FISHERMEN AND VANCOUVEN, Beate
(Maritime Labour Centra)

WORKERS’ , TELEPHONE: 255-1336

TELEX: 04-54624
BENEFIT FUNDS: 255-8771
FAX: 255-3162

December 13, 1988

Mayor and Council of Port Coquitlam
2272 McAllister

Port Coquitlam, B.C.

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Dear Mayor and Council Members:

Please find enclosed our letter to the Honourable John L. Savage,
Provincial Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, protesting his apparent sup-
port for floating fish processing vessels on B.C.'s coast.

In our view, it is not possible that the minister arrived at his position
through @ process of careful Study. Our letter, therefore, argues that floating
processors will no doubt rob areas that presently boast on-shore fish processing
facilites of a valuable tax base and source of employment. And for what?

There is no way floating Processors can offer the same stable source of
employment income to fishing communities now available from on-shore facilities.
For non-fishing communities there exists a clear environmental threat and, for
this reason alone, floating processors should be opposed by all British
Colunbians.

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We believe few of our concerns have been seriously taken into account by
the minister and, hence, this letter.

Please write the minister now and tell nim you want NO floating processors
on the B.C. coast, until such time that communities most likely to be adversely
affected have had the opportunity to conduct a full study and debate the issue.

Finally, our organization would be most happy to meet you and provide you
with our information on this matter, should you require it.

Sincerely,

Wei Le
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John Radosevit,

Business Agent

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