| abrogate:

TERRACE — City coun-

cil, apparently not content |
with: “playing to. an au.
dience of resigned jour-

nalists and occasional

samples of disgruntled

citizenry, may. soon be
making bi-monthly forays
into Terrace living.rooms.

In a letter received by
Terrace: council ‘April 13

from Skeena Broacasters,
‘cable operations manager .

Steve Lake states the com-
pany is willing to install

television cameras in,

council chambers to cover .
regular and special council
- Meetings and committee

meetings on cable channel
10. ‘Lake ' indicates the
system would. consist of

- two fixed-mount color

cameras alternating at
timed intervals,
“He also .noted the

system would be equipped

with a shut-off control to
ensure that in-camera ses-
- Sions: remain off-camera.

“The coverage will re-

7 quire purchase of new
. equipment by Skeena
- ‘Broadcasters, Lake stated.

« Mayor Jack Talstra in-

‘dicated the proposal does
- not:involve any cost to the

city, - although he ob-

. “served; ‘We may need a
. make-up room,” Talstra

advised Ald. Robert

- Cooper that they both -
_ may. have to begin comb-
a bel what’s left of their hair

fore council meetings.

--The prospect of

7 coverage in color promp-
“ted Ald.:-Mo Takhar to
‘note that he may have to
_ diversify the colors of tur-
- bans in his wardrobe, and

Ald. Ruth Hallock, a

council: member notable

for a certain robustness of
physique, wondered aloud

_ if. the cameras would be
equipped with wide-angle
os lenses. .
~- The. prime-time pro- .

posal was referred to the

- next: Committee of the
‘Whole meeting for further
_- examination,

GRAVEL

~ CRUSHING

| Tenders have been call-

ed for a contract to crush
_and stockpile gravel at Six
‘Mile Pit near Hazelton, it

has been announced by
Skeena MLA Dave Park-
er, Minister of Forest and

Lands. “

-A ‘preview of the site
was scheduled April 16,
with tenders - returnable
April 30. Six Mile. Pit is
about four kilometres east
of the Two Mile settle-

| ment at Hazelton.

WORD POWER
to cancel by
authority, abolish.

John CIIR (right) presented a cheque in the amount of $305, on
behalf of the Terrace Rotary Club, to Scott Clark, Royal Bank
representative for ihe Man-in-Motlon Drive. Money was ralsed
from a fishing trip raffle sponsored by Ev's Men’s Wear.

Photo by Daniele Berquist.

| “Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 2, 1987 15

‘Action to be taken —

TERRACE — Nothing
less than the complete
withdrawal of the B.C.
government's new labor
legislation will be accep-
table

told a .Terrace “public
meeting recently.

Andstein, secretary-~

treasurer for the B.C.
Federation of Labour,
was speaking | to an au-

dience of more than 200°":

people packed" into’. the

Terrace Hotel’s Skeena é

Banquet room. His stop in
Terrace was one of twelve
meetings in B.C, centers
called by the Fed to ac-
quaint rank-and-file
workers with the provi-

sions of Bill 19, the con-.
troversial Industrial Rela-.:
tions Reform Act recently |
introduced in the

legislature by Labour

- Minister Lyall Hanson. -
“This is. treacherous

to unionized.
workers, Cliff Andstein,

legislation, a-whole new
approach,’’ Andstein

said, ‘It’s not just labor.

legislation, it’s sccial and
ecnomic legislation, and it

will overturn 50 years of
hard work by the B.C.
_labor - movement:

’ Vander Zalm said,
have to look “at this.
as a package,’ he was tell-
ing the truth. It's frighten-

‘ing. Lhe

tions Board decisions

from past years that ruled -
ticularly incensed by part
of Bill 19 headed ‘‘con-

in favor of unions and
then legislating those deci-
sions out of existence and
drafting new’ ‘law to pre-
vent any such decisions i in
the future.

“This legislation was
clearly ‘not written after:

the Labour Legislation
Review,’

The month of May has been declared as Hearing and Speech Month by Terrace Mayor Jack Talstra. Harley Wyssen, 3, has been

helped by the Purple Cross Deaf Detection Fund through the local lodges of Efks and Royal Purple.

