OU eet te oe eee CE OnE a opment “ the works”. see ee Dear Sir: In the 1950s a commu- 7 nity was built ‘out of a signed agreement, between . corporation. The’ deal was ‘that: the — company got access to a. water resource in an entire ~ watershed to produce elec- tricity and for that they were | required to use the electric- ity to smelt aluminum. There was a provision that the electricity could also "be used for economic devel- in the vicinity of , Any reduction in the power used for smelting, any increase in power sales cis a threat to the future of ‘Kitimat. It surprises me then that a former Alcan ex- ecutive, Hans Wagner, now living down south, would moe, ‘suggest in The Terrace Stan- ' - dard of Aug. 10 that Kitimat Council’s insisting that the .. agreement. (deal) be wup- held is going to threaten the _ town’s future. viTt Kitimat’s Mayor’ eXx- ’ Dear Sir: ‘the — Provirice of B.C. and a large - Kitimat power sales issue should also involve Terrace CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD plains to other investors what the. current conflict is about, it may just be because investors are confused about the legal ac- sufficiently . tions to think that Kitimat is - unfriendly to investors. That is false, so is Mr. Wagner suggesting that it is necessary for investors. to be able to renege on any deal they make once they ; ing,” ‘bered that Kitimat. Council have gained access to BC re- : sources. And if they can’t do that they will go elsewhere. _ The follow up question then is, are these really the industries we want? I think rather than be crit- ical of community leaders who are trying to ensure that what they have is not risked _ using good sense. It might make even more sense to be critical ofa prov- I am an Australian tourist travelling with my wife and an- - other Australian couple, visiting Canadian friends in Terrace and touring British Columbia with them. . While near Kitwanga, the three men. in the group who | were travelling i in one vehicle were separated from the three: women ‘in a second vehicle. The men were concerned that the women must have either had an accident or a vehicle (ef Check Brakes Check Cooling System Top up of Washer Fluid and Check other Fluid Conditions ; On now for only breakdown and contacted the RCMP through their Terrace for something promised, we ‘ _ should give them credit for ~ The Mail Bag ince that will not ensure that Kitimat’s future'is secure in the people’s sustainable re- ‘source it was builton. ° ‘The future of Kitimat need hardly reject every good deal made in the past. ‘Also contrary to Roger Harris’ comment in The Ter- . race Standard of August 17, “Kitimat’s vision found lack- it should be remem- has promoted ‘port develop- « ment and diversification ‘for at least the last two decades. The notion that you must attract industry by being a patsy is absurd. Alcan may have been a good corporate citizen in the last 50 years and may still be now, but are we-going to now. let them decide how. much ° of our resource they will use for local jobs and how much they will use to create a bet- - Aussies say thanks for the help | centre. ter profit margin? I think we all know how that decision will turn out if left to the company. Alcan is not run by fools. There is a certain irony in the discussion of the power sales issue in a Terrace pa- per.. by a former Alcan executive - First we have acomment . now living down south and — _ then by Roger Harris. — Roger is still showing the scars of a battle he lost be- | _ cause he was content to take Alcan’s side in the debate. It might make more sense | to hear from Terrace Council who should know that Alcan workers have pretty much_ kept Terrace businesses in the black since the mill shut down here four years ago. Helmut Giesbrecht, . | Terrace; B. 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