Timber transfer falls short of aboriginal demands BY JEFF NAGEL NORTHWEST aboriginal leaders say the province isn't giving them enough of the timber it plans to claw back from major for- est companies. Forests minister Mike de Jong last month un- ' veiled plans to take back close to 20 per cent of the timber from all major ti- censees in B.C, and redi- stribute it. . But speakers at a Northwest Tribal Treaties conference here de- nounced the policy changes, saying extra tim- ber and cash is designed only to pacify native groups, not make them full partners in the woods. “This is peanuts,” said Kitkatla chief councillor Clifford White. “We can't even run a small company with what they’re offering us,” Close to half of the 20 per cent takeback will be given to aboriginal groups, boosting their control of forest land from the pre- sent three per cent of B.C.’s timber to about eight per cent. New Skeena Forest Products here will lose 337,612 cubic metres under the takeback. . The March 24-26 con- ference in Terrace was where de Jong was sup- posed to. meet northern B.C. aboriginal leaders to sign.a protocol agreement they hoped would lead to a much more generous for- estry handover. They had demanded ~ half the forest revenue in the north be shared with Mike de Jong them and half the timber in existing licences be taken and given to them. Instead revenue sharing is to start at $15 million this year and grow to $50 million by 2005, That's Gerald Wesley He said even natives didn’t expect to get all they demanded. “To quote from one chief: ‘De Jong would have to be drunk to agree to it’,” the minister said. “Sure there are some people out there — who say it’s not enough. For some — people it will never be enough.” about four per cent of net forest revenue — stumpage less the total forests mini- stry budget. Aboriginal leaders also wanted compensation for timber already removed, joint forestry decision- making powers and more input into the policy re- forms. They say their hopes were fanned when de Jong told them at a March 3 meeting their goals were “achievable in short order.” De Jong said the extra timber and cash will cre- ate real aboriginal oppor- tunity. “Well, I'm not.” “Sure there are some people out there who say it’s not enough. For some people it will never be enough.” Gerald Wesley, nego- tiator for the Tsimshian and co-chair of the North- west Tribal Treaty group, said the timber transfer - isn’t as much as hoped for, but he was prepared to give the Liberals credit for making progress. “I do realistically see them trying to teach out . and establish a more posi- tive alternative,” Wesley said. “It’s a hell of a long way past where we were & Bankrupts, Select from Over 450 Cars - Trucks, 4y4's - Vans, Call Marly 804-454-3941, “BUILDING SUPPLIES ALL NEW. WINDOWS irom $25, All new palio doors. (6') ftom $296, Wesleck. ~ Windows, Chilliwack, B.C. 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