1 a an Brian Gregg ors] : Opposition in Parliament kicks: out-and discredits its own _ cs Page 2, The Herald, Tuesday, March 1.1983. 1 dallgh Published every weekday Saf. | Terrace, | B.C, by sterling) Publishers’ Ltd, “ha forlzed as second class imal. ‘ Registration. Ny her 1201, ; Postage pals in cash, return postage statt Writer: Photostapher' os Keith’ ‘Alford : "Reception. Classified: * Circulation: ce 2 - Caralyn Gibson Marla Taylor. “NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT © we The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright. os - Inany advertisement produced and-or any editerlal a . _ of photographic content published In the’ Herald. : --Reproduction Is not permitted without the: written ; permission af. the Publisher. _ VIEWPOINT I by JIM FULTON © Skeeno MP — it is a very serious matter when the largest party in " leader. Regardless of my own views of Mr. Clark's ideology, I carinat help but’ feel ‘he deserved betier treatment and * _ gregter loyally than has been. given to him by: his. party. Even at the best of times, the removal of the leader of ihe ’ Opposition would create a vacuum in the parliamentary _ process. Al a time like this — when two million Canadians ’ are unemployed and business is looking into.a very bleak - year — such a vacuum is-critical, . Canadians, I believe, urgently.want Parliament tc to do its” - jobs. They want. us_ politicians to. solve the. economic _. problems of the country. Indeed, the polls show -us: they. _ Want to solve those econdmie problems in the most forceful - way — by kicking the Liberal government out of office: Unfortunately, the Conservative party has decided hot to address. those. problems or deal with those solutions: aed Ha have chosen ta fight among themsel ies. Tt hag ped taish fhe iihfe a ekteme right — Se Onn ei a , Canada. It. was they who ganged up against’ Mr. Clark,” j ped evil Hate falive Party. The Tories have a long history of bitter schisms,. and] : : believe that failing a unifying” force the Joe’ Clark faction ~ % will, blend into the ranks of the Liberal Party, while : the, extreme right wing of the PC’s will establish, itself asa . Ronald Reagan style Republican force. The fact thal Conservative ‘members of Parliament ‘have ‘ 80 often’and 50 regularly voted with the Trudeau, govern-. ‘ ment in the past two years confirms that there is really no - thinking going on in ‘that party: They have simply. voted . . along with the Liberals in order to devote their major effort . to attacking or defending thelr own leader. Given this critical situation, greater responsibility is placed on'the New Democratic Party. [¢t will now fall upon : myself, and | my colleagues i in the NDP to do ihe day-to-day’ : slogging in the House and in committees. It will be our job “United States will be shown.’ . spokesman for the depart- . ' flashed. on” the screen | required message : to put forward all the alternatives to Liberal policies and . legislation, And it will be our job to mobilize Canadian : voters to throw the Liberals oul. It's a big Job. But it has to be done. as : - Disclaimer planned WASHINGTON (APy” The three Canadian films - that the Justice Department | says must be labelled, political propaganda ‘in the * flashing on the sereen. “Em -going - to recite it, perhaps not without irony,’’ Harris said.’ The menage. required’ to appear on the screen al the. start: of the films,’ :says: “This material is prepared, _ edited, issued or circulated _ at a local theatre tonight with a. lawyer. reading . ‘the . _ disclaimer the government requires. ~ by the National Film Board. - Meanwhile; it was learned Sor: Canada, which is. thal’ the department registered with the borrowed prints of the three’ Department _ of Justice, films — twoon acid rain and one. on the. medical con- sequerices of nuclear. war — Washington, D.C., under the Foreign Agen ts Regisiration Act as. an from the Canadian © : agent