Terrace Review — Wednesday, June 22, 1988 7 4 > TER “did a ar) Ba bs Pi, sd i ha | ht By % . + A A V, W ASKED: _-What could be done to a Efizabeth MacDonald By cleaning up the city. _ The town is so dirty. You go down south and you don't see that. Also, by repainting under the bridges to cover up the old grad signs. Rhea Cutler There should be more city parks and nature parks because Terrace is a beautiful place, and they don’t do enough for the nature part of it. Vance Ridsdale By promoting the hunting -Industry and the water slides. Also by hosting more intercity and provincial sporting events. David Brown By promoting the fishing industry through more adver- tising. That’s why they come here, the fish. ... Ferrace to make it more —— "attractive for tourists? = Anita Letourneau They should clean up the city. Our town has got gar- bage all over it. Also, some people should up their yards and mow their lawns. Derrick Larsen By hosting some rock festivals. Public information meeting Single parent families are an increasing reality in our society. The number grows every day and the cost of losing a parent can be devastating to children. They can jose their sense of self- worth and their sense of direc- tion. This is why a recently formed steering committee in Terrace is in the process of organizing a Big Brothers/Big Sisters Program -— to ensure that our youth grow into pro- ductive, well-adjusted adults. Quoting figures from Statis- tics Canada, Nancy Zavaglia, one of the original organizers, describes the severity of the problem locally by pointing out that there are at least 615 chil- dren living in 370 single parent homes in Terrace. Of these, she says that 300 of homes are managed by female parents while the balance are male dominated homes. These are healthy, normal children between the ages of seven and 16, says Zavaglia, but they ve experienced the loss of a significant person in their lives — aparent. An adult role model from whom they would normal- ly learn positive social skills. An information session will be held at the Kermode Friendship Centre on Saturday, July 9, from 10 a.m. to3 p.m. For more information phone Nancy at 638-0161, Luanne at 638-3132 or Vernon at 635-4906. _ Letters Full -To the Editor; We were interested and pleas- ed in your citizen interview on the certification of construction contractors (Terrace Review, June 8). It was timely, given the Metro-town ‘problem on_ the lower mainland and the collapse of the deck on the Kitselas Reserve. It is also a matter that has been of concern to the building trades in this area for some time. In a brief to the Joint Com- mittee (federal and provincial) on Apprenticeship Training last year, this Council suggested that part of this licensing include the formal training of young people. We also sought a formal recognition of the need for skill- ed carpenters. Putting up money as a guarantee of quality is incorrect. Bonding is only one aspect of assurance to the buyer. A re- quirement of proven work and skill qualification is essential. It is our belief that assurance of the contractor that he/she meets certain other standards is also essential. Does he insure qualified workers, does he train the next generation, dre there pension payments towards our senior years, does he participate in our health care system for his: employees, does he pay fair wages? A unionized operation does, of course, fit these re- quirements. When quality is an issue, most in the private sector seek union labor in their con- tracts, Often when the tax- payers’ money is involved, stan- dards slip. Sometimes laws are circumvented in a “‘penny-wise, pound foolish’ gesture. We have recently witnessed the absurd situation of a men’s. wear store and a bottling com- pany bidding on construction work, Another contractor with no experience is awarded substantial public work with no indication of his ability to per- form. Various wage laws are broken simply by governmental inaction, Once it was believed that government was elected to protect the public interest — now it is assumed to be a vehicle for the profit of those with the greatest will to exploit. Frank Donah ve inquiry needed The response to our recent ‘“‘fair wage’’ campaign has been most encouraging. There is a general realization that quality matters and that we, as Cana- dians, believe in fair treatment and progressive social policy. The Carpenters have received many responses, all of them positive. What we really require is a full. inquiry into the construction in-. dustry to consider all of these points — licensing, training, pensions, safety and fair wages. We need policy to ensure stabili- ty, both now and in the future. — This will not happen under the . current provincial administra- — tion: The current ideology has no place for rational policy or fair play. It is fortunate for our Society that there will be a better future, , Paul Johnston Business Agent, B.C, Northwest Council of Carpenters Credit due to Parker | To the Editor; Believing in+ giving credit where credit is due, I want to commend the Minister of Forests and Lands Dave Parker for his remarks last week with respect to South Moresby. I only wish that we would have heard from him before, not after, the fact. Then possibly a more ra- tional decision with respect to that area and its resources could have been made. The decision on South Moresby was truly a tragedy. It will go down in the history. books as an example of politics taking precedent over logic. As the present controversy shows, there is a very valuable resource on South Moresby, whether one thinks the forest companies should or should not be reim- bursed for the timber. 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