PAGE 4, THE HERALD, Wednesday, June 29. 1977

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As others see us

Rupert writer
blasts Herald —

and Kitimat —

By LESLIE YATES
Prince Rupert Daily News

The three-way tug-of-war between Prince
Rupert, Terrace and Kitimat for provincial and
federal development dollars is an interesting
verbal game, and always, sour grapes seems to
have a way of inducing irrational mutterings from
the losing players. )

It is reasonable that Kitimat would be upset over | |

the province’s decision to initiate a mainline ferry
service between the lower mainland and. Prince
Rupert and a feeder service from Ru to

outlying communities, excluding Kitimat for. the .

time being. ,

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Presidency has been largely

But it is certainly unreasonable for Kitimat’s’
mayor George Thom tosay ‘politics’ was the root of
his town’s disfavor. oo

The decision has nothing to do with economics, he
says, because Kitimat has done studies which
clearly suggest Alcanville is the logical place for a
northern ferry terminus. Through clever
deduction, Thom concludes it must have been an ill-
conceived political plot. :

It is possible that Prince Rupert's NDP MLA
Graham Lea has more political punch within the
Social Credit party than Kitimat’s Socred MLA

Cyril Shelford? Hardly. If Lea does have more
influence there is something wrong with the

electorate of the Terrace-Kitimat area, si.
So trying to analyse the situation rationally, |

: Kitimat (and the Terrace Herald) should consider’ -

a few less self-serving points. os
Off the top, Kitimat had no drastic curtailment of

Prince Rupert, the Queen Charlotte Islands and
communities between Prince Rupert and Stewart
Obviously these communities, especially those on

the Queen Charlottes and the Portland Canal, were :

subjected to an unreasonable decline in the

regularity of service and an increase in tariffs by -

the company which attempted. to: replace
Northland. ae

So it would seem senior government had ‘an.
obligation to at least re-introduce a reasonable -

level of passenger and freight service to: these .

communities before thinking of significant wharf. ©
development in a place which at best lost nothing in | pate faut
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the way of service in the last year.

Kitimat’s answer to such a suggestion was that a‘.

feeder service could be established from its yet-to-
be built docks to the Queen Charlottes and Portland

Canal communities. A serious look at any coast
map would lay fog over the economics of such 'a-

move. Coots
At least Prince Rupert has docking facilities
which require no capital expenditure by the

province and to boot wi

off facility installed at the $25 million Fairview ..
wharf courtesy of the federal government. It would |

be reasonable for the province to take advantage of
existing facilities and ones that will be completed
within a year. ;

An argument presented by Thom and Herald
concludes that since $30 million is to be spent on
Highway 37, Kitimat is the logical ferry terminus
because it will have a more direct link to Stewart
and northern B.C. On top of that tourists wouldn’t
be subjected to extra miles of ‘‘avalanche ridden’
highway, they say.

The facts that the last avalanche was years ago,
the stretch is slowly being upgraded to civilized
standards and the tourists might enjoy a little
fantasy adventure along the Skeena, are beside the
point. Even Thom likely wouldn’t bet money on
Highway 37 being open year round to Stewart
within three years.

And when it comes to tourist facilities for in and
outbound ferry passengers, Kitimat has little to
offer, as was evident in the acceptance of a $25,000
donation from oil interests to allow it to host a
municipal convention aboard a ship.

As Dr. William Hick, B.C. Ferry Corporation
director, pointed out last week, Kitimat will have a
role to play in ferry developments, it will simply
have to be patient until past levels of service are
**eblished on the north coast. co
_ &.' gince patience isn’tan edict, Kitimat could at
Cast ake its protest rational - as could any one of
1 oe us yors who happen to lose a match.

: The U.S. Con

Carter’s °

have a large roll-on roll- -

LONDON (CP) — Britaisi
completes its six-month turn
in presidency of the
European Economic
Community (EEC) -this
-week and few European ob-
servers seem sorry to see a

change. 7
The Guardian's EEC
corresportent reports that
“privately, a great many
liticians in other Common
ket countries look back
with bitterness
Misillusion -to the past six

“months.”

And .The Times reports
that “The British

rren of either significant

~ achievement or sensation.”

and.

