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other upgrading to allow for ex-
pansion of conventional
businesses. We cannot afford to
financially back private enter-
prise, -

“To accept Shames shares’
would be to repeat the error of
the Regional District at the time
it" assumed © Kitsumkalum’s
financial woes.

So far we've waited three and
a half years for Shames to pay
for the property it purchased.
We'can afford to wait several
years. more to collect the full
amount of the sale.

If; however, Shames never
pays - for: the” Kitsumkalum
assets, taxpayers will absorb the
loss. We already have, you
might say, since Shames has

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paid only $3,000 and has
negotiated terms that call for a
second payment only in 1992.
It’s unthinkable you should
commit us to financing another
private enterprise ski hill dream
with the inherent risk of being
stuck with an even. larger debt.
Therefore, on behalf of the

many Thornhill taxpayers who @

haven’t spoken up but who are
privatély seething. *

Please give voters the oppor-
tunity of a referendum on this
issue before the board votes on
accepting Shames' shares.

Sincerely yours,
Mrs. M. Claudette
Sandecki
Thornhill, B.C.

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Kitimat port

Dear Sir:

Recently MLA Dave Parker's
leaflet arrived in local
mailboxes. It ‘presented his
record in office, One of his pro-
mises was ‘‘The development at
Kitimat of a general cargo port
designed to accommodate ferry
traffic.”?:; Mr. Parker further
stated that he would be ‘‘seek-
ing the full. cooperation of the
District of Kitimat and Alcan to
ensure that the long awaited
project proceeds without fur-
ther delay.’’

The Kitimat port has been
proposed by many past and pre-
sent Skeena provincial politi-
cians -- the present MLA
among them, He at least has
had the advantage of being a
government member, a cabinet
minister, and a loyal supporter
of Bill Vander Zalm. Now after

‘three years in office and on the
eve of an election we get a
recycled promise and a promise
to seek ‘‘full cooperation”’.
_ Kitimat‘council, on the other
‘hand, ‘has beer busy building a
case -for a port at least since
1983.: They conducted
’“qumerous studies including a
‘port planning study which was
completed in April 1988. They
have since studied markets and
economic viability to determine
the feasibility of a general cargo
_ wharf,

. MLA for Prince Rupert, Dan
Miller, was asked about this and
commented that a port. in
Kitimat would never happen
and all we were witnessing was a
desperate political act by Mr.

- Parker. Dan Miller is probably
right about Dave Parker, who
now has the scent of an election
in his nostrils, but I think Dan
might be wrong about the
potential of a Kitimat port.

It is interesting to note that

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Mr. Parker makes no reference
to seeking the cooperation of
the Haisla, even though one
would have to agree that they
are major stakeholders in the
area and affected by the pro-
posal being considered. The
Socreds don’t seem to unders-
tand that decisions on large pro-
jects should be made locally by
all interested groups being in-
volved. I think it is time for
some real cooperation and con-
sultation.

The Socreds have also shown
no leadership in providing the
kind of incentives which create
the climate for manufacturing
value added products in this
area. If we increase the need for
shipping we increase the viabili-
ty of a port in Kitimat. Under
Social Credit we will continue to
be *hewers of wood and drawers
of water’ — and exporters of

jobs and-raw logs; We need-a -

government that looks after our

‘children’s future, Ag

Kemano completion stands
out as what was an excellent but
missed opportunity for the
government to negotiate clean,
environmentally safe industrial
options for this area. It could
have been a catylist for Kitimat
port, It makes no sense to ex-

B.C, to the U.S. so they can at-
tract industry with the energy
we sell them. Industry which
might otherwise look at locating
in our area.

Kitimat will one day have a -

public cargo port but I rather
think it will happen without
Dave Parker and the Socreds.

Sincerely yours,
Helmut Giesbrecht,
New Democratic
Party,

Candidate in Skeena.

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