A12- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 13, 2002 City hopefuls charged up by idea of Alcan power sales Ry JEFF NAGEL MOST city council candi- dates want to allow the sale of Alcan power oul- side Kitimat — but not be- yond the northwest. Several candidates: at last week's election forum said the lure of inexpen- sive electricity from Alcan’s -Kemano - gener- ators shouldbe used to at- tract new industry to’ Ter- tace and other parts of the region. The idea is fiercely op- posed by Kitimat council, which fears -it opens the door to energy exports by Alcan and the loss of up to 1,000 jobs in Kitimat when the aluminum smelter there is modernized. Some audience questio- ners pushed candidates here to back Kitimat and lobby the province to en- force the 1950 agreement that restricts power sales to the “vicinity of ‘the works.” “These are contracts that are 50 years ago,” councillor Ron Vanderlee said. “Why should Kitimat alone be allowed to get the benefits from the power that is there? This is something that should be done: regionally.” Most candidates agreed the northwest has to be vi- gilant power doesn’t go beyond this region. “Alcan appears to have additional power they seem to want to sell all over the countryside,” David Hull said. “My posi- tion is that power should be used in the northwest — and the northwest being Kitimal, Terrace Smithers and Rupert. That should b the extent of it.” He noted vast parts of the Nechako watershed were flooded and remain underwater so electricity could develop the. region. “We: should be crealing jobs in, the northwest for northwest people — stabi- lize our economy not somewhere in the United States,” he said to a round of applause. Challenger Allan MeiIn- tyre sounded a more cau- tionary note, saying the idea could lead to wide open power sales by Alcan. “I liken it to a floodgate,” McIntyre said. Pot party affiliation to be on the ballot BOB ERB will appear on the ballot as a mayoral candidate with the Terrace Marijuana Party. Whether his requested party affiliation would ap- pear was in doubt initially as election officials weren't sure it complied with the rules. . To appear on a ballot, a party must have been in existence 60 days -and have al least 50. signed members who are eligible voters, “We contacted the British Columbia Marijua- na Party and they con- firmed it,” said returning officer Elaine Johnson. Erb is the only. challen- ger squaring off against veteran Terrace mayor Jack Talstra in the Nov. 16 election. ; Meanwhile, Johnson sald early voling was slow al an advance poll last Wednesday. “We had 52 voters,” she said. “That's low.” www.piteh-in.ca Allan Mcintyre “Hf you open it a little bit it might burst open.” He also warned that Ki- timat council, which op- poses Alcan power sales outside of its community, should “be mindful of the relationship it wants with its largest corparate bene- factor.” ; “We really have to be conscious -of the jobs in Kitimat,” added- Stew Christensen. “There’s a huge amount of shopping done by Kitimat people in our community that: will disappear if we squander | the power.” Marylin Davies predic- ted it will be possible to reach a new deal with Alcan that allows power sales benefiting the region. “Agreements that are 50 years old do need revisit- ing,” she said. Kitimat officials have _.. 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