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“Cyril Shelford, MLA
: Dear Mr. Shelford:

. ‘Thank you for your letter
of March 3 and its contents.

.~ [must begin by asking you

to re-read my newsletter
because I do not consider
them to be anti-
development. My concern is
for a responsible, sane and
humane approach to
“development”. What do we
“-: mean by development? Let
“me quote the President of
Tanzania: ‘The purpose of
+ development is man. It is
. the creation of conditions,
: both material and spiritual,
;; which enables man the
* individual and man the
“: species, to become his best.
‘*s Man lives in society, He
‘ becomes meaningful to
himself and his fellows only
‘; as a member of that society.
Therefore, to talk of the
= development of man, and to
-: work for the development of
man, must mean that kind
= of society which serves
man, which enhances his
+ well-being and preserves his
= dignity.” There is more, but
~ this is the core of what he
* said.

$..1 suppose -my attitude
% toward development is
* closely linked with two
books I have read recently
44 — ‘Small is beautiful” by
= E.F. Schumaker and
# “Enough is enough” by
i John V. Taylor. Both state
x that “development” doesn’t
«1 have ta be big to be ef-
% fective, that to accelerate
* growth is not necessarily the
>. answer because the lime
++ will come when industry will
x-have increased its
« productive capacity to such
ja an extent that the supply of
«. raw materials cannot keep
~. pace with the demand of the
,-factories. These two authors
also proclaim “production
“by the masses, not mass
‘4 ‘production’. In other wards,
, ‘small local industries rather
€ than industries dominated
“ ‘by the large multinationals.

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‘T suppose a great deal
‘depends upon what we call
: progress”’,

Regarding those three
Stipulations of yours about
f-supertankers and the
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#% 1) As I understand it, the
x2''Transit Pipeline
<"Agreement'’, recently
. initialed by both Canadian
nd U.S. governments,
‘states that no public bodies
‘can place a toll, royalty or
tax on any of the material
transported by the pipeline.
: This would eliminate any
: revenue for the province via
taxation of the pipeline
- contents.

2) I’m not sure who you
: are referring to when you
. talk about ‘the company”.
-:-Do you mean the ship
g-owner? If so, a large
+ number of these tankers are
+ in themselves a company
* ‘and should that ship sink, so
‘would the company! Who

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* then would be responsible
‘for the cleanup costs? At the
«present there is neither the
* equipment nor the expertise

Dear Mr. Vander Zalm;
Enclosed please find a
newspaper clipping from
the Vancouver Province
> (Feb, 21, 1977) re: “Mr.
* Smith'', The author, Mr. C.
Poulsen, should be com-
mended for his excellent
piece of journalism and he
as most adequately stated
our concerns as parents.
‘ Recently in our town,
population 10,000, another
+. child was battered to death

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in Canada to clean up a
marine spill. The technology:
used in clearing up oil on
long, straight sandy heaches
and calm water is just now
being perfected. But how
can this be applied to our
rocky shorelines, rolling
seas and fairly hard-to-get
at coastal areas?

3) Collision is not the
major factor in oil spills,
Out of 26 incidents, four
were the result of collisions,
the bulk were caused by
explosions and groundings.
Between 1969 and 1973, the
Tanker Advisory Centre
reported some 3000 plus
incidents involving oll
tankers. Of these 82 tankers
were totally lost, 451 men
killed and 719,000 tons of oil
discharged into the seas.

The article from the
Province was interesting. I
wish we had a lot more
research on this subject on
hand. I hope that no action,
will be taken until there has
been a very thorough in-
vestigation into the effects
of oil spills.

I was really intrigued by
the computerized data
available for the east coast.
We could use that type of
information for the west
coast. Apparently it takes
two years to collect such
data — hutit would be worth
it, don’t you think? That
there are sure to be oil spills
is acknowledged almost
everywhere, but nowhere is
there reliable information
as to what oi! spills do to the
feeding-breeding areas of
fish. We do know that oil is
lethal to marine birds who
come in contact with oil on
their bodies.

On the grounds of present
insufficient knowledge, I am
opposed to initiating oil
tanker traffic into B.C.
coastal waters. Let’s get to
the truth of the matter, then
decide what to do and where
to go. [hope folks won't still

be blinded by facts, if and
when they become
available.

