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“interested i in auman rights, racism or sexism.

7 Both the film featival and student conference on this
+ ~-subject planned by Frances Birdseli had low turnouts.

* The film featival . on: Thursday. ‘night drew an
“audience of 21, incliding the projectionist, said Bird-

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The small audience was extremely receptive to the

films, said Birdsell.

Over 50 people participated in the: student con-

ference, on Saturday, . she said. There were very few"

The number of the workshops was gut down and

, a eight or nine people attended each one, Birdsell
- Sai

She said that if the school board had endorsed the
film festival and let her hold it during the day, rather
than the evening, then the turnout to it and the con-
ference probably would have been higher. ..

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"request to show the films during the day: they pointed
out that the school trustees would’ then’ ‘have an op- |
portunity to view the films as well. ‘However, Birdsell ©

attended’ ;

said no trustees

. Birdsell was: surprised with the low turnout but ip ss
already planning a project for next year comparing *

; the festival.

"Bell. The last film they showed was a new. addition . students. When the school board turned down Birdsell’s the North-West of B.C, fo other. countries.
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. Liberals
- offering

_ new job

- OTTAWA (CP) — Govern:
“mot plas to spend $137 mil-:
lion to create more than —
31,000 new jobs and training -
“opportunities before the end
_of March were described
“Monday by . opposition

_ spokesmen as scandalously

inadequate.

Moments after
ployment Minister Lloyd
Axworthy outlined in the
- Commons a wideranging
program of employment
initlatives,

Conservative and New

” Democrat MPs attacked the

measures as cosmetic

“surgery that will not provide -

permanent jobs for the

'. 987,000 Canadians Statistics —

‘Canada says were out of
work in April, -
‘Axworthy announced a
~ series of rams designed -
' largely to increase em-
: ployment’ opportunities for.

- Bong and natives “who tradl-.

—o testi Rn pea al LO araliy rede iittte “or “no

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growth of

inadequate,

benefit, the. economic,
the country.”

The new measures will in-

Em- |

Progressive -

jcapped per- §

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‘crease to at least 81,000 the \The ‘Kisplox. Rodeo on the weekend offered
many events for the participants who came

total number of new job and.
training opportunities,

-from all over 6.C..and Alberta. Here one brave

cowboy: rides a Brahman bull...

ear inieh
_ Report to result in.

By GALL DOTINGA
- Herald Staff. Writer |

Northwest Community
College will be setting out
clearer guidelines for
‘material published by’ its
staff ‘following criticism
from local politicians.

This was the word from the
college in reaction to Mayor
George Thom’s remarks last
week on the report A Look At
Planning From Inside A

.Fleod, written by Jacob’

Muller, a staff member at
the sociology department.
“The college had no
knowledge of the report,”
said Val George, principal af
the college.
"Jacob Muller expressed a

- personal opinion and it

should be taken as such.”

“In no way does the report ,
reflect the college’s view,”
said Hans Wagner, chair-
man of the college board.

“It was inappropriate for
Muller to use the college logo
on his report,” he added).

Wagner feels that because
of this the college board will
have to make the line bet- -
ween college publications
and those done by in-
dividuals at the college more
distinct.

“It’s a careful distinction
to make,” said Wagner.
“But this situation reflects
the need for it.” -

In his report, Muller

_ examines the 1978 flood from

a planning standpoint. He_

’ feels that there are several .

problems which make
tuations like the flood

‘worse than otherwise could |

Firat Muller states that the
bridges and roads in the area
are at built to withstand the
harsh environment of the

. horthwest of B.C, He says

standard design procedures

used for construction are
this being
reflected by the amount of
damage done by the flood.
The reason for the “hasty
construction" and the use of

. standard procedures on

highways in the area, claims
Muller, was to “help
facilitate the transportation

of natural resources to the

The other major point’ in
the report is the question of
urban. development on a
flood plain. Muller argues
that development is allowed’
in these ‘areas such as

Lakelse, despite information .

showing it to be subject to

food: waters, “hecause of...
" pregsure by developers. It is

this point that the first

. Btatement about the close

connection between the
property industry and: the
municipal and regional
governments is made,
Muller analyzes the city
_ councils and the regional

guidelines

boards to prove his point. In

“Terrate he claims that most.

aldermen are involved-In the .
real estate and development
corporations.  Kitimat’s
council he feels is less.
controlled by the property
industry although the report '
states “the growth and
development of Kitimat is

BCGEU holding rally here»
to protest pension change

uy CARLA WILSON
Herald ‘Staff Writer
The B.C. Government
Employee's Union (BCGEU)
is holding a rally at the
Terrace Arena Tuesday at 2
p.m, to protest possible
changes in their pension

‘Amendments to Bill 23
were introduced in the
provincial legislature and
_ the union is concerned their |
members on pensions will
lose their cost of living ad-
justments.

