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: -Fonapandents for
; their time and

ty council isn’t being very fair nor is
it. being: consistent in its application of
certain of its by-laws. Consider these eX-
amples. oe

‘Two. ‘street ‘sellers set up shop-on ‘the
sidewalk of the 4600 Block of Lakelse.
There are complaints. An old by-law is
dug: up prohibiting street vending. The

_ Sellers, then receive permission to, keep .

selling providing they waive any liability :
on the part of the city. A committee is
struck to look at the situation. But in the ©
meantime, the sellers are banned from
the: 4600 Block. .
:-Skeena Cellulose for several years has °-
had two trailers set up in the parking lot
across from its millsite: But the relevant -
by-law allows this for only-six months.
Having. already granted two exten-
sions to Skeena Cellulose when it had no -
authority. to do:so, council now decides
simply* not to enforce the by-law. And
then it ‘asks its. planning department to

. The | plan by Orenda Forest Products
to build'a pulp and paper mill south of

-- Lakelse Lake is entering a crucial phase.

This week’ the committee that'll make
‘recommendations to the provincial
government on what should happen’ has
eits, fies. mgeting.to.go,over government
sand, public: response ta the plan. ‘gee tye

-Orenda: needs: : approval:.in. principle
pending receipt of permits, and licences
very soon. It has yet to raise. the
-estimated $365 million capital cost. That
kind. of money~ won’t be. committed

. without government approval of the’ pro-
ject. Orenda needs that money soon if its
plan to start construction next year. is to
be fulfilled,’

-: Most interesting; will be the, reaction of -
the: new NDP government., Orenda’s
environmentally-friendly, esign and its

set TT

conie ip with ‘an ‘amendaient: to’ ‘the 7

regulations which lets the: company off
the hook. co

The school district. wants to bring. in
two. “trailers to louse a. ‘program for
teenage mothers. ' ‘The: ‘city . objects

- mightily, saying the. intended trailers

don’t conform to building codes, Several
meetings | are held. The district abandons
the, trailer idea.’

Treated ‘in isolation, these’ incidents
might make sense. A city council is

charged with peace, order. and good

government.
’ But by-laws ‘are by-laws, Council

should be prepared to. follow’ them,

Selective enforcement creates precedents

that bring about. ‘unforeseen. cite.
cumstances. And more than ever, thete
incidents highlight the need for cil

to start soon its long-awaited “process
that'll lead to a new official. community
plan.

Orenda’s future

promise of adding value to what was

-. waste. wood fits two corner stones of .

NDP economic and social philosophy. A
new kind of pulp and paper mill just
might be-the kind of thing Premier Har-
court would love to have as a i fi
that he and the: e busines, communi y,' cE can
‘get.along., nk vm we te

To be sure, . there are some questions.

Phorpay geist

outstanding. Wood supply is one as are.
suspicions about how environmentally”

friendly. the Orenda design really is. |

Yet overall the Orenda plan has a

good chance of being approved. An

FE Orenda commitment to be part of the
- ecoriomy rather than being a company.

that ships its profits ‘elsewhere might put
it over the top. Besides, several hundred -
new jobs would be a Political bonus for’
the NDP.

: Refusing to vote wimpy —

“Only 64 per cent: of Skeena’s

eligible voters cast a ballot in’
the. October 17 provincial lec:

tion. How‘come? .

Excuses for. not voting vary.

“Through
—Bifecals

' Some ; hoped * to’ punish the
Socreds by withholding their

_yote. ‘Some lacked a candidate --
“from the fringe party ‘of their
choice: ‘Some. couldn't. read. -
Some couldn't: make up their
. mind.

roa

“Sure, unless you’re a commi

ted: party member, or interested.
“only in a single. issue, deciding

‘ who to.dupport/at' the: polls. can,
‘bea pyzzlement- You're in‘even

niore of a fix. if your. favour a
' its local ca

; Surely: ‘we're all cap

“ing. one cléarcut m

jur Or five years. .
t

by Claudette Sandeckl

toria,

rope shortened by. budget *

_ his behavious in the legislature,
appraise his views,
_Telentlessly quote his foot-in-
oe . mouth utterances.

» Great: excuses, but not: good 2
enough. In the 28-day. eléction
: process, ‘voters’ have the easiest:
. = but most important — job.