EEC ministers—ruthlessly

_used its chairmanship of the

pursue the government’s .

top EEC committees to

interests,
eventing

own’ national
sometimes by

' agreement completely. -

The general charge is that .

the: British cabinet—which
includes some openly anti-

Under EEC rules, the nine
member countries take
turns in the presidency.
CONTROL SHIFTED

British Foreign Secretary
David Owen ‘will pass the.
gavel to Belgian Foreign
Minister’ Henri Simonet,
andnwith it control ayer
much of the: business of the
BEC’s ministerial bodies.

The Guardian quotes a
Danish diplomat as. saying
the British. “leave the
community in'a hell of a
mess.” :

. “In too many cases,” said

a

a Luxembour
“they simply abused their:
position in running EEC
meetings.”

And a French diplomat .

wryly explained: ‘We

follow our own national:

interests as well, but we do™

not do so in such an obvious

and counter-produc tive way

as the British.”
Tme list of |

disappolntments is familiar.
to bur

uropeans who -folléw:
EEC affairs, with little oro
agreement reached in such
fields as energy, pollution
control, unemployment and .
farm policies. oS
Part of the. ‘blame has:
been attributed to the.

d to the Labor
“government's Jongstanding :
EEC

coolness. toward”,
membership.

official,

‘farm °

-cheap-food.

| Interpreting the news .

British fail at helm of

.. Anti-market Agriculture
‘Minister. .John Silkin: has

been: frequently criticized.

for his hostility to thé-EEC
rogram, «which: ove it, ¢ :
.. EEC ‘commission staffed by -

rejects Britain’s traditional
food. policy.’ “by
maintaining. high prices
through import barriers and:
stockpiles: of European
foodstufis. Pe

WINS APPLAUSE :...:"" -

-Biti-The. Times reports:
that’ :-another. anti-EEC.
minister,-Energy Secre
Tony Benn, “‘has« been
widely

cool and: non-partisan: han. °
“diing" of energy meetings.

““Someof the i

Aisappointment, with “the.
British’ presidency ‘of :the:
iC council of ministers appears" -
partly due-to the uncertain -

a
ri

ye

rie

Wl:

77%

m™ DD, PACE O ”

’ WASHINGTON: (CP) -
ess is ready

funding for

to approve f

-brough

arasites into

. Manitoba fish stocks.

the Garrison diversion |

project, despite President

so itdoes not pollute
ian waters,

causing

-The $610 million North
tion project, in
its originally planned form
would : have: contamina

‘Manitoba = waters | and.

| Business spopiant

HAMILTON, Ont. (CP) —
Mohawk College has
announced plans to start a
new, three-year course in
September to produce
technologists in energy con-
servation

; recommendation.
-\that the project be reduced
| insca
‘The .imminent.
‘congressional -action,.
.however, - is .
‘Canadian officials virtually
‘no immediate concert. -

That danger and protests
by - Manitoba spurred

‘Canadian diplomats to take

unusually - sharp action last
winter, delivering .a formal
note of protest to the United .

- States. .

-House of Representatives

and
appropriations .commeédttee

The college launched the.

course after a survey of 100
area industries to test their
attitude towards the need
for such a program.
Recruits will come mainly

from high school for they

program called the energy

systems engineering
technology course.
Enrolment is already
under way for the course
designed to train specialists
to monitor all aspects of
energy use and to devise
methods of cutting costs to

industry

“We know that the upper
levels of industry are very
much aware of the need for
conservation,” said Adrian
Tumber, chairman of
Mohawk's physical fciences
department who helped

the U.S. ..Semate
to proceed with the project, .
there is no official Canadian
‘The basic reason is’ ©
U.S. foreign-policy

launch the new program.

“But the urgency is not
filtering down fast enough to
the operating levels, except
where industries are blessed
with forward-looking plant
engineers.”

Tumber said the course
will also attempt to produce
technicians who will be able
to give’ their employers a
new outlook on energy uses.

“Their job will be to
create & new awareness, a
new attitude and show the
way toward new
developments in alternative
energy sources.” |

E.G, Kristufek, a member
of the '
department, said energy is
most often regarded as part
of a company’s overhead.

“There is a need for
someone. to be able to ask
why a certain amount of
money is being spent on
energy and whether savings
can be incurred.”