I too, believe there must
be some give and take,
depending on the cir-
cumstances. As I un-
derstand it, Smithers
rejected the plywood plant
because it meant bringing
more people into the
community than they felt
they could handle at the
time. Smithers has had a
fairly steady growth rate
over the years and I guess
they want to kee
way. They are about the
only community between
Prince Rupert and Prince
George that has maintained
stability over the years.

The steel mill proposed
for Kitimat would have been
a traumatic experience for
the area. Why not a mini-
mill similar to the one
proposed for the Prince
George area? The question
of the NW rail development
hinges te a certain degree on
the successful negotiations
for the Indian Land Claims.
Also, the purpose of the rail

Child battery

by a parent. Just one year
ago we had a similar
tragedy.

We, the attached un-
dersigned, ask you, do you
have any statistics on the
number of children in this
province who die in this
manner or are repeatedly
battered or suffer from
sexual abuse? If you have
not devised a system of
cataloging these statistics,

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Development

construction. was never
really spelled out by-
government. As I un-
derstand the tree cutting
concerns, it is because
people feel that the cutting
rate is greater than the
renewable supply, and that
this would leave the area
with few merchantable
trees or trees in areas where
cost of removal would he
very high. Every year tree
cutting is getting further
and further away from the
base of operations.

As I understand it, people ©

are not saying ‘‘na
development”? but rather
development programs
where local input is received
and considered, where the
future is included in the
planning so that the area is
not stripped with nothing
left for the next generation.
As you know, most  nor-
therners live here by choice.
Many of the newcomers who
move up from the south or
the east do so mainly fer the
work. They are transient,
therefore not too concerned
for the future. People in the
north want something left
for their children and they
fear this will not be con-
sidered. Part of this fear
was the result of the secrecy
by which the two senior
governments operated when
the plans to develop the
north were announced in
July of 1973. People are
suspicious and fearful of
what could happen to the
north and they are reacting
through their concern.

As for the unemployment,
Isuspect a great deal is the
result of world markets, the
price of lumber products
and mineral needs. It has
been suggested by some
quarters that large cor-
porations are manipulating
the supply and demand of
these commodities, however
I am no authority on this
subject. I feel that govern-
ment ‘“make work”
programs are as you say, a
sort of band-aid program,
not a long-term corrective
measure. If world markets
are manipulated, then these
corporations are the ones
responsible for unem-
ployment.

I fail to see any connection
between an oil port in
Kitimat and us driving cars
and heating our homes. I
feel that Canada could
become self-sufficient if we
stopped exporting our oil
and gas south of the border.
Canada now imports more
petroleum than it exports,
but this inbalance could be
reduced greatly by con-
trolling exports more.

I hope you aren't going to
leave.all the praying to me!
I pray for my country daily,
but I hope you and
everybody else does also!
When people pray for the
well-being of their country,
with no strings attached
(i.e. - personal wishes) and
truly say to God, “Thy will
be-done”, then we will be
getting somewhere,

Sincerely,
John W. Stokes

we ask why you have not
and when do you plan to
start? .

What do you and your
department require to
initiate and institute a Bill
on Children’s Rights?

We implore you, Mr.
Vander Zalm, to make these
concerns a priority in your
department.

Respectfully,
Kirby G, Kennedy

The Four-Way
Test - .

Of the things we .

think, say or do.

is it the TRUTH?

is it fair to all
concerned?

Will it build GOOD
WILL and BETTER
FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be
, BENEFICIAL .
‘to all concerned?

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Heritage Day ee

Heritage Day, a name well chosen for Canadians to give

their legacy; a day to reflect on the efforts of
those pioneers who paved the way for our Confederation.
But we cannot help being alittle sceptical about the day and
the proposal in Bill C-30, that it be a statutory holiday. We
are suspicious that observance might be on a par with that
of Friday, Canada Day and Remembrance Day. That
is, limited to a devoted few.

When the federal government first considered Heritage,
it set aside a sum of $5,000,000 to assist provincial
organizations to promote the holiday and general
awareness in Canada's history and landmarks. Em-
phasizing the day as atime to recognize the importance of a
sense of collective pride in the development of a unified
national identity. Pierre Berton, Mr. Heritage himself, was
chosen to }ead this movement and we can only commend the
chtice. As yet, the program is barely known but we wish it
well. .

Bill C-30, however, is a completely different kettle of fish.
Four years ago a House Committee of the Commons,
unanimously approved the idea of a Heritage Day, The Bill,
as presented on its first reading in December, 1976, in-
stitutes the third Monday in February to be a statutory
holiday to be known as — National Heritage Day. House
opposition to the Bill, not necessarily following party lines,
may defer its passage but there is some appeal! to the public.
in having a long weekend in February. from New Year’s
Day to Easter can be a long dreary spell.