of the government of - wmpassy during — the Canada. Dissemination weekend and returned them~ reports gn this film are filed on Monday. with the Department of Justice where the required registration. statément. is available for ‘public. in- spettion: Registration, does , not indicate approval of ihe - contents.of this materlal by. the United States, govern- ment... - Harris said the ACLU Is. But John Russell, a meént, said to his knowledge. the. agency is not ‘recon- sidering its decision to- require that a disclaimer be whenever the films are shown in the U.S.: The department's action, which it porirayed as a chal routine application of the. enige the section af the Foreign Agent law under ‘which. ‘the 5 labelling of the fil Registration Act, stirred a required. ilms wae. storm of ¢riticism and “ridicule In: Congress. wheal ii - became known last wétk,- - Leslie Harris, executive _ director. of the ‘local American Civil’ Liberties Union office, said she ‘will read aloud the disclaimer the Justice Department .is requiring .since there his scenes of Hiroshima: hot been ‘time to film the i” atte ond ” Nagasaki “after” atomic for : bombs were dropped 4 in 15 Two. films - _ “Aeld from Heaven ‘and » ‘Acid ~ Ralir: deal with the damage Which ‘environmentallsis think is- caused “by sulphur . dioxide , ‘pollution: ‘mixed with. ‘faln. The third, If. "You: Lave This, Planet, intersperses atone Kisluen Sra, “time t to corree| mistakes’ cae defeated Danie a pons Indian, A, white él sl _ they get what originally: Delnaged. to them." . preparing. a lawsuit to. energlzers, draft budget that had: - nput, fro att cil ‘ta have tinie de Feading uncil meeting of Feb: 28." Municipal: : budgets, are supposed .to be put together looking: further: 7 down the road than jug! one year. This new budgel. hag been — , ther than (he short-term. It slapped. together Jookiny has virtually. wiped out . tHe municipal equipment une “allocatlons for 1983." This willcome back to haunt us.inJ It also‘cuts too ‘deeply into ‘accumulated’ ‘capiti happens i in.1984 when’ we have to increase our paymenis in lo: ‘the equipment. replacement fund. and there is accumulated capital io” draw on?” are pul forth’ ‘with good: intention but doing so without ‘the’: é - input” of. the” administrator, . (reasurer and. immuno of recession ‘and’ ntovincial government funding: resi a We as. council should’: look ‘to “the: administration’ Tor guidance i in making budget decisions. nal shut them: out, | ‘I endeavored to find ‘anawers to:some-of these’ ‘questiona’ . as a concerned alderman ‘and resident of aur r corinmunity on. : ' Feb: 28. as Respectfully submitted, ny David Gellately, Alderman Thee. To the Editor; (0000 , : I would liked to’ respond to'a aletter. written on Feb’ For. _ your information Mr. Grier, the gaverhinent in this’ ‘country. are theones ‘discriminating againat you: ‘we the India sae If you did the survey of all the Indians ‘working on thelr 30 called Indian reserves you would find that ‘approximately. L per. cent of all, indians work on the reserve while the other ® per cent pay ihe same ‘taxes that “you ‘do. "You ‘also’ ‘do ‘Hot ” - tealize that : ‘the government gives you: privileges “that Indians on {he reserves can’t get. Why is it that people: can't seé what. ‘they are, getting | but hate the fact thal: others ‘get a ittle something ‘different once in‘a while. | . Yowalse: talk about the working class. ‘Where were You . ‘when our children were being sent to residential. schools because we didn’t fit iri this so. called’ working . class. Another: thing, . Indian worrien lose- their” status when. they iit Indi tat en she ma an. red ao a “AoePiminalol again nse. © * You then mention “erying ‘heritage ‘ints aa My! tribe - owned thousands. of. BCTES: ‘of land, now they: own, a Title and took what they. wanted! ‘and tumed ie" Into whai is now : Crown land. : How woild youlike:it. itihe governiment came and took what