‘and

. Outside legislative chambers

he'll be atilled by clusters of im-
: pertinent ‘reporters, insulted by
aslonymous © ‘callers ta, radio
‘hotlines, dissected in newspaper, ©
editorials, and ridiculed by car-
toonists, Double Exposures, and wi
‘the Air:Faree. 2.0084"

He sets off eagerly for Vic- .
conflict... of: interest -
"guidelines tucked’ in his breast ©
cket, keen to represent-his ”
constituency, Then, : like. the -

Sundance Kid, he finds himeelf
clinging to the frayed: “end-of

My political experience. is ..
limited to a term as school
trustee. Yet, many times during
those two years I was called:
upon to deal with knotty issues”
where none of the options seem=
ed sane: or. acceptable, My: in-|
clination was to stomp out. of

pard room and leave the

oblem, or to adopt.

c about it tomorrow; .

: ‘anid. Rita Johnston.

ght trustees to grapple. «

O'Hara’ 8 philosophy”

Harcourt follow:
ious precedent

VICTORIA — Let it be noted

that Premier-elect Mike Har-° * “—
court’s first item of business °

.was to mock the rights and
duties of parliament. .
The same man who. used to .

Jecture the Socreds on the -
nctity o rliamentar fadi-
ee aie ieucd to to tbh ahs

nse i i ihe supremacy “of.
Parliament.

«He will not call a ‘Séésion un-
tit spring, Harcourt:said the

‘day after his NDP. was swept

to pwer in one of the most

~ dramatic elections in British

Columbia’ history, 2 |
-Instead, his government will

“use. Special warrants to:spend

its way through the next few -

“months, A new budget will be

“ Teady for the spring session.

Harcourt’s flimsy excuse is
that British Columbia hasn’t

_, Yéally had/a government for .
“the last six months,-ever since:

Bill. Vander Zalm: tesigned | as
premier: A preliminary look at
- the:books, he said; showed.

-», that the province’ 5 finances are
ina ‘mess.

_ |... “We are two or three x mon- .
> ths behind on the budget: ‘pro-

.. cess. So we have to. catch up. .
"on.that! We will take time to _-

‘do. it right,’’ he said.

By yesorting to special war-

rants, to finance government. .

operations, Harcourt:is conti- ©

miuing the odious precedent
established, by Bill Bennett j in
‘the early: ‘Eighties’ ‘and’¢ ‘con- ©
‘tinued L by, ‘Bill. ‘Vander, Zalm °

What. exactly are spealal’
‘warranta?. Here’s how:the.

Financial: Administration Age oa
thes trodes its first budget i ina

BUANTED To NCREASE.
Teal PoPULAT ans,

nh ARE PPIETED TO| i

PROGRESS An

+ ing of welfare-rolls, exhausting

already: ‘been, approved by the:
legislatures, wt we ;

. their. ‘budget: last spritg;: but

* all expenditures propased i

ment’s day-to-day operations

= by, along ‘shit,’ ‘Harcourt’.
: knows damned well that. the a

; Parliament. fads

: premier, parliament and nor.

From the

_ Capital .
., by: Hubert | Bayer-

isecke wr de hat eae

hace

ror titebin a Jhwedd dutadsnidh
setts th pet

determine how much money.

‘the government spends, .”

. Harcourt's excuse doesn’t,
hold-up to even the. most cur- ©
sory examination: Just because.
the books are ina mess, if in-

deed, they are, déesn’t mean .

. for instance, arise if a ‘sudden _— the legislature shouldi’t debate:
_-Tecession caused-a huge swell- | the spending of this govern-

. ment during the next four or.

-the Lieutenant Governor con-
" siders necessary. out of the:con- -
* solidated' revenue "fund,?*
Notice the. words “unfore-
“seen and urgently Tequired for
>the public good.?” * The need
"for a special warrant could,

‘the funtls provided for that: ’ .
purpose in a. budget: that has.

“That clearly isn’t the case’
here: The Socreds introduced

the legislature « didn't‘ ‘apptove

had the authori ta “spend:

money in accordance. Withan
‘Interim Supply bill Which’ was. .toria. The TI
duly passed by the legislature, :

That, source of revenue: was,
exhausted some time ‘ag pos oa 3
however, and the Socreds’ ‘have rT: “We ate here to approve.
been'financing the govern-..~. "the remainder.of the estimates.
‘introditced in the last’ badge ,
>, Phe Socreds aren't very lil
ake a big fuss.¢ ove
. budget they. introduisd before) *
they were rediiced to the.

“And now, ‘Harcourt pro-
do ‘the: same. ‘thing. | ‘He

Magnificent-Seven. Neither ‘
will the Liberals: * ae

4 * the budget also doesn’t mi
I 3: ok ‘go \d enought; not ni
“gin, ‘but at least, the ‘authori
ty of parliament over the: king
use of: special ' arcants cons ‘in financial-matters has b
‘stitutes’a circumvention of

réaifirmed
"By not calling a session.
..Parliament;. and not the:

ng
“parliament, a disturbing tral ‘
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