Philosophical discussion aside, the statutory holiday has
been adopted with quickness by some labour groups. The
construction unions have not only included Heritage Day,
before its proclamation, but added into their contract
negotiations this year two extra days. We find this rather
astonishing after the comments of Mr. Henry de Puyjalon,
president of the Canadian Construction association. In
January this year, he described 1977 as a flat year for the
building industry indicating that he anticipated minimal
real growth in British Columbia.

- We quote - “Construction unions must modify their wage
demands or expect to face ongoing wage controls for the
‘next few years. If unions do not moderate, then something’s
going to give". - end quote, The construction industry was
all but shut down in B.C. on February 21, when 30,000

Reliable sources estimate that a general holiday in
British Columbia costs us seventy-five million dollars in
direct loss of production. We hesitate to estimate the figure
for the entire country. In this province, most of our

roduction is exported and we are already finding difficulty
in competing — our productivity is lower and our costs are
higher. It can be nothing less than madness to add to our
weakness by declaring another statutory holiday to add to
our costs, Are wethat bentonselfdestruction? |

When the output of existing labour is cut by a holiday, it
must be replaced by additions to the workforce or by
higher-cost overtime. Lither way, it’s one of those “heads I
lose, tails you win” situations, In an export market, we lose
competitively and in British Columbia, we have sufficient
unemployment not to look for more, through loss of oyer-
seas markets, At home, when for exampie, construction
production is curtailed by extra holidays we know that the
consumer will eventually pay. If consumer costs rise, the
house buyer will pay more, so will the company leasing
space, the store renting retail space, or the government
agency seeking anew location. Costs cannot be completely
absorbed by employers, producers and owners. They are
passed on to the public whether as a consumer or a tax
payer. We cannot get something for nothing. 7

The fight against inflation involves-us all. Controls may
be enforced by the Anti-Inflation Board but they must be
implemented y a non-inflationary attitude amongst the
public, or they cannot work. If we do not rid ourselves of this
— “It must go higher’ — attitude, it surely will —~ and, in an
ever-increasing spiral, when AIB controls are lifted.

Heritage Day as a holiday is a farce as it currently
stands. CBC in a brief man-in-the-street survey, asked on
February 21 what day it was. Answers gave either the day
of the week or the date. It cannot be said that there is-any
great demand for a day to be devoted to reflection and
consideration of our heritage. But if we are to have a
Heritage Day, let us use it as intended and devote a little
time to foster our pride in being Canadians and preserving
some of our history, but doso on our own time.

The alternative? Support Bill C-30, take a day off, be
unrealistic and add to the inflation spiral we have all grown
to fear. Pioneers, whom Heritage Day might be expected to
honour, would turn over in their graves at the misguided
thinking which suggests that to honour Canada we all down
tools for the day, Last October, in opposition to another
“down tools” day there was a slogan — “I’m Working 'For

construction workers celebrated Heritage Day. We can only

ask WHY?

Canada”’.,.,..What are you doing?

Pipeline proposal

Editor,
Dear sir:

Having read Mr. Cyril
Shelford’s ‘Report from
Victoria” in the March 9
issue of the Terrace Herald,
I ean only come to the
conclusion that Mr. Shelford
has not done enough
homework on the Kitimat

‘Pipe Line Ltd. proposal and

that he jis living in an Alice
in Wonderland world when
he compares the small (less
than 10,000 ton) tankers
presently in use delivering
refined products along the
west coast of B.C. to the
colossal 350,600 ton crude oil
carriers that will be coming
from Ondonesia and the
Middle East, through B.C.
fjords to Kitimat.

Had Mr. Shelford been
aware of the facts he would
know that Kitimat Pipe
Lines Ltd. have stated, with
good reason, that they are
not responsible for marine
oil spills and that flag of
convenience tankers will not
assume responsibility
either. He would also know
that the United States of
America Federal Energy
Administration states that:
“Booms will not keep oil
from sinking or from
splashing over their tops
when wave or sea heights
reach four feet. Dispersants
are toxic and by increasing
the size of the spills, their
use potentially exposes an
increased number of marine
organisms to the effects af
the spilled pollutant.” (page
188 & 199, evaluation report
dated November 18, 1976),
Capt. J.C. Young, marine
emergency officer of the
Canadian Coast Guard
States: ‘‘Mechanical
recovery equipment is not
what it is cracked up to be —~
at the spill in Japan’s Inland
Sea in 1974 the workers
ended up using long handled
bailers because mechanical
equipment didn’t work.”