The amendments can be
introduced by the govern-
ment because the BCGEU
doesn’t have the right: to
negotiate their pensions, The
legislation affects the
pensions of government
employees, teachers,
municipal employees and
college employees, said
Gary Steeves, spokesman-
for the BCGEU. —

The biil will increase an
"employee's contribution to
the pension plan by one-half
af one per cent. Steevea said
this will lower an employee's
salary and will remove

_ current indexing provisions

from the plan. Presently the
cost of living (COLA) is
adjusted four times a year
for BCGEU members on
. pénsions. The . new
legislation will make COLA
adjusted annually, it will
remove any indexing over
eight per cent and create an
inflation adjustment furid, he

said. , ..

Steeves said the govern-

. ment will not be obligated to
pay an eight per cent COLA
- increase,
on their part. He said there is '

t is discretionary

no guarantee the uulon will
get anything out of COLA.
_ Sixteen rallies, protesting
the proposed amendments to
the legislation will be held in

B.C. they began last Friday.

and will be held Tuesday in
Prince Rupert and Terrace.

Guest speakers at the rally
will include a spokesman
from the B.C. Federation of
Labor and Diane Wood, the
first vice-president of the
BCGEU.

_ There are approximately
400 to 500 BCGEU employees
in Terrace, sald Steeves.,

He said the union is most
concerned that their
members on pensions will be
affected by inflation.

The government would
like to get rid of a $1 billion
unfunded Mability which

they've worked out {0 be the .

difference between the total
amount of assets in the
pension fund and the amount
of money it would take to pay
off all flieir obligations under
the plan if everyone with-
drew from it immediately,
‘sald Sleeves. He argues that
this concern is irrelevant
because the only way to
incur the ‘unfunded liability
would be to close down all
government services and
this isn’t going to happen.
Three years ago. a

government hired actuary
reported that the BCGEU’s
pension plan was the most
stable pension plan in the
Canadian: public service,
said Steeves.

More money is paid out of
the BCGEU pension plan
than goes in, he said. In 1979
‘employees paid $42.4 million
Into the plan and $27.9 was
paid out of it, Sleeves sald.

The union is just saying
their pension plan is healthy,
said Steeves, and they want
the ‘government to leave the
plan dlone. °

The teacher’s union has
admitted their pension fund
needs changing and has
agreed to contribute more to
it, Steeves said.

“tally urged 0 op p by the mayek
in his:red. si’: and. royal.

purple office and no doubt

‘supported by local business

persons on the council.”’. -
‘Because both- councils

“send representatives to the ©

regional board and have
more than half the votes,
Muller claims the board is
also development oriented.
Therefore all bylaws
regarding building on a flood
plain’ are inadequate
because those who make
them want the growth and
development according to
Muller.

Also inhis reporthe claims -

that the available govern-
ment programs and policies
created to deal with the
problem of development on
flood plains do not get at the
crux of the problem, which is
what to do with existing
residents located there. Any
new programs such as flood
proofing are costly, and new
building restrictions do not
apply to those already living
there,

Thom accused the report
of being close to slanderous
at the last regional board

meeting and wants college .

principal, Val George to
come before the board to
justify the report's
publication.

Jacob Muller was not
available for comment.

- million-dollar

“allow. the
* sawmilling of waste wood.

Newsprint sale :
may prove costly

American newspaper may sue
- CanGel for breach of. contract _

‘By GARY KINGSTON

‘traordinary. circumstances,

- VICTORIA’ (CP). The ihe said in an ‘interview. - >’.

. Crown-owned: B.C. Cellulose

“Williston acknowledged

Corp, could be faced with a: ‘that the newsprint market is

lawsuit.
because of cancellation of a

five-year deal made earlier.

this year to deliver 30,000
tonnes of newsprint annually

- to Los Angeles Times, New

Democrat- leader Dave
Barrett said Monday. -

Gcean Falls Corp. — the.’

newsprint: mill | which -
operated, until last week in
the small coastal community
of the same. name and is
owned by, B.C. Cellulose —
signed an agreement in 1978
and had -it renewed the
following year. .

It was the company’ 3 only
North American contract for

thesale of. newsprint, ‘The re-

‘mainder was’ sold. on the

world market through a New
ork-agent,
ut B.C.

~. B Celluto
- nounced in March that it was
-closing the |

newsprint
operation because § of
mounting losses —- estimated
at $20 million a year — and
problems in getting white
wood to the plant. It will
convert part of the plant to
logging and

Dave Barrett, who raised

the matter in the house

Monday . during debate’ on
forest ministry estimates,
said the newspaper's counsel
has told him “the contract
was torn in two.”

“The contract may now be
subject to a lawsuit, whereby
the taxpayers of. British
Columbia may have to cough
up millions’ of dollars
because when Ocean Falls
was in the closing process,
sameone forgot about the
contract with Los Angeles
Times,” he said.

Barrett said the
newspaper's counsel told
him that the paper does not
want to sue the corporation,
‘but wants Ocean Falls to
help it find - replacement
newsprint.

