Page A8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 28, 1993

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The minister slated that the
Province of British Columbia
does not have any legislation
which gives preference to Brit-
ish Columbia companies with
respect to public contracts.

J urge the public of the north-
west lo pressure the NDP

Dear Sir:

The Canadian Union of Post-
al Workers is once again trying
to bring to the ailenlion of the
Kitimat community a very
scrious dilemma which may
soon be upon us.

The Prince Rupert Post OF-
fice has been the most recent
victim of Canada. Post's
scheme to privatize. The
Prince Rupert post office now
only houses their letter carriers
and. offers minimal service to
their very large businesses.

Canada Post and the Tories,
seem to be condoning a ‘‘two-
class”? structure by having pro-
vided services for only the
very large businesses, . who
happened to have cried the
loudest about losing. proper
postal service.

We feel that we have to act
now, before we receive the of-
ficial notice of another post of-
fice closure — ours.

Locals need jobs

government to give priority on
highway construction jobs, and
other government contracts, to
British Columbians who pay
the taxes inthis province.

Yours Truly,

Fred Glover,

Terrace, B,C.

Mail dilemma

Due to the expiry of Canada
Post’s lease in the Public
Works building this summer,

this maybe the perfect excuse -
‘to eliminate Kitimat’s federal

post office.

We will submit a petilion to
M.LP., Jim Fulton who can
present it to the House of
Commons. We will also be as-
king for support from our
municipal government.

Please help vs, and our
northern communities, by writ-
ing a letter of concern to Har-
vie Andre, minister responsible
for Canada Post, House of
Commons, Ottawa, Ont, KiA
OA6 and to our MP, Jim
Fulton c/o House of Commons,
Ottawa, Ont KiA OA6. No
postage is required.

Marilynn Wiens,

President,

Kitimat Local,

The Canadian Union of
Postal Workers.

. Prince

UNBC overruns

ring alarm bells

PRINCE GEORGE — A 25 per

. cent cost overrun in construction

of the first phase of the UNBC’s
‘George’ campus has
prompted calls for mere accoun-

. tability at the northern university.

“It’s time for UNBC to open up

’- about what-some of the: severe

difficullies have ‘been with the
construction of the Prince George
campus to date,’’ said Prince
George North MLA Paul Ram-
scy.

A leaked internal UNBC work-

ing document shows that as.of
mid-December, the first phase °

cos1 of constructing the six build-
ings on the main campus was
$4.6 million — 24,5 per cent —
over the original budget of $18.69
million.
- Ramsey says-much of the cost
overrun is due to the university’s
efforts to fast-track construction
of the Prince George campus so it
can be opened in September,
1994.

UNBC’s communications direc-
tor Clive Keen agrees.

**Fast-tracking inevitably
results in ¢xita costs over the
tender and Jots of negotiations go
on about these costs,’’ he said.

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been avoided would have been to
delay the slart of construction for
up to two years unill all the draw-
ings are completed, he said.

Keen said he is preparing
proposals fo ensure the public is
kept better informed about the
progress of construction on
UNBC’s Prince George campus.

He was unable to confirm
whether the figures in the ‘internal
working document are accurate.

He would say only that the cost
overruns won't be finalized until
all negotiations with the con-
iractors working on the first
phase of construction have been
completed.

According to the report, as of
Dec. 15, the cost of preparing the
site and installing on-site water,
sewer and other services was 30
per cent over budget and the cost
for installing the foundations for
the six main buildings on the
campus was 22.47 per cent over
budget.

The lowest of the most recent
tenders for building construction
came in at $58 million — 16,5
per cent over the $50 million
budget set for the work.

It’s being examined to see if it
can be reduced, said Keen.

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