In determining the cost of
new plants or office

; + a +, + Official said..
. But this summer, even in, °.
the face of votes. by the
‘state department promised

‘Canada .- until’ af

Tumber's _

ne

‘seuousSty , 17 wor Aw 1880E W ove AnRece Erries Haney!”
ca DESPITE CARTER'S OPPOSITION’ °°
coveceteusés:* Garrison approval soon —

commitments: and court
action byU.S. .
environmentalists have .
made the congressional
action academic, at least for
the next your. ee
«Canada is.fully protected

‘at this time,” one Canadian

In response to’ the fornial
Canadian. protest, the U.S.
that there would-be no work
the project most affecting

ntil ”, after «) the. °
Internationak “Joint:

Commission IFC-completes -

a study on the project. and

buildings, he said

‘Management.. tends: to

overlook added:
expenditures that could.
save money.
ALTER PRIORITIES
‘Consequently such
things as heat-recovery
systems and provisions for
optimum use of generating ©
and distribution capacities

usually get low priority even —

though they will be eco-
nomically justifiednin the
long term.”

Kristufek said there has to
be some kind of energy audit
that relates to production as
well,
“Somebody should be able
to work out the price of.
energy and how it applies to
the price of the product
being manufactured,” he
said, :
“That's the kind of ben-
chmark that will be
important to industry and
our graduates. will be
trained tolook for that kind
of assessment.”

a ce

the two

study.

The study is expected, to
_ be issued in mid-August and |
- “presumably .at least ‘will.
partially reflect the yiews of .
JC: experts’. who. haye.
‘submitted a technical report - ,-
: suggesting: a.:minimum - of
_ $49 million in modifications . -

protect Manitoba. waters.

ind safe.
»& laws

ard, *..
t against -

. In Ma
the inter dt department was :

settled’ out-of-court haltirig ~
‘most ‘work. on. the project *

until ‘a comprehensive new*

" -environmental impact | -

statement can be filed.:

- The statement:-is: to’. be -

— Technologists training see
in conserving energy —

tb vote again on’the project. .
Takes Precedence. =

The project's defenders —
have argued that. the
executive branch may. not-
impound ‘funds passed by
Congress, ‘but the House of
Representatives has agreed .
that -‘the- out-of-court

settlement: takes.

recedence over their

udget appropriation.

- And should Congress vote
next year to proceed with
the entire project, they will
again have to contend with
the White House. .

White ‘House policy

announced in April, is ‘that
the project.is wasteful: it
would irrigate 250,000 acres
but would cost $1,992 for
each of those acres and
would also use up 220,000
acres of other productive
and.” .

Carter accordingly
proposed that only $134
on more be spent on the
roject, compared with the
36 million it would cost to
complete it as originally
planned. About $172 million
already hasbeen allocated.
for the project. =:

ry r
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3

place: of the’éounell iteelf—

sqeezed awkwardly between.” det
: the ‘political fupremacy of: © former -
Council of. -

the summit-leve.

Europe above it, snd. the

civil servants below it.

“The truth is that it-does ©

not make much difference

which country holds : the ”.
. presidency,” ‘The Times’ .

‘Feporter concludes. |.
. The. Council -of: Europ

ri
tary. bringing together Abe EEC Har
applauded for his’ uctsters: took shape onia”-

TFeview

ster break.

edit Government, |.
conditions this will:

‘regular

Harold: says . the.
Mbit has ho. legal

2
7 . Bre ‘ Se es.
dd oe eee es ote foo,
re Ain Vo ey ee a ‘
. - nae a rt rd >
. 4 : ‘,

regular . institution, of Be
“decisive ‘importance,”’. says wo . :

ne jadnieter

Harold Wileon

se.

‘decisionmaking

EEC, inserting a new

political ‘dimension : never

founding

-— The Session has been-going'for two week |
- little-improvement from the repetition,‘and delays that
plagued the Legislature for the three months prior tothe”

‘weeks now with

+ "Tip most important piets of Legialation to-come in this * -< --
“ period so far is the. Municipal Sharing Act which is’
tely thie best legislation brought in by the present Social -

With” improving: * Economic. ...
mean a ‘substantial increase for the’.

Municipal and Regional District:,. ..

The improving export picture ig'very encouraging with .

lumber. up. ‘a

-. exports up, 17,6 percent he first'quarter of 1977 and: os

 4g'8.-.percent’ which | {

encouraging to off-set a drop in plywood and pulp.

“in avery real’senge it

has become the principal .

contemplated: by the  __
fathers -20 years 2) .-

national |
_ governments review the .

ut even if the-final T5C |

: L ‘sroeubapedt ‘does not : produce ..
on the.Lonetree reservoir~ “modifications sufficient, (0
“protect. Manitoba, Canada *.
has 2 8600: ,

- However, we shouldn’t be over confident, as‘ the main
problem. areas inflation‘and excessive high: production
costs are still serious ebstacles to foreign trade and new -

‘secondary industry development.” .