Does Mr. Shelford realize
that the oi] spill in Japan
cost over 190 million dollars
to clean up and required
200,000 people, 38,000 vessels

and 300 aircraft? Where
does he presume to obtain
resources like that on our
coast? Perhaps if Mr.
Shelford would take the
trouble to read the En-
vironment Canada report
entitled ‘‘The Mizushima Oil
Spill - A Tragedy for Japan
and a Lesson for Canada”
he would be hetter in-
formed.

Contrary to Mr, Shelford’s
opinion a research of World

ar IL tanker: sinkings
would not be relevant’ to
today’s problem. The
largest W.W. II tankers
were small by today’s
standards, averaging 15,000
tons, Losses in the Atlantic
in 1942, the worst year of the
war were 22 tankers
totalling 328,337 tons. This is
smaller than one present
day tankers. These tankers
carried refined products nat
crude oil and the greater
majority exploded and
burned. Spills were not a
problem.

We arenot as Mr. Shelford
infers against orderly, well
planned development in the
north. We are against the
unnecessary (there are
several alternate ‘Proposals?
exploitation by oi company
consortiums at the risk of
our multi-million dollar

fishing industry. Where is.

the logic in two years of
pseudo-economic boom? In
the event that Mr. Shelford
was truly interested in the
long term economic health
of the Pacific northwest he
would investigate the facts
that he so glibly accuses
“SPEC and other groups”
(as he puts it) of ignoring.

An honest appraisal of all
the facts in the numerous
proposals, studies,
evaluations and cases where
studies and evaluations
should have been done, but
for the sake of contingency
were not, shows that the
Kitimat pipeline proposal as

presently. outlined is an
economic and en-
vironmental disaster.
Yours truly,
JE. Jahour

Chairman, T.A.A.S.K.

Brauns Island fire

Dear Editor:

I would like to send a big
thank you to the men of the
Volunteer Fire Department
from Thornhill for coming to
the fire at 4-2212 Archer on
Brauns Island. Their help
was greatly appreciated.

It seems strange to me
that they would come all
that distance to help out and
the local Fire Department
would not, But I must admit
they sent their Fire Chief
down to watch the house
burn to the ground.

Do we have to have people
die before this pig-headed

. City will smarten up and

service Brauns Island, It’s

not like Brauns Island is
miles out of the city and it's
not like the Fire Depart-
ment is so overworked that
they wouldn’t be able to
handle it. Just ask them how
many fires they had this
year and you will see for
yourself. Mayhe they're on
some kind of budget!

I don’t know what-it takes
to shake this town up but try
two major fires on Brauns
Island in one year, This is
something to think about
don't you think. Maybe
yours will be next. What

_ then?
Yours truly >
Mrs. G. Grayston

“ extravagent to'say the least.
Work on this apparently has

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editor

The Editor,
Dear Sir:

The Kitimat municipal
government’s proposal to
charter the Princess
Patricia for a convention in
my opinion STINKS,

At times when a lot of
people are hard pressed
council intends to blow an’
amount of money which will
be — even with the
delegates paying some of
the cost — excessive and

been going on for quite
awhile. Also the real reason
for the charter is not the
convention but. a
promotional tour of the oil
pipeline.
Personally, I am not too
badly off in spite of inflation
ers but look at
it this way. A worker got or
will get 6 percent which is
only a net increase of about
4 percent for most, but what

about the increases he has to
meet? To name a few:
liquor license 500 percent,
dog license 100 percent,
provincial sales tax 40
percent and municipal tax 7
percent and that after a
winter without snow.
And our council is going to
charter the Princess
Patricia at $22,000 a day
plus flights to and from
Vancouver for the
“dignitaries”? plus the cost

for the invited: guests from
“probably: all: sorts cof --

governments (ours. and
others) and industry, By the
way, a subsidy from thc
Regional District comes out
of my pocket too.

As far as not having any
convention centres here I
‘would take a second look. If
you want to “work” the
Legion or the high school
gym and facilities during

the weekend, spring breaks .

would do, as these did for
other groups in the past with

Luxury cruise ‘stinks"

as many or more delegates
(I have attended one).
Kitimat, Terrace,’ the
hotsprings and a couple of
buses could serve a con-
vention quite well.

