AG - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 25, 2000 More letters Dream could be nightmare Dear Sir: Thanks to the provincial forestry for not logging this non-Nisga’a community watershed. It’s really been a lifesaver for the old and crippled people of this community here in the Nass Valley who can’t pack water anymore. I hope the Nisga’a will do the same. However wards like hope, might, maybe or probably should not need to be used where a trealy is concerned, The very es- Warning Dear Sir: Canada again without much public knowledge is getting suckered into an- other U.S. crusade in Co- lombia. The official pur- pose we are informed is that of helping curtail drug production and export, Recently departed for- eign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy weakly blurted that Canada would be con- tributing some police to help induce democratic law, U.S. style. Anyone making a study of American foreign poli- cies will conclude really what’s happening here. Being sick and tired of U.S. dominance in the Americas, Colombia has a strong prowing socialist movement to rid them- selves of U.S. capitalist dominance. The execnse, drugs, gives the U.S. the chance to pour billions of dollars and military hardware to support their puppet, put down the people and es- tablish a base of domi- nance in that area. Canada with it’s long standing subservient ad- herence to the US will quite possibly be requested to send troops in the future, The drug saturated soc- iety of the U.S. is where the problem rests, not‘ in-- Colombia, Thailand or anywhere else. Doug Bulleid, Terrace, B.C. sence and purpose of a treaty is to know exactly where you stand at all times. Tom Molloy’s book, The World is Our Witness, makes, a nice story but falls short of the truth when it cames to third party involvement. His book appears to ad- dress all third party con- cerns as though they were — actually negotiated with the Nisga’a. These third party negotiations were only information related meetings under the puide- lines of a mandate called, “Nisga’a Negotiations Openness Protocol”. There is no actual man- date with the Canadian governments to deal with most of the important third party issues. This treaty has now be- come a precedent and the same short-comings can be expected in all future un- settled land claims. This is the reason I’ve been fight-_ ing my failed battle for so long. This treaty is the most important one in regard to precedent setting issues. It was So important to get it right the first time. I’m sory B.C., [ tried my bese. Mr. Molloy seems proud of the fact that it was 40 hours before the negotia- tions got any sleep before the treaty was signed. He mentions that one of the Nisga’a lawyers direc- ted the Canadian negotia- tors to put all their cards on the table. Were these guys actu- ally playing cards. all night? I hope they're not going to say they were ne- gotiating a document as important as the Nisga’a Treaty without sleeping for 40 hours when they all had rooms in the same hotel where the negotiations were held. Or could it be they had to have a deal signed be- fore then Premier Glen Clark arrived. Maybe that’s the real reason why some areas of the treaty are net even completed yet and are left wide open for completion at a later date even though lhe Canadian negotiators have already signed the trealy. This treaty has all the makings of a lawyer’s dream and a citizen’s nightmare. Lloyd Brinson, Nass Camp, B.C. Lower the heat, save money Dear Sir: If School District 82 is truly concerned about _ the high cost of heating schools, they could re- wire school gymnasiums so that the janitor on duty could lower the temperature of the gym in the evening while adults are playing floor hockey or other active sports. More than once, in the coldest part of winter, I’ve driven past Thornhill Junior Secondary School on a Saturday morning to see both doors propped fully open while white fog poured out. And at Copper Mountain, when the men play floor hockey after supper, they, too, must prop open the doors to lower the temperature to a comfortable reading because there’s no way to lower the thermostat. Yet the furnace heats stea- dily. , Claudette Sandecki, Terrace,B.C. Our new Special Edition Forester is sure to be a big hit It’s been released in celebration of 65 months of increased Subaru sales in Canada. You'll recognize this special model by its beautiful Financing Starting At 3.8% “GLORIOUS! “ Blue Ridge Pearl colour. No other Forester has ever been made with this stunning finish. And it’s accented by DLR #7041 "3026 Hlghwvay 16 Fast, Terrace BLUE RIDGE SE J we're So excited. BRITISH COLUMBIA . Thornhill Motors:.- THE REVIEWS ARE IN! “DONT MISS ITH, “wwe ww (So we're a little biased.) . 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