No doubt with imiproved road connections to.the North :
_ with the target date for paving the road from Ritwanga .
' ‘to the Nass - 1979 will’

' bring massive tourist trade
increases to all areas from Smithers to Prince Rupert,
including Terrace and Kitimat. . ,

We also hope tosee a link though from Hazelton to the

-. Nass, which wil Palo, a ap tourist link and.
*“"@ Vast . recr ares. at-. r
"el oymiant of ©  ribitore di: Sen

‘ y people-and towns féar extra links - thinking they
will be left out, but experience in other areas leave little
doubt that all areas gain as the total number of tourists
increases so much that noone getsleftout. — .

_All of us must push hard to get extra service for the

eo areas.- as I pointed .out in a: letter this week to Mr.

Gallagher, Manager cf the B.C. Ferries.Corporation this
is even more important when we don’t as yet have a
director on the B.C. Ferries Board. -

. asked Mr. Gallagher and the Board to take a new look —

at Kitimat, as I’m convinced they don't ag yet really:
understand. the Northern Transportation and
Development Plan for the North-West; which not only
wouldn't take anything.away. from Prince Rupert, but
would add services to that area when the twelve hour run
from Port Hardy to Prince Rupért gtarisin i979. =
They mention also going into Kitimat on this run, but I
would -point .out’ -tl

ransportation “plan for’ ‘the ‘North West, as: trucks

woul
asking for a coastal: ferry and highway system to
a Alaska.”

_ Northern British Columbia; the Yukon an

+

_ West and all Brifish Colum

truck-trailers’ wayld:.be delivered:
~ Proyince ‘to. Kitimat; ‘saying -fuel-
“driyers, : Plug an extra route for. the.tourists, which will
* Increase. 4 ant ‘ wom, on A .
',' TE we don’t develop -this-route * then Edmonton will’.

" This:could-be called: an énergy: saving. r'

half ‘way. v

-and: the cost‘ of two -
by. four or five: times

teplace’ Vancouver’ as the supply cehtre‘of the North,

bia wilt foose dut.to Alberta.

1

“blocked: by,.government ~

| OTTAWA. (CP). —" ‘The
Commons.’ supported: ..a

ate storie A

is ‘not the’.development and.
t want togoto Veitcouyer Island. Weare simply *

-roite - where <|

The’ fishéries “legislation

roposal” Tuesday to :-ban-
from “t -ice floes people
who want to. disrupt’

annual East Coast seal hunt. :
‘The-ban is aimed only at .
those trying to. disrupt the.

hunt. Journalists. and other |

observers would still be able
to witriess the ‘hunt
Newfoundland MP Bill
Rompkey said in the
Commons.

Rompkey and fellow New-
foundlander Jack Marshall
(PC-—Humber-St. Georges-
St, Barbe) made the
proposal in an amendment

o fisheries legislation
undergoing report stage de- |
bate in the Commons, The

bill. still needs final
approval, -
The only criticism came-

from British Columbia MP
Stu Leggatt (NDP—New
Westminster) who said the
move could. mean that
“pedple may think we are
trying to hide something
‘that we don’t need to hide.”

The Rompkey-Marshall
proposal could appear as an
attempt to censor the hunt
tather than censure those
who disrupt the hunters, he
said." ya ma

‘toughens : penalties ‘against... net |

poachers: .of: fish’, ‘and...
polluters ‘of “waterways*."

where fish‘are found. . ;-
DISRUPT WORK

- Rompkey ‘said. people
can't .-disrupt: loggers, .

- Miners and fighermen who — -
are legitimately: working

“but. this spring we ha
pt

pecple Gisrupting' the seal
unt, depriving:the hunters
‘of-income,” |” a

: The améndinent would re-
‘quire all non-hinters ‘to get
érmission ‘from . the

%

- fisherles minister.to be. on

the. ice. They’ would be
required to wear badges
that: fishery. officers could
readily spot,

Earlier the Commons
turned down a Leggatt
proposal that would have
iven the fisheries minister

@ power to close mercury:
contaminated rivers to

fishermen.

Leggatt said the National
Indian Brotherhood had
asked for ‘the amendment
and it was time Ottawa
showed leadership in the
issue as provinces are tol

willing to act.

rr erry