. Phone (ena) 638-7283" itveritsiog. ayenctes. Faget i whole cr prt. wit writen pominsion ls spacial geanaed. WsRREOn teera services and se nena a OS cay tuieamaiunve dient Terrace, British Cambie, Kemmerer sever aensng Cnn Cuner Sand ope ek kan ga 1 opto oct sal png uP Oe Dp et a ch Fax wn (00g) 638-843 me 2 SPE f : ae the: <7) Substance: we can ly uf ee} that: brings t us to recycling — — the ‘effort to turn back into something useful what. we. traditionally: have heaved into ‘dumps across. ‘the province. Recycling i is a growing and health baby of its mother, the’-environmental. movement. It. just plain: makes sense to stop the. nonsense of willy-nilly disposing of products that can, be. “turned | back into Something If. ‘only’ fr't ‘the warmy fuzzy feelings aimed. at ; -political advantage, govern- ments have ‘adopted, recycling. aS a: pet. " project. In‘ this province, for. instance, “We now. pay: surcharges on batteries and .- tires: to: create recycling incentives. for private ‘companies, As we now- know -when-it comes to recycling tires, the plan | ‘for northern: B.C. is a bust. “Andi in northern B.C. we've: beri rely- | hig ¢ on ‘sniall, local recycling societies to carry: the’ ‘brunt of collecting other items -Such.as-cans, glass and paper. products. At least in this: area, the plan is in trou- ble, That’s because the volumes being collected are insufficient, the revenues being generated aren’t enough and the Er ? O “ Skeena NDP MP Jim wn is “recognized as ‘being one of the best “around when it comes to representing constituents. Yet he’s living on another -. ‘planet with his latest statements concern- ing: commercial fishermen on the west : a topic _ to do something that might not work. .the garbage stream that leads to the district can use their- collective: good. of- _fices to bring this about with a minimum of pain and cost. Te n reli bns , Mr. ww ny ‘Fu lton ou bas ot incentives/regulations” are lacking | to make the thing work. 2 All of this is importan 0 city gouncil : and to the regional: district:. For while the: senior governments are now. content to rely on incentives and. pei vasion, they have told junior governments to reduce the amount of stuff :we throw: away. . These plans must. ‘bei in, place by 1995. We need to that system i in place | before that date. We all know that laws passed in other places ‘don’t necessarily make sense once they wind their way up to nor- thern B.C. Better to have something that works. brought in before ‘we're ordered The key to successful recycling seems to be putting a system in the middle of Financial review dump. Surely council and the regional: One starting point might be expanding a council committee suggestion of last oo. ca year that Terrace become a regional col- noge tae - lection point. for recyclables headed VICTORIA _ Independent audit, ch? Let me tell you - From the down south. who's on the committee to - And if transportation down south isa review the province’s finances, -~._. problem, good old-fashioned politicking and then you tell me how inde- Capltai can come into play to fill otherwise emp- pent and reliable the outcome . _by Hubert Beyer . ty semi-trailers on their return runs. First I'd like to say that an audit.a-truly indspendanthene, o: asieqeia ad oluesia ot oo seeped, iver- odetailed Seriawledge: about'ttie _ ids absolutely necessary, 4n;find oMBuntons Simon Fraser. Un) out,:once and for-all, what:; . . sity professor.and. vice... . ‘ previousadininistration’s fiscal ‘ British Columbia's deficit is; president of.the Institute of. practices'to the committee; bat: ~ John Jensen, the former: Chartered Accountants of they could have-done that: Sorry, Mr. Fulton. Two wrongs don’ t — Socred finance minister stub- British Columbia. Another without being on the commit- : make a right. The commercial fishing in- bornly stuck to his $395 ' good choice... tee. dustry is already propped up by substan- . million figure, even when his ’ But now it gets interesting. "Both Emerson and Horswill " Also on the ‘committee is » , Played. prominant roles in the _ David.Emérson, former deputy “big coverup of the real deficit, — - minister to former premier Bill ‘whatever that may, eventually ~ . Vander Zalm,’ For a while, turn out to be. They both leader, Rita Johnston, revised it to $1.2 million. - a -" Along came Glen Clark, the ‘new finance minister, and told tial. amounts of tax monies. Granted, Mr. Fulton is acting in a hamane manner. But sooner or later; . cs oa! commercial fishermen and. shoreworkers _ us that an initial look at the. - . during the oa Bennett ad- als ‘ew ret the. ett was cer- ‘a “Mr. "Pulton ‘wants $1- $3 million in “are going to have to bite the bullet: : books showed the deficit for. - : ministration, merson was also ly er than'the- finance e ’ \. the current fiscal year.to.be .