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: Dear Sir:

The recent full page, pro-

’ Alcan power sales ad leaves
; me wondering.

The strategy of trying to

: obtain maximum jobs from
: public resources such as hy-

dro-electric power, timber

' etc. simply eludes these not-

‘Very-astute business “lead-
ers?
Weren't they the same

‘bunch. that burst into the
* council chambers © demand-

’ deep

ing that the City of Ter-
race give New Skeena For-
est Products (aka NSF)a
“break” on paying munici-
pal back-taxes so that the.
sawmill would open? Have
they learned nothing from
this fiasco and their lapse
_in.good judgement that left
“the public holding the tax
bag?

Apparently not. Now they °

are at it again, supporting a
huge multi-national corpo-

ration that is more interested

Stop using

our money.
to buy |
our votes

Dear Sir:

’ Like’ many British Co-
lumbians I have become dis-
illusioned over the spending
binge ,being: carried out by
the provincial, Liberal gov-

ernment during this election

campai gn.

The provincial Liberal .

. government, shortly after
being elected in 2001, made
spending

and huge staff - reductions

to, government ministries, | :

resulting i in an extensive re-
duction in services to British
-Columbians and communi-
ties.

Small rural communities
were particularly hard. hit
with the loss: of many ser-

vices, along with long term .

stable jobs. .
Court. houses, correction
facilities such as the one in

Terrace were closed or con- ;

solidated into larger com-
munities.
_ The inconvenience to
‘ many residents of the prov-

‘ ince has been extensive-and ~|

‘ unnecessary.
‘ Much of the windfall
money that the province has

received through taxes and ©

royalties has been as a result
of low interest rates spur-
ring a booming construc-
tion industry on the Lower
Mainland, Vancouver Island
and the Okanagan Valley

and high commodity prices

for natural resources.

Much of this money °

should have been directed”
back to important programs

~ and ministries that are starv-

ing for staff and larger bud-
gets to provide us with the
‘services that most of us
want or in fact often need.

Our next provincial gov- —
ernment should enact legis-
lation preventing the gov-’ |

erning party from spending
public money as an election

goody as - means to attract,”

~ votes. ,
Such legislation. should °

make it illegal to make com-
mitments or promises aimed
at. attracting votes within
three months of a ‘provincial
election.

We all want the province
to contribute to new commu-
nity centers, arenas, commu-
nity infrastructure programs,
libraries and so on.

But this should be carried

out through normal budget: :
_ allocations

and commit--
ments.
, - Jim Culp, |

Terrace, B.C.

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cuts °

We’re not lemmings

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in- profits than community
well being.

‘This fits well with the
Liberal agenda of allow-
ing corporations to export

power, raw logs and other

commodities ‘without en-
suring communities ben-
efit by getting the maximum
jobs from publicly owned

resources. Prior to 2001, the”

communities in our region
were thriving, unemploy-

ment .was low and small
- businesses were abundant.
The last four years of

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