A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 25, 1998

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Treaty views found
distorted, clumsy

Dear Sir:

It’s not everyday that I agree with David
Black, But in his recent opinion piece on
the Nisga'a Treaty (The Terrace Standard,
Nov. 18, 1998) he hit the nail on the head
when he sald people will call him an
“alarmist”? and admitted most would not
believe what he has to say on the trealy,

Tf Mr. Black sounds defensive,..it’s for
good reason. His views are based on distor-
tions and half-truths clumsily constructed to
pit British Columbians against each other,

For instance, Mr. Black suggests the
treaty will Jead to the creation of
“homelands” throughout B.C. This is
simply fearmongering. In fact, the treaty
marks the beginning of the end of the
homeland-style reserve system that current-
ly exists under the Indian Act.

Under the Indian Act, aboriginal people
have special privileges based upon their
race, While non-aboriginal people living on
Indian Reserves have had no rights. Under
the treaty, the Nisga’a will be subject to
taxes, and the Canadian Constitution and
Charter of Rights and Freedoms wil! apply.
The agreement also enhances rights and
protections for non-Nisga’a living within
the boundaries of Nisga’a lands. __

Mr. Black’s description of the treaty as

.communistic is more laughable than
alarmist. We already have a system in
which ninety-three percent of land in B.C.
is Crown land, held by the government on
behalf of the people of B.C,

That land, as everyone knows, can then
be licensed for resource extraction, set
aside for recreational use and so on.

This system, which is essentially
reproduced in the Nisga’a Treaty, is com-
pletely compatible with even the most
laissez-faire of free enterprise economies. It
Still allows private property to be owned by
individuals and corporations. The Nisga’a
will now have the opportunity and incen-
tives to invest, run businesses and profit,
just like the rest of us,

Using Mr. Black's definition, any system
where land is held for citizens by govemn-
ments — including those in B.C., other Ca-
nadian provinces and the United States —
are communistic.

I agree with Mr. Black that we must have
a full and open debate on the Nisga’a
agreement, but he does a disservice when
his participation in this.debate is based on
inaccuracy and distortion.

Dale Lovick,
Minister of Aboriginal Affairs,
Victoria, B.C,

More nurses needed

Dear Sir: .

The lead story in the Nov, 18 The Ter-
race Standard caught my attention because
the British Columbia Nurses’ Union
(BCNUV) is in contract negotiations.

Local physicians, like others in rural B.C.
are asking for compensation when they are
on call at $20-$40 per hour.

Want to know what a nurse makes on call
per hour? A loonie. Does this make sense?

For about $21.96 to $25.97 per hour, you
can actually have a nurse on duty, looking
after a patient at the bedside or in the com-
munity!

Did you know that nurses are settling for
a 0: per cent wage increase over the next
two years and a 2 per cent increase in the
third year like many of the other unions?

Wage increases are not the issue. The
quality of care that we can give our patients
is. | A. thousind’ ‘nursing positions ‘were’
deleted between 1993 ta 1995. This means
there are‘less nurses to provide health care
at the bedside and in the community,

There have been numerous complaints
about patient care in our community in the

paper.

We have a hospital that typically runs at
35 beds but has the nursing staff budget for
25 beds. That means patient care staff are
looking after 10 more patients than the hos-
pilal is funded for.

There is an offer on the table for 500
nursing positions. I do not think this is
enough to solve the problem when a thou-
sand were deleted in the first place, the
patients are sicker and community nurses
are being asked to deliver more and more
programs with the same number of nurses,

The health ministry, and the Hospital
Employers Association of British Columbia
will need to be more realistic about provid-
ing more nurses to look after you and your
family so that you can receive the quality
cate you deserve,

If you would like to support the nurses in
your community, let our local MLA and
health ‘minister Penny Priddy know, The
BCNU Union could use your help in ensur-
ing quality health care that our families
deserve,

Ester Brisch, Terrace, B.C.

Leave markers alone

Dear Sir: .

A couple of years ago, we bought grave
markers to place on our parents’ grave in
the. new cemetery, _

‘This: was done so we could find the
graves in the wittter time when snow had
covered the headstones.

We. were notified by letter early this fall
that they had to be removed, I contacted the
parks and recreation department and after
some discussion was told the grave markers
were acceptable and I understood they
could be left in the cemetery for the winter.

We went recently to visit. out parents
grave site and found not only our grave

Driver should

Dear Sir:

A letter in your Nov. 11 issue prompts me
to record a similar instance regarding a rude
motorist. Around Sept. 20, at 7 a.m. I was
returning from Copperside Il to my
residence at the Willows. Nearing the
crosswalk J saw a blue car speeding toward
me some 400-500 yards distant.

It was obvious he was not slackening his
speed, so I slowed down as I approached
the middle of the cross-walk.

markers removed, but every other marker
from other graves removed as well.

On the map we were given it says fences,
etc. are allowed in that section of the
cemetery.

As far as damage to headstones in the
winter time goes, if the graves were
marked, there shouldn't be any damage
done while other graves are being dug.

J feel that the city had no right to remove
our markers or flowers,

Even in death the bureaucrats won't let
you rest in peace.

Belva Suider,
‘ - Terrace, B.C,

know beiter

He sped right past me standing in the
signed crosswalk. All I could do was to
shout ‘‘idiot’’ and shake my fist. Had my
binoculars been around my ncck I might
have noted his licence number.

Do such drivers not realize they would be

in serious trouble if they knocked over a |

pedestrian in a crosswalk? Perhaps he
should ask himself how he would feel were
the roles reversed!

Floyd Dean, Terrace, B.C.

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