Vol. 3,1ssue No. 49

GEORGE PETTY: We have to have
access to markets.

. ‘TERRACE — George Petty,
Chairman and Chief Executive

Officer of the Skeena Cellulose
parent company, Repap Enter-
prises, said-in Terrace last Satur-°

day that free trade with the
United States is the key ‘to
economic prosperity in Canada
- and will lay the cornerstone for

“new industry in the Northwest. .

‘by Tod Strachan

According to Petty, if a free
trade agreement were establish-
~ed Repap would be in a position

to make a commitment for the

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TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, December 9; 1987

_ Massive investment for Northwest seen
as one result of free trade agreement |

construction of a new pulp mill

and a. “value added’? coated
paper manufacturing. plant’ in

Prince Rupert. But he added,
STF we don’t ‘have- access to

those .markets it. will .be- eX-
ceedingly difficult”. —

_ “Nothing — happens unless
somebody is willing to. buy

_ something, and if. you have a
market of 250 million people
that you have access to, you

have an opportunity. to

Strengthen your economic’ base
-and make the capital. com-
Mitments for new equipment,”

Petty said. ‘‘What-you need is
assurance of. long. term ac-
cessibility.”?

Petty said Repap_ has ‘just
completed a $400 million coated

paper complex at Miramichi,

New Brunswick, and 75 percent
of its production is destined for
the U.S. market. ‘“‘If we didn’t

have access to that kind of a.

market it would be very difficult

to justify that kind of ‘invest-

ment,”’ he said.

“7 think it’s of terrific impor-
tance that we as Canadians give
a lot of thought to this Oppor-
tunity -because it’s my impres-
sion that it.can make a signifi-

cant difference and increase our

standard of living,”

Petty explained that the value.

of the U.S. market feat
more clear when it’s understood

that the European market of 300

million consumers was closed by
a nine’ percent tariff and the
Japanese are only interested in.
purchasing pulp. He said this

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means that the only market open
to the Canadian coated paper
manufacturer is the U.S.

He added that he is not con-
cerned. when asked about the
security of Canadian social ser-
Vices and the ability of Canadian

industry to compete successfully -

on the open U.S. market.

“‘My basic position is this,”’
he said. ‘‘The Americans will
probably like some of our social.

DIA plan

themselves.

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services so well that they'lt me

plement some of those things
We. have spruce
fibre which is better than
anything they have in the U.S.
for the manufacture of highly
value-added: paper. We have an
energetic ‘population. A. -well-

educated population. We. have.~

access to. water. We have the.

resources, . the: energy, and we.

‘continued on page 23°

termed ~

‘empty promises’

TERRACE — Promises to

minimize the Federal Depart- .

ment of Indian and Northern
Affairs (DIA) involvement and
give native. people self-
government are “empty pro-
mises” and may. represent the
long-range goal of the federal

government, according to Kit-.
_| sumkalum © Chief-’ ~Counsil or
| Cliff Bolton. etn

_by. Tod: ‘Strachan ©

“Under "present government

policy, the Terrace Indian . Af-
fairs office would be one of five
field offices left in B.C. when

_ the government implements year
three of a five-year reorganiza-

tion plan on Apr: 1, 1988,

The’ plan ~ calls’: ‘for. “the -
Hazelton office to be cut. from ~
13 to five positions and placed .
under the diréction of the Ter-
race office, which will also lose

one position.

At the same time, DIA: would .
fund the. Gitksan-Wet'suwet’en

Government Commission for six

_ Positions: to. provide advisory

= hg services: in ‘band: finances, . plane)...
ning). capital. management: and."

local government to. the cight -

Hazelton bands. -

According . to ‘information :

released by DIA, the department

‘has reorganized its field offices -
to more. accurately reflect the

continued on page 24

The Terrace Child Development Centre received & an n unexpected windfall last week in the form of a brand new van,
‘Canada, Terrace Chrysler and the Rotary Club, for transporting their young clients. The van was built by Chrysler Canad
vehicle for transporting handicapped passengers and was displayed at Expo 66. Present at the transfer of ownership w
‘Development Centre board member Geoff Appleton, Terraceview Lodge representatives Ken Boyd and Kathleen Dal

proprietor Herman Onstein, Terrace Rotary Club president Mark Twyford, a group of quality-control ins

courtesy of Chrysler
4 as a demonstration
ere (laft to right) Child
atty, Terraca Chrysler
ctora from the center who checked

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out the wheelchalr ramp, Chiid Developm ment Centre board chair person Vivian Steele who received the keys from Chrysler Canada: ‘fepresen- e
tative Glenn Cooper, and Mayor Jack Talstra and Centre program director Maureen McGuire. a