Manuel says Indian Chiefs will not Fall

Bob Manuel, Chairman of
the Executive Council of the
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs
denied allegations by the
Economic ance that the
Union will split when they
have their annual meeting
next month. -

He admitted that the,
Union has been having
difficulty in unifying the
organization since it
rejected federal govern-
ment funds in 1974. ~

“But we have gone back to
talking to the people on the
reserves and it is here that
we will find new strength,”
he said.

A Chief himself, Mr.
Manuel said that the motion
to reject funds was never
clear] defined. He
described it as a protest
against “policy guidelines”
being foreed on Indian
people by the federal
government. The only way

Alcan

The aluminum industry is
in a stronger position today
than witnessed for some
time, Nathanael V. Davis,
Chairman of the Board of
Alean Aluminium Limited
told shareholders at the
company’s annual meeting.
Price recovery and a cot-
tinuing growth in demand
are expected to provide the
basis for Alcan to show
improved earnings and a
more adequate return on
investment in the period
ahead, the chairman said.

Preliminary indications
are that Alcan’s earnings
for the first quarter of 1977
“should be well above the
low levels recorded last
year”. Demand has picked
up in the United States and
is gradually improving in
Canada, while husiness
foreseen elsewhere is en-
couraging. Only Japan's
rate of recovery “appears lo
have slowed in recent
weeks”, Mr. Davis said. He
added __ithat Alcan’s
Canadian smelters are
expected to be operating at
an annual rate of 95 percent

Indian people can protect
their rights guaranteed by
the British North America
Act and the Indian Act is tu
have a strong provincial
organization.

The Union of B.C. Indian
Chiefs admits, he said, that
they made a very serious
error in rejecting federal

funds “‘as an approach to’

achieve Indian in-
dependence or as. a means of
bringing the land claims

issue to the forefront.”

Mr. Manuel called for
support from Indian bands
throughout the province to
unify and strengthen the
Union's position.

“It would be totally
unrealistic to expect the
federal government or even
the provincial government
to deal with B.C.’s 193 bands
on an individual basis,” Mr.
Manuel said. “Our biggest

strength and power lies in.

Chairman
af effective capacity by
April 1.

Mr. Davis noted that
demand for primary
aluminum increased by
over 25 percent in 1976 and
‘we anticipate a further
growth in demand in 1977,
probably of the order of
seven to i0 percent’’. Alcan
believes the metal’s special
advantages — particularly
in transportation, con-
struction and electrical
applications — should
support an average annual
consumption increase of
five or six percent over the
next decade. To sustain such
growth would require
600,000 to 700,000 tons of new
capacity in the non-
Communist world each year
or a capital investment of
the order of $4 billion per
year, including energy
sources and fabricatin
plants, the chairman said.
Alcan hopes to move for-
ward with its plans to start a
staged smelter expansion.
and rebuilding program in
Quebec. “Towards this end
the Aluminum Company of
Canada has initiated

havin an effective
organization which truly
represents the views of
Indian people throughout
the province. The govern-
ment would pay attention
and together we could all
benefit,” he said.

“your Chiefs are the
elected representatives and
they make up the Union of
B.C, Indian Chiefs. It is
from the Chiefs that we will
and do take our direction in
dealing with federal and

rovincial governments,”
e said.

The Union of B.C, Indian
Chiefs was formed in 1969 to
form a unified voice
unanimously rejecting the
White Paper policy of the
federal government, ‘That
federal policy intended to do
away with responsibility for
Indians by transferring
jurisdiction for them and

ndian lands to the
provincial government,” he
said.

“The second reason for
coming’ together was to
resolve the land claims and
aboriginal rights question,’’,
Mr, Bob Manvel Said.

He admits the
organization did not clearly
define their goals and ob-
jectives. “The organization
since then has zig-zagged in:
all directions with as many

iorities as there were
leaders. We can no longer
afford to continue to make
this mistake. It is important.
that our goals be established
and that there be clear roles
and responsibilities by all
participants.”

“When we meet in April,
that is what we are going to
discuss...the role of the
people, the bands, the
District-Tribal Council, the
Executive and the staff of
the Union office," Mr. Bob
Manuel said.

sees improvement

preliminary discussions
with the provincial
government and we believe

ese discussions will result
in underlying long-term
arrangements which would
justify starting on this
major program.”

Mr. Davis also referred to
the recent announcement by
Alean Aluminum = Cor-
poration of an agreement in
principle with Revere
Copper and Brass Company
to acquire Revere'’s
aluminum reduction plant
and sheet mill located at
Seottsboro, Alabama.
Subject to satisfaction of the
necessary conditions, it- is
anticipated that the tran-
saction would be closed
around July 1, “Our U.S.
subsidiary has to date
conducted its fabricating
operations without an in-
digenous metal base”, the
chairman said, ‘‘This,
aquisition would provide
such a base with some
potential for expansion and
would, we believe, permit
Alean Aluminum Cor-
poration to become a more
meaningful competitor with

Safe driving incentive grants |

Norman  Bortnick,
Executive Vice-President
and General manager of
1.C.B.C, urged all single
male drivers under 25 who
are eligible for the Safe
Driving Incentive Grant and
have not applied for it, to do
so before the application

riod ends. This grant is
ior 25 percent of their 1976-77
Autoplan insurance
premium.

He said, ‘So far the
Corporation has received
about 50,000 applications.
However, we believe there
is still some who are eligible
but have not applied. The
deadline for receipt of ap-
plications is midnight,

arch 31, 1977.

Mr. Bortnick said that,
even though they might be

eligible, there are a number
‘of reasons why drivers
might not have received
application forms in the
mail. “Sometimes people
change their address,” he
said, ‘‘and do not advise the
Corporation. In any event,
application forms are

available at all Motor
Vehicle Branch offices.”

The registered owner of
the vehicle must be free of
claims in which he has had
any degree of responsibility
for bodily injury, property
damage or collision since
January 1, 1976.

Phone 624-6005

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producers.”
These and other projects
should provide forward
momentum for the com-
pany, Mr. Davis concluded,
He added “hopefully, if
governments recognize the
capital intensive industries
such as curs require more
realistic tax regulations and
prices to compensate for the
ravages of inflation, we will
be in a far better position to
generate and acquire the
capital needed to maintain
andexpand facilities to keep
pace with the market.”

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