Barrett said he was teld
the newspaper will have to
go on the open market —
where the supply currently is
tight due to labor problems
in eastern Canada and the
United States — and pay a
higher premium. The
newspaper then will want the

difference in price made up,

he said.. -

Ray Williston, 38B.C.
Cellulose chairman, said the
corporation has no legal
obligation to the newspaper,
but is helping it look for

replacement newsprint,

“simply as good citizen-
ship. Hy

The corporation is
protected by a force majeure
clause in the contract which
allows it to terminate the
deal if there are ex-

tight, but said indications ©
‘are that when”
problems are settled inthe |
East, there will be surplus of.

waprint,
arrett said the “whole,
situation is another casé of
bungling by the Social Credit ° ;
government which ‘could

Jabor ~

have been prevented - if the

government had ‘realized: in
1973 ‘that there would be
timber . supply: shortage | at
Ocean Falls.

Williston * said, however,
that it. wasn't. until a
rexamination. of. Inventory
was done. later’ that the
corporation realized it would

“ be- uneconomical to harvest |
‘the white wood needed: to

‘ produce newsprint,

B.C. is. lacking
enough forests

“VANCOUVER | (ep). —
British Columbia will .
under heavy pressure in the
next decade to find enough

Loggers
dispute
‘settled

By CARLA WILSON

. + Herald Staff Weiter

The North West Loggers
Association (NWLA) settled
its dispute with Canadian
Cellulose Co. Ltd, and with
Eurocan.

The hourly equipment
contractors members of, the
NWLA working for" Canadian
Cellulose and Eurocan were
shut down for a week while
negotiating rates. for their
equipment.

Members of the NWLA
working for Canadian
Cellulose returned to work
Monday, with a 10 per cent
inerease aver the past rates,
said Ted Lloyd of Canadian
Cellulose.

Members working for
Eurocan will resume work
Tuesday, said Jehn Murie,
spokesman for the NWLA.
No details have been
released on the settlement

yet.

The dispute had been over
the rate schedule used to pay
companles belonging to the
NWLA., The rates the
department of highways
used were not acceptable
because they don't reflect
the higher wages, equipment
costs and equipment
operating costs, crew
“transportation costs and
travel time used in logging
and logging road con-
struction, sald a press
release from the NWLA.

for.demands. .

pe

' ‘merchantable timber to
meet increased demands

from the U.S:, says Robert —

Sheehan, director of
economic research for the
U.S, National Associaton of
Home Builders.

There will only be about:
one million housing starts in

the U.S. this year but
recovery should take place

in the fourth quarter,”
a wood

Sheehan told
products seminar Monday.

By the end of 1981 he ex- -

pects 1.6 million to 1.7
million housing starts, with
the next decade’ averaging
1.6 million starts.

B,C. sells about 70 per cent

of its lumber production to
the-U.S. Two million housin
starts annually is conside
to be a boom year,
. Sheehan also said mor-
tgage interest rates in the
U.S, will average about 11%
per ‘cent in the next decade,
with medium house prices
soaring above $170,000 and
increasing about 7 per cent
a year,

Moderate growth should
be experienced in the early
1990's “with a high rate of
growth In the later half,”’ he
said,

Other panelists at Mon-
day's session analysed the
ability of suppliers to meet
the ‘increased demand for
forest products in the U.S.

* Prices of timber and wood
products have been in-
creasing quicker than the
rateof inflation, and demand
for wood products will
continue to outstrip supply in
the foreseeable futire, said
John Wishart, vicepresident
of timber and timber lands
for Georgia Pacific Corp.
“In addition, Canada —
the source of most U.S.
timber imports — will be less
able to fulfil our demands
than in the past,’ he said.

Kemano II means $2.5 B and 2,000 jobs

VANCOUVER (UPC) — The
president of the Aluminum Com-
pany of Canada says the Kemano II
hydroelectric expansion project in
northeastern B.C. will cost $2.5
billion over a 15-year- period and

countries,

result in 2,000 permanent jobs.

Patrick Rich, in a speech to the
Vancouver. Men’s: Canadian Club
Monday, said Alcan's proposed
tripling of its aluminum-smelting
capacity would place B.C. in a

favorable economic position in
relation to other Pacific basin

He said such development in the
Pacific basin makes it mandatory to
‘increase Alcan's smelting capacity.

“We hope tha. much of that in-
crease will take place here In B.C. as
an important part of this province's
participation in these growing
“Markets, " Rich said.

Columbia.”

Rich also attempted to allay fears
In some provincial circles about the
effect of the proposed expansion by
saying Alcan approached the project
witha “‘deep and genuine respect for
the feelings, aspirations and con-
cerns of the people of British

The project, in addition’ to a
tripling of capacity through the
addition of three. new smelters,

would boost present power capacity
of 896 megawatts by another 740
megawatts. The. company now
operates one smelter in Kitimat,

“We at Alcan believe we can live
and work in harmony with our en-
vironment and with you, the péople |

of British Columbia," Rich said.
“We are delermined to do everyting

within our power to reassure ‘you
and secure a broad base of support
for Kemano, "

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