. [hear all the time that the
region needs a ‘‘shot in the
arm”. Would not $100,000
plus spent right here do
rather well?

As for promoting the

Pipeline! I object that my
money is spent for that too,

Dam’) appéaling , ‘to’ the

residents of all the northern
communities to prevent
their representatives from
partaking in such a wasteful
enterprise.

It is my hope that enough
people will get together to
tell this council where to go
and bring in a new one
which will look after’ the
interest of the people and
not cater to the greed of.a
‘ew individvals. .

Dieter H. Wagner

Frank discussion

Dear Editor:

' Regarding your report of
the meeting between
Terrace Municipal Council
and the Chamber of Com-
merce, which was held to
iron out the past differences
between the two bodies.
Most persons taking part
expressed the opinion that
we should put everything on:
the table and have a frank
discussion. We did so and, I
feel, resolved most of the
roblems that have existed
‘or many years. It could be
argued that the media
should not have been

-present, however, as the

President of the Chamber of
Commerce is also a member
of CFTK staff, it seemed
only fair to invite the
newspaper to the meeting.

The report as printed in
your newspaper will not

Editor: -,

Kitimat the host city to the
North Central Municipality
Association. This means:

250 delegates plus guests
have to be flown to Van-
couver, board , the luxury
liner “Princess Patricia”
cruise up to Kitimat and
down to Vancouver and
have’ to be flown up north
again.

Excursion time five nights
and four days, daily rate
$22,000. The Working C
onvention sits around tables
“working” while cruising
along and taking in the
scenery of the north coast
and Douglas Channel (the
proposed oil tanker route
into the port of Kitimat),

Delegates, please, you
better do more Jooking than
working this time. It may be
the last time you see the .
north coast and the Douglas
Channel in all. its wild,”
unspoiled beauty and if you

contribute to solving
Terrace’s problems. The
discussion that took place
regarding Chsmber of
Commerce participation in
elections was indeed, very
timely, in view of the fact
that a percentage of the
persons in the room were
aware of the ‘Mayor's im-
pending resignation. :

Perhaps, Mr. Editor, you
ean be excused for the
misinterpretation as, ap-
parently, your paper was
not fully informed. of this
event, evidenced by the fact
that your paper did not
carry the news of the
miayor’s resignation.

Other positive matters
that arose from the meeting
were that the Chamber of
Commerce would continue
to operate the Tourist In-
formation facility during the

Luxury cruise

happen to see a fishing boat,
wave good-bye! Not only to
the boat, but to a way of lite.
And delegates have also a
good look at who. those
guests are, what nationality
they are and what business
of ‘theirs it is to be there.
Mr, Art Currie is quoted in
the Thursday, ‘March 3
Northern Sentinel article
“Convention cruise slated”
as saying: ‘‘I feel confident
that with community sup-
port ‘and a reasonable fare
structure for delegates and
guests’ we can
costs.” ‘
Who is the supportin;
public in this case? You an
I or the forever lamenting
merchants or could it be the
Kitimat Pipe Line Ltd,?
North Central Municipal
Association members like
Prince Rupert should be
very interested and con-
cerned, why Kitimat at the

time of the pipeline preposal apathetic.

meet . the

summer season on behalf of
the city for the sum of: two
thousand dollars. - This
amount is unchanged from
previous years. "
This meeting was one of a
series that council is having
with various organizations
in order to form a basis of
understanding and assist
council to find ways of
solving the problems that
have beset our community.
I, and my fellow
colleagues I am sure, find
them very beneficial.
Unless we can talk freely
with one another, it is.very
difficult to arrive at a
solution. May I ask for your

tolerance and un-
derstanding in our hour of
need,
Sincere]
Vie Jolliffe
Alderman

makes the oil tanker route a
convention place. I am very
interested too as a citizen of
this town, because I have
absolutely no say in -how
much tax I have to pay.and
how it is spent, I only feel
sorry now, I had a say on.
WHO spends it.

Surely Kitimat and
Terrace area combined
could accommodate 250
people. The delegates are
accustomed to local con-
ditions and these obstacles
have been solved during ‘
prior conventions.

if Kitimat has to advertise
the availability. of spending
money. to. :” other
municipalities, non-elected
citizens can come up with
better ideas, like a generous
property tax reduction for
Senior citizens. Perhaps
more people would retire
right here and would not

ow themselves to grow 80

Ilse Lange