- deputy finance minister, minister -of- the day. claimed it. peewee pr ogra ams 50 shoreworkers — Me ruon s plan the: t do anything. - closer to, $1.7 billion perhaps’: -. . Diiring the hearings into the was, but they remained: ne : ‘to.solve what is really the problem with.: - even higher: Considering the © ~ Coquihalla Highway overruns, They.will'say it's not‘their, week the fishing industry. Let’s deal with too disparity of those figures, an Emerson-distinguished himself - job to contradict their bosses, — suran The feds h have a similar plan on . Many boats chasing too few fi ish now * independent audit is clearly for not. femembering a hell ot but. rT eae are nat 80 good Paes _ . called for, |. ‘aloto at led to the enough to let the poli icians ‘the east. coast that costs $25 million." and get it over with. ae should: also. mention that $500 million overrun. Later, he take all ‘the. blame. ‘The old ex-. cats it’s ‘not a new idea to‘call in would spend most of his time. —cuse of just following ‘orders - independent. auditors to sort protecting Vander Zalm; main-* “doesn’t hold water. There was :. ° a @) the mess;. alleged or otherwise, ly fromhimself, = _& tinie when deputy ministers left by a:previous administra- And how about Doug. ~ wouldn't have stood by, allow- Hiring clerks for school * tion.;Bill Bennett's did just Horswill, another member of _ ing: their political masters to. * board: by-election must keep a -’ that when he came @ to power in the committee to sift through hoodwink the public... . os . Feturming officer as busy as a Th he 1975. the financial mess? How in-.. -"There-was atime when a © | * tnother: ‘peeling’ a: toddler ‘from roug mo The. key. word i is, of cOUrse, “dependent: can his judgement .. , discreet. phone ; call to.a ae + her ‘neck: for a booster. shot. Bifocals ' independent. The outcome .~":. be, considering that he was reporter or columnist would > Surely deputy returing officers must stand up not only to pro- . very-much-part of the ad-. have brought-such political < sind poll clerks don’t volunteer? _ iby Claudette Sandecki fessional scrutiny, but also to ministration that left the : mess shenanigans to light very _ oe Why: would anyone volunteer the suspicions of a cynical - behind? © hee Fy “quickly, | % to cope. with the unremitting —— 7 — a nae an tt k Finally,. tere ar tno = an dimes, it seems are _ bustle: and: stress.“ of - voters - to choose from. — evén if. we oversee po The! - et’s take a look at the known. consulting firms onthe _ gone. Now.the people who '. fushing ‘in -and, out like com- - fave precious little information election a te committée Clark appointed to committee — Peat Marwick: ” knew’ damned well the politi ‘Muters-in a Skytrain. station. “about who they were or where dollars per vote. ; -=s: tell him ‘atid all of us, just —~-- Stevenson and Kellogg;: and | “clans were lying through their © where the financial skeletons. . Deloitte and Touche. The only teeth get appointed to commit. '“Semeitiber. Throughout: their long day, + dection staff must be gracious, — > helpful, and accurate despite “unrelenting. pressure ..from om At any. oll in Gaffe, ‘clerks nip. away from their voters’ lists’. Vto revive themselves with a mo- “ment of, ‘calisthenics or shooting ‘basketball’ hoops:. Fortunately lor thei, trustee - elections: @ Clerks need occasional brisk exercise or they would relax une" il they snored, in their ‘sump> tuous chairs curved -to support. i elr overworked bodies, at tables crafted to a-height ideal for. comfortable. .penmanship. _- ‘All. that’ ‘tnitialling of ‘ballots, Soft ‘overhead : i. ‘; a a. t usually take place in gyms, 2." ‘ 41 ex r 4 I: ‘fighting too, slows their pulse. Last year, no one stood for “nominailon.. The: minister of. ; education : chad to appoint '-Goters, impatient . to make their benign n; ene ‘democratic pro-- several of our district?s trustees. yore they stood, The ‘impending election was downplayed. No one organized an all-candidates’. forum or radio debate, No one stirred up publicity for the event. Next licence or tift pass. are buried... First, there’s George Mor- fitt, our own-auditor general. - No problem there. Morfitt has “shown his independence on problem I’ve got with those choices is that the latter does work for B.C, Hydro, . Crown corporation. ‘Clark says the review, will | tees to find out just. how big 5. the lie was. - ~ ~ Fortunately, there are. enough people on ‘the commi tee who weren't associated time let’s lure voters fothe polls . numerous occasions, : provide. the government. with & with the: previous government ‘: by. giving them — with’ their ° "sometimes to the chagrin of an ‘accurate assessment. of the to make. the: results. of the . . oe ballot — a coupon good for$0 . ‘the previous government. - current financial ‘situation,'as ©. . review credible,“ wa cents off on their next angling ae Next, there’s:Manreen well as thie: information y a " de ° _ Maloney, dean of the Universi- oo to. guide futur : CECI bap Me Is abo ! 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