; Dear Sir: ‘IT would like to take this opportunity _ to publicly review. the’ history of land issues with regard to the Kitlope area. and what.is in. - jeopardy relative to the ‘ operations conducted by our - company, a Approximately four years -ago, five percent-of our an- ‘nual allowable cut was ex- — propriated by the provincial - We expressed. government. our concern to the govern- ‘Ment because there was a significant negative impact lo our operations. Approximately two. years - ‘ago, the land use issues began focussing on our Tree ‘Farm Licence (TFL). Areas within the TFL have been recommended as reserves for marine parks, wilderness ‘areas, landscape features, * and old growth preservation. These areas extend from Jesse Lake to the headwaters .of the Kitlope. The areas contain over 527,000 hec- tares (ha) of which 105,000ha contains commercial timber ‘and £5,400ha -is scheduled A ¢ or to area economy for logging during the next 60 years as per our current’ management and working plan. _ The area scheduled for - logging we call the ‘working forest’*. The annual allowable cut from the werk- ing ‘forest “is ‘approxligitely 117,000 cubic meters and represents. 15 per cent of the ’ commercial forest land, but only 3 per cent of the total land base of §27,000ha. This annual allowable cut is 22 per ’ cent of the total annual ap- . proved harvest level for our “TEL. Long term timber tenures . held by our company provide ° ’ approximately 60 per cent of the. raw material supply re- quired by our Terrace sawmill and Kitimat paper- mill.- If the areas currently .. under study are removed. from our TFL, the. secure timber supply to the Terrace sawmill and the Kitimat papermill would be reduced. by 15 per cent and 7 per cent respectively. Our employ- ment of local loggers would be reduced by 22 per cent. Our company ‘provides — direct employment for ap- , proximately 900 people i inthe | area, . generating $77 million an-- Terace-Kitimat - nually into the local com- -’- munities. If the areas described above are ex- propriated from our TFL, we estimate that $17 million will be lost to the local economy. — The complex land use issue must be expressed, debated and a solution found and im- plemented. There are many groups with varying convic- tions and agendas wanting to preserve land for single use purposes. The working forest land base in northwestern British Columbia is relatively small as a percentage of the total. land base, but the economic ‘well-being of our com- .— munities relies upon. this working forest to generate wealth and maintain the standard of living we enjoy. Yours truly, Skeena Sawmills, V.N. Maskulak Woods Manager Orenda pulp plan brings — out important question. ~ Dear Sir: Who are the power people ‘behind the scenes in Orenda? ~ They have a lot of money but ‘seem to know very litile of the area, other than the fact “that they believe they can make high profils from li- datiing the aboriginal & omixed signals coming from the - provincial government bul, the public relations gras pean ais : HOT emuddiess rete sot Ws. “need ann displayed by Orenda makes me doubt whether they are committed to community. The region must make a judgement as to whether they are here for the short-term to grab what they can and then leave or, are they going to make a long-term (25 years +) committment to com- ‘porations. edo not need or want ‘a capital influx from gregdy grabbers who will ae nil. core: 2B dere te aa ab makeva few people rich, pro- vide ‘relatively few jobs for the amount of capital input, liquidate an aboriginal forest and then leave, when they can get richer elsewhere. The second priority for the ‘people of the northwest is to determine which community can best be served by paving William Hayes, Terrace, B.C, URGENT IN TERRACE | PUBLIC AUCTION RE: DEFAULTED UNPAID DOCUMENTS CANADA CUSTOMS CLEARED DUTIES AND TAXES PAID AT PORT OF ENTRY ’ VALUABLE ~ PERSIAN CARPETS Fine imported rugs. The majority consists of hand-knotted oriental # rugs. Contents: Persian Tabriz, Baluch, Indo Kirman, Deep Pile’ |. Mainland. Chinese, Bokhara, Sunwashed Village Rugs, Kara, Silk a Masterpleca Qum, etc. Sizes 1x1 to 10 x 14. Rugs unwrapped and liquidated. piece by piece in the quickest possible manner. on. . SUNDAY, JULY 7, 1991. _ at THE ODDFELLOWS HALL al 4634 Walsh Avenue, Terrace at 2: 00 p.m. Sharp :00 p.m. ‘4 * Advert, ‘subject: to terma and d conditions of auction at auction alte’ * Liquidation by. Federal Collection: “Agency Ine. * Terms: Cash, .Major Credit Cards,, Bank. Cards or Bank Cheques. | ; a 10% Frolaht, Brokerage and w hovel Charges to be added: Dear Sirs. : _ Janet. Holden’s. income. was ‘ insufficient::to live on ‘and. - how as a single. mother, she: _was .striving to raise three children. — I certainly sympathize with this lady and the many other © out there who are unfor- - tunate enough to be in the-.. same position. We should be — thoroughly ashamed of .a society and government that allows this to happen. answer lies in low income housing as suggested in your Raise workers "be: to- raise. the ‘standard of: living: ‘that every... ‘Canadian hs should be entitled. tai, a ~How.can’a' person exist: ‘on. : 36 an hour with no dental or... coverage for. themselves. or their: children. : °: On the other side of the spec- ‘trum. we have incompetent -- politicians who are soon to . Tetire. with $50, 000 a year in- rare “ medical. However I do not think the: . pines ‘atticle,. although it: ‘certain! z - Recently 1 read your article: . in the: paper describing: how would help. I would suggest that the:real solution woul comes, ..:. 7 Some of the largest: stores. ; in this: area: pay a poverty _ wage of $6 an hour.to their © -.°° “employers, My solution: to vad the problem is. ‘to organize. these people into aunionsoa ‘| -decent wage and benefits can .:}- be’ negotiated. for them and . they:can-lead the kind Of life | We all desire, even be able to. | shop _ ‘in, the. store. that they work in, |..:': - Fair Wages | are what ‘make : . lifeso much more Worthliv- - . ing and L-believe that a ‘union «|. ', contract’: “would: help achieve | - » that goal: as ‘is im Yours truly, . Fred Glover, « : Co-ordinator”. . B.C.‘and Yukon © - Building Trades: ‘Council.: “ PLACE: Seventh Day Adventist | Church: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 am. Ages 5-12 o 3306. 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