land: you. owtied and gave it tous?” It is hard to take the fact that. an Indian i is always getting something for nothing, when everything they owned to forcefully taken trom them: in the" early’ ‘1900, > - As for selling fish.:.An Indian takes what tie ‘needs from | the land.” Should he’ ‘gell any fish it ls because he fieeds the money to buy what, he needs to keep his’ family ‘alive. It has been’ the Jaw for many: ‘generations: that a man only" lake what ‘he needs." ae we People dislike the’ fact that Indians take what ‘they need from the land,. Aman will come a great distance to kill for antlers of'deer, and moose: ‘They also hunt for bear but only take the skin and the head. ‘Is this better. than selling. fish when you need to?- osha tf A native has never broken the law af the land. We have never ‘spoken~harsh words to: others, “yet we are discriminated: againal ‘and judged. by actions of, others. - You say no justice,’ no. law, no harmony. Don't blame the Indian for injustice, jJawlesaness and non ‘harriony, we have . just what you ‘do. - God. gave us this-land,'the government took. what ‘they wanted and left us with nothing. Where is the: justice, thie law: ‘and the Jharmony? : - You can. walk in pride and prosperity. The-Indian can't walk § this way until Yours sincerely, \: wy Debbie Marsden CONES ‘To the Editor aes , ” Anne ‘Onymious worole a: a inost interesting lelter concerning leadership on ‘Térrace. Council, 4 agree whole. -heartédly with the six points “eriteria forleadership® profile, However, only a very biased individual coyld see in thai list’ ‘anything ‘which would discredit, Helmut: Giesbreeht. Joe ‘On the contrary Chub Down and. ‘Alan Sout ar immediately be jump to mind as deserving: of: “eriti¢igm for failing -to. | agressive against’ - te “meagure up" as leaders. Point-On people who do noi_agree. wilh’ them. Alan Soutar’s performance ; ‘with. respect’ to he building 8 ionths over-a i. ttor over the. ’ Motz Plaza fire and su vent. irs. Mr ‘Down’ 3 water y lz Plaza fire and subseq Repa 7 everyday living. “The clissig was ‘remodelled: ‘The desk was “nb longer in the hall: “Janeen finally gave up her downstairs “room with a bath go. the'reception area could be-built. ‘The inspector - carrying a vendetta for several | conflict between! himéélf arid the buliding ‘inde "throwing speaks for itself. aT Poinl 2:. Apprehensive. thal ‘others are scheming against. them,’ Soutar/tind Down ‘again: see an NDP: eonspiracy © “behind everything. ‘They a arénot: teases, “They have choosen -. to kee the three members re of ce council who happen to be NDP Ph wieda ig: aes convinced these meetings. are real, . Point. three: Fatalistic . in ‘thinking that most people aren'l to he trusted and intolefant of deniocratic leaders. ae -How else.to explain why Duwn and. Sdtiiar took ihe draft ~ budgel | prepared by the staff and the finance committee and - rewarked all the figures, on their own, withoul any con-: Requiem or Recovery, <= + sultation oF. inpul from either: the staff or other members of ich , council? | How else lo explain why. ‘the committee system " was-first| boycotted, - - then abandoned by the four aldermen fe m ‘led by’ Soutar.and Down? ‘Theis: excuse thal “commities of the whole" meetings. are more public and more ' productive . ; is a smoke-screen. | aitended the first full inceting of (he - . When couneit. went inte ‘committee: of the - new ‘eutintil, ‘whole Chob Down expected i to be. “In camera", Public involyenient. didn't seein appropriate at that time, a Point: Nour: Inflexible. believing th that: ‘there must be fio “eg ld 2 fr sel ‘any’ arte cour: a religions or politica “my fap.” What‘a’ way. tu travel: - make it: Fd been i in-a Goose before but: never on waler. jittle Sinlshing | touches were.and até. complete. - - broken tea cups and say “Tiere must have Point: five: < Préjudieed . “agai no-secret: oftihe nimonity. lowdr ‘Point - Bix: : One point. of leadership that, was: ‘missed, was COUrage. ° - The courage .to stand: up and be: counted: and not:buckle ** i¢ under inthe. face ‘of an attack. ‘by ‘wireasouable. people, ‘Mayor: Giesbrecht has ‘shown’ us ‘this: courage.’ ‘Time and ’ again hehas offered Souiar and: Down an opportunity to.get ‘on with” whatever itis: they ‘want (0° do," But be has: stead- ‘fastly_ refused: to abdicate the: ‘mayor’ s chair fo (heir: coalition.’ He waa elected | to that’ position, t they were not. His powers and duties are spelled. out in the Municipal Act. - unlil that Act is changed he retains t those powers and duties, Four aldermen, even though they form a majority. on this council: at:this’ mayor by. the Act.” ‘Orily;by- ‘defeating him al;the polls Is.it , possibie-(o remove. these ‘powers and: ‘duties’ from ; Helmut Giesbrecht. Hishigges! duty is to Terrace and its citizens. And I thank hint for having, the courage riot to” relinquish this: duty io thi aelf-serving “pang ‘of- four". Sincerely,” : Anything ‘but, anonym ‘Bill Goadiere To the’ “Editor, oe a fey : ‘Would the. last | person. leaving ited mle tum oul the. Nights. oe : The title of. his, ttle story’ was on a align on the fence al PA this summer, : resurrécted. by some fellow. with, what . we : thought al the time a greal sense of himisur. ‘But slowly, | very. slowly ‘the. ‘lights are.’ ‘being : ‘shut. off, the .phonés' : disconnected, and my. Iriends are (polng away: : ‘Some i are going-home; some are Boing: farming; some have found — other ‘Jobs: other places, some Hre going. to head office,. bul they are going. ‘Yes this i is the bigs one folks and this story is 7, fox them, My hair’ is isyer now,. T ‘have those. ‘wrlakiles starting under my eyes, and you know. there aren't that many things find really fanny’ ‘anymore, but-three years ‘In Kilsqult has © _ been. a lifetime for me of good people, good friends and Tm doing lo niiss you. Buys, all of you. “In my: business you lake . ~THost things Willi a grain ‘ol salt. I'mean (to say there is -somelimes ‘anothel reason for what hey have. not always but ‘often: You come to widétsiand witiy Sebple | are e what they. are. from knowing ‘their backgrounds, their feelings, and their aspirations. " ‘hey: aren’t-just another ‘fellow its like one big " happy or nol’ 50 happy family’ ina litte’ isolated town like- _ this. You" firtd: yourself caring about people because they’ are: youRnpeople:; ye far fxd: : ishaanivis' 0a), Mania . ick remembersthatdreary summey day;.1, set eyescon:the ; lace, ‘My husband was already here working. Thad bought a cage for the dog. but il.sat against 4 seat,and the dog sat in iD wasn't, quite sure we'd ‘Kitsault was a'sighi: for Sore. yes, ‘even in the rain. Those - mountains and you know wlien.you ‘re ‘from‘Untario and you fly. over: ‘mountains its really wonderful: There were thousands of mussels along the walkway andI asked: Wilt. if. we could eal them. Hedidn't think it ‘d be such-a Rood idea. :He mumbled s something about pollution ; ‘around the. docks. D didn't’ believe him: You couldn’ t. tell me anything: was “polluted in- God's country. : : Off the goose we got -dog. kid and ail “There at ihe end: of Magy lll, reniember" that. smile’ and that welcome 16" -Kitsauli _ forevei’, “So we’ ‘hopped | inlo Rogky's truck and went - for,a tour of the town.’ everywhere | there was mud. When the mud dried there was ‘nothing but dust: The driver asked me what 1 thought ofthe place?., “Ign'l 1 wonderful?” he asked. sald sure, that is if -you like mud. (That Fail it rairied and rained Inever thought I'd ever see the: sun again. ) The driver dropped me off at his hause and went Off to work and: nal. finding even peanut -butter i in the fridge, my daughter and I sel off to the corner store. he ‘What a nice man that storekeeper was, and why di 1 ‘bay “all those: carols, onions, ' potatoes. flour, "sugar. ete. when . they had i it all:here.: Tt was a beautiful ‘little store, The big ~-grin'on the other side of the counter was 60° friendly I was ; very: happy: Lhad come. to shop.” “L-needed. a babysitter to - mitid my. daughter: as. I was expected to RO ta.work: shortly pug yond :a filtle sign. 3 at the store and proceeded io find - house ‘number’ four aid, ‘enquire. ‘House number four’ was . ot. easy ‘to ‘find, “We had te: climb down a sleep cliff over ever! * - And. ‘the years . Slipped .