Jobs depend ON Export — continued from page 14 _

If those figures don’t
convince you, then maybe

the fact that more than.
200,000 jobs in our pro-

vince depend on exports to

.the U.S. will bring home

the message.
The need to develop a
more stable and enduring

trade relationship with our.

next door neighbor ‘has
never been more critical.
Protectionist forces are
already strong and grow-
ing stronger in the United
States with fresh laws and.

new measures being pro- -

posed to make the U.S.

-market:a tougher place for

Canadians to do business.
- That fact was ham-
mered home to British
Columbia last year in the

softwood lumber dispute |

and there’s no indication

that the protectionist

pressure in the United
States. will diminish,

No province or jurisdic-
tion is immune. Measures

-are already being con-

sidered against potash
from ‘Saskatchewan and
there’s no, guarantee that
our pulp and paper, lead

foreign

and zinc and electricity in-
dustries won’t face tomor-
row what our lumber and

cedar shakes and shingle ©
_ industries are already fac-
ing today.

The. only way we can
thwart this growing tide of

‘protectionism is through a.

comprehensive trade

‘agreement,

Tle new rules ‘that,
would come into’ - play
under such an agreement

would be an effective
check against future trade
disputes and give us

guaranteed and stable. ac-
‘cess to a market of more

than 225 million people.
Part of the problem

right now is that potential
investors. are.

becoming increasingly
reluctant to locate here in
B.C. .and elsewhere in
Canada because they fear
their access to the U.S.

‘market may. well be. cur-

tailed.
Even. Canadian con-
trolled firms are starting

to locate more and more

of their operations south

can continue to penetrate
the American market with
its huge customer pool. .

That's a troubling. and

dangerous situation that
we can’t allow to continue
and wé can’t afford to ig-

Photo by Danlete Berquist.
nore the consumer
benefits a trade agreement

will bring

Reduced. trade. barriers
translate into lower prices
and a bigger range of pro-
ducts.

When”
“You.

~ Jordan...
on to say that,
_ meetings - with - Labour
Andstein. accused the :
. government. of having ex-
amined. court decisions,
‘appeals and Labour Rela-'

“know «what's.
‘legislation’ ‘because - he

he. ‘asserted.

“The work on it began
after the IWA (laterna- ©
tional Woodworkers - of

_Aimerica) strike and: the

Health Sciences Aésocia-
tion . cooling-off period.

We keep. ‘seeing the same
‘ames in connection. with

this — ‘(Vancouver
lawyers) Archibald, Gall,
” Andsteint went
after

Minister Hanson, ‘*]
believe Hanson . doesn’t,
“in” this

didn’t write it.’’
Andstein. seemed ‘par-

flicts’’ which makes. it il-
legal. for “any ‘collective
agreement td:contain pro-

“visions that contravene

any portion of. the legisla-
tion. As an example he
cited last year’s dispute at

_ the Gainer’s meat packing

plant in. Edmonton, ‘dur-

‘ : .. dng which unionized B.C.
Bo operations refused to han-
dle -Gainer’s: products.

under a.‘‘hot”? edict en-

__ shrined in their contracts.
~. Such provisions would be
illegal under Bill 19, even

if the union and employer

mutually agree to them. .
Citing the authority
given to the new Industrial.
Inquiry Commissioner to
control and monitor all:
aspects: ‘of collective
bargaining, demand infor-
mation, impose arbitrary
settlements and’ allow.
employers to fire anyone _
who disobeys the terms of °
a forced settlement, And-
stein said, ‘We're talking —
here about state control of
union activities, and it’s
unacceptable.” ©.
The Fed executive,
Andstein said, have voted
unanaimously for “a com-
plete and unequivocal
boycott of the Industrial
Relations Council’? and
added the boycott will in-
clude rejection of any ar-
bitrators who accept .ap-
pointments. He said the
next. phase will.bé a cam-

paign to build public op-

position to the bill and the

undertaking and coordi- _

nation of province-wide’
job action.

Next week the Fed will
begin a series of meetings .
with B. C. union locals.

Mount Klappan Anthracite Project Stage II Assessment

Alt. residents of Terrace and area are Invit
-to discuss the Gulf Stage Il assessm

anthracite project.

PUBLIC MEETING |

ed to attend a public meeting
ent for the Mount ‘Klappan

Bavarian Inn, downstalrs

May 6, 1987, 8 p.m.

For information contact Alan Johnson

: of the line to » be sure te they ~ |

1-403-283-3880 (collect).

Coal Division, Gulf Canada Corp. |
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