Most city councillors support treaty, oppose referendum OPPONENTS of the Nisga’a treaty aren’t finding many recruits from the ranks of Terrace city coun- cil. Virtually all of council say they'll support the treaty and even some councillors who are active B.C. Liberals are opposing the party’s call for a provincial referendum, Councillor Linda Hawes, who managed the party’s last election campaign here and regularly attends its conventions, sayS sa referendum on the trealy would be wrong because the deal is too complicated and difficult to understand. ‘1 know Gord Campbell’s been calling for a referendum and maybe he has valid reasons for doing so,” she said. ‘But in my community I don’t feel that would be fair.”” “There will never be enough education out there as to what the treaty actually contains and what the value it can bring to both Nisga’a and non-Nisga’a = com- munities,’ Hawes said. Linda Hawes ‘What will be highlighted for those folks interested in voting is the government's spin and that of those folks opposed to any settlement.” Hawes said the people she’s talked to in Terrace who are adamanily for a referendum are just as strongly opposed to ihe treaty, Bul she says those people are often hard-pressed to specify exactly what it is about the treaty they op- pose. Hawes hasu’t yet decided whether she’ll support the treaty, adding there are ele- ments of it — particularly provisions for race-based government — that concern her. But the other five city councillors say the treaty looks good to them and will bring an economic boost to the region, “Anything that’s good for the people around us is good for Terrace,’’ said council- lor David Hull, another B.C. Liberal member who also opposes a refcrendum. *CAll it would do is start a real, real degenerative pro- cess,’’ Hull said. ‘‘It would become racist toa degree, it would become very, very negative and counterproduc- tive.”’ ‘If you want to start hav- ing every item decided by a referendum or a vote let’s set up some fancy computer system and not bother hav- ing elections, MLAs or city councils,’’ he added. ‘‘You can’t run 4 city, province or country by consensus of the masses, That’s why we clect people,” Councillors Ron Vander- Ice, Rich McDaniel and Olga Power also said the trealy looks good from what “| know Gord Campbell’s been calling for a referendum and maybe he has valid reasons for doing so. But in my com- munity 1 don’t feel that would be fair.” they’ve seen so far. Power said a referendum on minority rights doesn’t make sense, and McDaniel said he isn’t in favour of a teferendum, but would ac- cept one if it was the wish of most British Columbians. Val George and Ron Vanderlee both expressed support for the treaty, but said a provincial referendum should be held. “T think it’s a pretty rea- sonable agrecment,’’ George said. He said a referendum is required, however, because the NDP. government didn’t get elected in 1996 with a majority of the popular vote, and therefore can’t claim a mandate on the issue. “We have a government that more than 60 per cent of the people of this pro- vince didn’t vote for,’’ he said. “I don’t think they’re the ones who are ap- propriate to determine this,”’ Council is supposed to debate the treaty and adopt a formal position at a Sept. 10 closed-door = ‘‘think-tank’’ session. B.C. Liberal regional director Derrick Curtis last week said he’s pushing for a treaty referendum and said he’s heard strong support for the idea in the region. MS. home phone 250-635-4809 8.C. Multiple Sclerosis Society Vancouver Div. 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