-by. “ver: “quighly, The wounda healed and he disappointments’ fade. as you get down: to ". contraelors finally moved out. The personnel office went i up the hill. The.community centre people finally had offices and teleptiories and weren't cramped. into one room. The ‘fownofflee even had a Ilttie crest ‘pul ‘on the building, and te T hope the generation (0: follow doesn't -walk' ov id heré,'and look there is an old rusty: bed” becdise, that would be horrible, I ‘get’ a chill down niy spine’ ‘wh "do thal at ‘Anyox. It all’ passes. “But slowly arid. quietly the : lights are dimmuing here and I wonder if they. will ever be on © . ~ gaint Certainly it won't be. ihé' saiine people at the switch, |, Every week there ate (wo or more ‘families going. John “4nd Gail stopped me. ini thé mall: arid said “well four days. left." Dave moved befare ard did ‘goodbye | to sorié really: “ good friends: bil not to a dozeir ar a time: Us hard te ever. try of feel’ anything because ils: ‘nol only: a friend that” c leaving ite part of your life, ssonething: Feally pleasant you . ‘pave shared wiih Komedtie. “Yaiy don't cry evéryilme you | havea birthday but: it seems that there is'$o mich youhaye : to ‘aay, bul.can’t think of what i. was you hi hadio’ say. F cduld ae write al | these pep i n weit now, Th Thin is. irda. tiie’ ‘NDP, “arid: have. oo “made no secret of the'fact: ‘thal. marly | ol{heir. action’: on council aré miotlyated ‘by, their, attitude. towards’ the ‘NDP: — : ‘, Submisaive: in ‘blindly: ‘belelving: ‘in. and ” following. foreceful leaders | or achievers whom they ‘admire, “nl * - We'll haye'to let (her off the hook on thisone: Tican'l think ~ ‘ofa single torceful léadér or achiever in politics or business. if. - “anyone could believe in. at this lime, let alone. follow’ blindly. ‘Uine,.cannot usurp the powers: granted the - ” eatch. Every year Everywhere people were working... And | rocks and niud'aind finally. came to our deilination.” The’ miling blonde face at the: ‘door, laighed when T told her‘my . “ missidn, Her daughter babysat but would T like'a ‘ctlp of'tea’ anyway. ‘Not only did we haye lea but Cookies too. Vi. he "Everythitig-¥ #80 uincértain,: 50 ‘strange, a] > duty, But wherever you went therewas: a ‘smiling’ face, a ory, and same rableins ais. ‘You:, ‘Leal 's have a cup an enghler 38 all LL nt fin. this questioniiairt ; ~ importance 0 port fishidg and ta ma en ations. . : & ne i reason 1 ‘dover atsweted the fi because 1 felt it is a total waste of taxpayers money questionnaire’ i is’ algned by. the “manager ry program.” fine cage The government has ‘apaigned people: to keep’ track of sport fishermen: and issue diarles so: -these - people can keep track of how many fish‘are belnig taken. The government has recently started charging $9: fort to ‘every sports fisherman,-I suppose this is to pay for diaries ; ‘and: fish’ eahancement. programs. However, what the _ government. hasn't made overly public is ‘the. jpcidental ‘hindreds of tons of halibut are e com. caught,.and dumped back in the’ ocean {4 " nena ae and even now are being’ caught by “draggers”, better known as trawlers. They are huge boats “that drag nets: ‘equipped with boards across‘ocean “fiar. They tear up and devastate feeding and spawning grounds aswell as taking everything in their-paths, This.includes the halibut which they are not licenced to have possession ‘of. So over the side with prime. halibut, No they can not:gell. or : even give away these fish. And what about the gillnetters . picking