Chapman said
that kind of bargaining "hes not
been successful" to date. :
There are apparently numerous §
outstanding issues to be resolved,
but both sides appeared to be in &
disagreement mainly over negotiat-
ing procedure for addressing the |
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