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NDP would kill dea

they will face strong opposi-.

tion if there is intention to

_ replace jobs with entrenched

power sales,” the release
continued. .

: The:new power sales deal

will replace ‘a current one -

in which B.C. Hydro was

which Alcan can sell the
power, if it wishes, to the
highest bidder.

Austin feels there may
even be a bit of payback on.
_ the part of Alcan in response

to the Kitimat municipal po-
sition.

That's: because he says.
the majority of Alcan new

hires in the last while have

been Terrace residents.
“Alcan. can get a more

compliant -workforce by go-

“ing to another town,” said

Austin.

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Group backs Alcan smelter plan

-A LOBBYING group which is look-
ing for ways to boost industrial activ-
ity in the region is backing Alcan’s
new $2 billion aluminum smelter.
“This is ‘a time to celebrate and
start thinking about our region’s fu-
ture,” Kitimat-Terrace Industrial De-

‘velopment Society president Gerry
' Martin said last week. .

““Re-investment is a vote of confi-
dence in our region and something we
should be building on,” said'Martin in

decribing the planned expenditure —

as “the best package for Kitimat, the
northwest and B.C.” Co
- ‘He said the new smelter will not

‘only secure 1,000 high-paying jobs,

but that it will require between 800

and 1,500 construction workers over
a six to eight year period.
“Having that magnitude of con-
‘struction in our region will definitely |
provide spin offs for businesses, and
it will also encourage other industries _
and investors to take advantage: of
“those trades people who are already
~ here,” said Martin. mo

guaranteed power, even if
» . it meant Alcan having to re- _
duce aluminum production.
This new agreement is
also being called a “smelter
first provision” with Alcan
. Officials saying it provides
. the certainty. to make the $2.
‘billion investment.
“Tt means Alcan is’ guar- _
anteed to have the power it.
needs to-run its new smelt- _
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But Kitimat municipal —
officials say the sale of any
surplus to B.C. Hydro leads
to “entrenched power sales.”
That's what is. happening |
under the current agreement
Alcan has with B.C. Hydro, .

» they say. re

~~ It’s why Kitimat has gone

“to court several times already
_to unsuccessfully seek a rul- -
“ing, based on the first 1950s. -
water for power deal, stating
that Alcan power should be
~* used only in the area.> -.
~ | Kitimat will be back. in|
-court: again..in the ‘fall to
press its case. — ue
_-, Kitimat officials, primar-
‘ily municipal manager Traf-
ford Hall, said last week that
the new smelter is smaller .
than originally promised ,by
‘Alean. 0 2
_ “This” smelter-first’ busi- -
ness, that’s the least amount
of power they can use,” said
Hall
“They're diverting pow-
ef, that could create jobs, to

.#« [the B.C. Hydro] grid.”

:. ~*" The new deal only lasts .
until 2024, with a. possible .
“extension to .2029, after

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