up steelhead which are nol classed sa in fish? oan ee ayy . Then last but no! Teast ‘there are the ‘people with nets in ‘the rivers. They have, and nobody ia taking away - from them, the right to food fish. But what.of the ones: ywho are abusing that right by taking excess. quantities ‘to selt-for.a- . profit? These excess fish could have been our, future salmon “rina, for, they were a large. part of. our spawning: ‘and - breeding stock. . or, It is my belief. that, these are’ the people who should: pay _ more fees and be more closely scrutinized and penallzed. “Not the sport fisherman who drops a three ounce: hook-in thousands of square miles of water in hopes of catching a fish, So once again I-say the government | has pointed: its finger in the-wrong direction ‘and is- penalizing average “Canidians who just want a little peace and -relaxation, ‘. ' T should mention that I have had: a discussion: on this ’ subject with both Jim Culp who Is the public’s liagon:with the fisheries, dnd Lia Bijaterveld the manager for the diary - PEAT aT. eee oaranntin reel inthis pales pried aeentionod | the incidental, catch has been compared with the yearly. commercial : quota, just to. show. you the magnitude of this destruction, = yt 1 will close by asking each of you readers who. are ,(ruly - interested in our environment.and renewable resourcep.to take half an hour and write one letter. Write to your. MP,,the minister of fisheries, or your MLA and ask, what is.going on and insist on answers. For they have: been hired: io.serve _ you, not you to serve them. If you won't write to them, then _ Please send your thoughts and views tome. © * If there is enough public suppor! out thera, I will forward it-to the authorities and perhaps we can do a small part in helping with. the future of our country... | ve Thank you for your interest and hopefully your support, ... . Allan Grier $041 Mist St. ; ; Terrace.B.C. To the Euitor, ‘ On behalf of the athletes, coaches, supervinors. ‘and delegates of our region, I would like, to thank the. citizens of Terrace for thelr warm hospitality during. the: Northera - B.C. Winter Games. I would also like to thank Mr. :Tony - Praill> and his organizing committee. for their: “many | thankless hours of hard work it look to produce these, most successful Games: Congratulations Terrace, for a job well done!! in "84 in Prince George. os Sincerely, ‘Jim Reid | Regional Director: Northern B.C, Winter Games. Penve-Liard Region ‘Hon. William N. Vander Zalm,. Minister of Education; ~ “Dear Sir: . ° As required, School District. No.eo Kitimat), ‘has sub. milled its 1983 budget to the director. of schools operations. ‘The board of school iristees of School -District: No.80 (Kitimat) has: completed a most thorough examination of its needs in an effort to preserve quality education during _. this time. of economle restraint,: As a. result, of, this -in- vesligation, we have deemed it advisable and: wpradent to _, present a. budgel, which -{s: $409,497 .in excess of. the. ac: - “ceptable figure quoted in the Nov.-30 letter from Mr. Wall. ° < Gur budget committee initially déveloped a budget within the acceptable limit | Utilizing the premise that.ary ar- , bitrated salary increase wouki be absorbed by reduciton of __ Staff. The arbitrated award to our teachers was 3 per cen! _or the equivalent of 15 teache Positions out of our total of , 10 teachers. This is in addi iy to the‘aight. 1883 positions " alteady last through declining enrdimént.: Tie board has re that the re Potential lots of serylees, to.students was. tub ‘ ne tae Thereated the budget:to engure the mali ae Gdequate’ inechool - staffing, ; djstrict curricular © ele échool supplies, replacement equipment and: ‘taintendice -janitorial ‘services. The board ‘has -agpfoved ihid Wilgel"in the’ ari of realralnt, but with the continuing ‘commitment io provide ~ quality educational service to our students.” The board has “