alae > BY Pe OCR Or A . PAPA a tae Pe me OA SA RR ROAR RAR ARKRAR RAR RB ERE NDP opposition to mining plan assailed by cabinet minister FEDERAL NDP Opposition to approval of the Tulsequah Chief mine in the far north- » west is evidence the pro- vincial NDP is anti-mining. a Liberal cabinet minister says. . Pat Bell. the minister of state for mining. Went on the attack. after Skeena-Bulk- Jey NDP MP Nathan Cul-’ len and other. federal New Democrats called on federal - fisheries officials to tear up their tentative approval of the mine. , Pat Bell “At least we know now that Mr. Cullen, James and everyone else has come out of the closet and’ clearly said they’re against mining,” Bell said. He ‘said the ~Tulsequah | Chief mine on the Taku River has been “studied ‘to death” and has all necessary approvals from. the prov- ince. ve If developed, the mine would generate 260 new _ Vironmentally . manner,” Carole. jobs and $150 million. Bell said. “We think a project like Tulsequah “Chief makes a tremendous amount of ‘ sense.” The kev issue for oppo-. nents is the 160-kilometre access road through remote Wilderness south of Adin. The road would in theory be decommissioned after the mine's eight-vear life ends. But Cullen said more mines could be found ex- tending its use and subject- ing.the environment to lon- ger term effects. Bell said he hopes more mines are found in the area. “We're actually in favour: of. those kinds of invest- ments,” he said. “There's nothing I‘d like better than ‘for us to find more mines that can be mined in an en- responsible “Clearly there's a differ- ence in philosophy,” he add- ed. “We embrace the mining -industry and we think it can - be great for tural communi- ties.” Beli said the federal De- partment of Fisheries and Oceans is one of the tough- est’ regulating agencies | in the world. 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