AS - The Terrace Standard, Wechesday, December 29, 2004 Dear Sir: Provincial eiiergy in minis- ‘ter. Richard: Neufeld's criti- _cisms of the Priddle report ve oe a on offshore oil-and- /gasde- _velopment: are nothing. more | _ than the-squeals, ofa politi- cian hoist-on: thé: Pointy. eng of his own. -petard. .. The previous government put into: place. a.représenta-. : + tive: public. process’ to:-de- . signa comprehensive public “consultation process on: this: issue. . Twenty. oy so ‘local’ residents;: including . “propos. nents and ‘ ‘Opponents: of Off-..- shore oil and: gas, came’ to’ - a.conserisus on a-design. for *| a. fair, -comprehensive:” and open = community- -consul-""~ tation process: alter. a-yéar ‘of-hard ork, and. Ly down "meetings, . |: The present goverment arbitrarily Tejected:this*con- : sensus : and * dismissed’ the: work of these people: Since. “then it has. pumped hundreds. of. thousands, of dollars: of our tax money into, the cof Dear Sir: / 7 I've. been: watching the’ news about the. 30-year-old Iranian “worhan: who.” “Was..- - being. deported to-her. home. country,’ where. she“ will: be =. _ jailed, tortured and raped or’ pul to déath for her beliefs ~ that women should be. treal- “ ed fairly, - ° . : Her name is: Halel Sahba’ and ‘she. wwas sent back ‘to. a country where she:is ‘consid-- -ereda ‘traitor because: of her Offshore oil eteont work | __GORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD _ fers: of. ‘thé: ‘proponents for opment, hoping to. turn ihe ‘manufacturing’ consent... : Even ‘more imespdnsible ; “is that government has ralsed ° expectations fora quick eco- _Nomic fix in a region reeling ‘with their. industry. buddies. . ~ Now where’ ‘is: vihe: justice: here. There are drug deal-.:, “ers,: murderers, and all-sorts: “the ‘system, yet this woman: “Woman: back’ to her family: “and her "job! here:in Canada. work as.an activist for “equal an ity for. women: All her, family. now. live. here in, Canada andare Ie-- is and has béexi employed for. years i ‘this: -country.: ce Talso- watched the ‘story "about: an ‘elderly man, now °, 80, who was'a‘Nazi‘and ‘fe- 7 z for this woman’ s.lorture (the ’.* Canadian: government,” im-» smigration: lawyers: and, im-"."9 > migration appeal: board,.ete,) .- sponsible for killing: 1O’or Ib people, who 'like.a coward... hasghitdden: j in, this’. Country: forsomething Tike. 50 years: He Was also open deported, ~ someone: like: her? Why. not “pick ‘on: ‘someone - WhO: has’ ‘:.comeé up for review ‘because --- pally. accepted ‘herein: this ; _ country, but. she was: sent. -: _ back regardless. ‘of -this-and:°2:. _ fegardless of the fact that'she = ‘of: dg, prostitution, mu find: of system: ‘is. ‘ess that:is-all.| want. | hope “wil ‘never face that them- offshore oil and gas devel- lide of public:opinion on this | “issue... This government: is ‘nol interested in what. people - in the’north think about this « ‘issue; their ‘only Inlerest.j is’ Of; ‘people who, reek fiavoc on: “Why: fiake an example of - this heen Tun. by? Where -. isthe compassion ‘and Jove . oc here? Justa little bit of fairs” : _person:- wastes, getting .cars : “OFF “thé sroad © ‘could mean - : thal. -the.. ‘people. responsible - someone's life, ‘or death. -Soif you don’ twantalife “on your: conscience, “move _ “he Mail Bag | offshore oil ‘and gas propo- “hents -haven’t - bothered to tell the public is. tha-giver, the geology of the ‘arva, if - Bas: and oil is present, it will, bein hundreds. ‘or thousands - of small pockets; and the cs" ‘limated’ percentage of recov=" erable’ ‘Oil-in' Hecate Straight ” “is,” at’ best,: 10; ‘per..cent-of stimated ‘eserves, Even if. d “the estimates. are. ‘accuraie,-” ” Heéate: ‘Straight’. oil: would: i ftom bad neivs, ‘meari-spir-.- cited cuts-of services, ‘hidden’ “taxes aimed at. thé working poor: and. backroom ; deals :. un the US: oil: economy. for about: ‘10- days. frame? for - ‘devélopment ° “of: “offshore oil and gas on. the their . replies: “have. been- enlightening; and ’* - Benerally Bo. like. this: if ‘the north’. ‘coast; Deportation an in justice f | _ = . Pick Up the Pacey Beh & Fitness ' ‘solves, ‘or iheir loved ones.. "J ‘hope they: can: find it in’. “thelr heart’: ‘to: ‘do. the” tight... [. thing and correct this i injus- - ~+ thee. cannot: Stay with her. family. oe - There is-no, erasing the = a, fear [saw in her eyes when.” ” ) saw here-on-a newseast., 1. “ih have spoken with. her’ fainily.. Get off “and we are’naw. looking: for: vany kind of-help to bring this .” the road next time - Dear Sir: “This is to the morons . ‘who refuse; tO pull to the side. ‘of the ‘road for: “emergency: - “vehicles. ‘Those ‘pretty lights 7 and ‘horns are'to tell: people: like you to get off the road.: -The:time: an "emergency. ry | ROVAL AECANADIAN LEGION BRIS TH ‘TERRACE ‘welcomes all curlers to the.. 5014 Rant INAWIVER asiay E Cah ana 21st, 22nd & 23rd ° "at Curling Club. ¢Door Prizes _ Silent Auction’ *Regular Prizes #4 Events. *Banquest & 38's Breakfast : _ sEntry Fee: $200 per Team 7 Entry fees must be pald by: January 18, 2005 Ph: : 635-5825 ‘or 635-5583 _ Legon, Br. 13. | Sete Tips for a sale Meier: Wei not shovel sow | », Mealaat your meter.” Le : Sow Bower of lew near “fiw Jet sx0w vicompletehy wie _ Sa ent of ime . ~ Smell a Problem: ~ cover your nseter, fiesh airor: 5 . “Wen the sow dit shoveling is probably » god tne to ake a Ike our dor pam, . 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Te. 4 serves” are. nothing” more - tian rage. guesses: What ae ‘Lora Walker, Lee "Terrace, BC 5 ee cibin, ms _ Terrace, BC. “of our priorities in Canada”), -and_if-there was a’ federal-' provincial agreement an-oil “vad: fias:: ‘Cihere. isn"), sand J." “GP there. was. massive :pub-" “Pride ~lic: subsidies: ‘of-exploration: ~” (the liberals, ‘have ‘promised ~ they” won't, do..that): and “if there’ wasn'ta very active. -conservation * voice