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cca, ow. that there appears to be a deal to
build a road into the gold-rich Iskut

Valley area, it’s time to consider what

benefits there are to Terrace.

There’ll be more opportunities for
local service industries because it*ll be
cheaper to transport goods by road than
by air as is now the case for companies
operating in the Iskut. That’s already the
case for other industries along Hwy37
north of here and there’s no reason to
suspect otherwise,

And with that prospect will come
more competition because Smithers, the
other northern centre which operates as
a service centre, will also want a piece of
the Iskut action. Overall that'll be

healthy for it’ll give companies a choice —

and choice is what makes for better
business by sellers and buyers.

And as mining companies in the Iskut
expand their operations because their
cost of business will be less theyll need
northern bases. There’s no reason why
Terrace can’t be that place and there’s
no reason why the city can’t go out and
grab some of that benefit.

Why not, for instance, locate the
headquarters of the new Iskut road

2 SIMU ae

.. First it was to be at one location on the
bench. Then at another. Now the search
has moved back into the city proper,
The task of finding a new home for
the regional correctional centre has been
going on since last year. That’s far too
long and the answers received after
repeated inquiries aren’t very satisfac-
tory.

“Held captive —

Road benefits

building company here? It would Not on-
ly be an economic but a psychological
boost.

Consider it as part of the city’s value-
added or secondary manufacturing goal.

It’s fine to profit from simple resource .

extraction but it’s now time to broaden
that economic base and claim some of
the other profits to be made. —

There’s also another important aspect "~
to consider about the Iskut road and .

that’s the use of public money in financ-"
ing its construction, Where there is that
use of public money, there should be'a

responsibility on the part of companies eo

to return the favour, °

In this case it is direct mining jobs for
people living in the north. When Comin- |
co, for instance, opens its SNIP mine in
the Iskut, it anticipates a lot of its
workers will live in or around the lower
mainland. It'll pay for airfare from the
Vancouver airport to the mine site.

That may fit corporate strategy but it
doesn’t fit the need for northern employ-
ment. Local training and hire should be
expected when northern resources are

being extracted with the help of tax-_

payers’ money.

Surely there must be a piece of suitable
land that fits what the provincial govern-
ment says it needs for a new correctional °
centre, What’s wanted is a place for

prisoners classfied as non-violent. A”

substantial number are serving sentences

for impaired driving. They aren’t lepers -

nor is the site to be used for storing toxic
chemicals,

When it comes to being

Powerful message

capricious, New York fashion
has nothing on B.C. Hydro,

Through ’

_

.. Only a few years ago B.C.. -
~~ Hydro was encouraging us to Bifocals i b of
“use. more electricity (long 5 es
skirts). Now they're touting bY Claudette Sandeckl

_ways for us to reduce our con-
sumption of electricity {mini
~ skirts).

. ,
9 with - see-through doors and

_ B.C. Hydro’s Power Smart
Program aims at improving the

-- efficient use: and conservation

of electricity. Presently the pro-
-gram’s main target is industry.

.: Already B.C.'s government is

_ doing its bit, putting off open
heart surgery. Just think of the

: the hydro bill for those power-

« ful overhead lights, life support
systems, and monitoring
"machines surgeons take for
“granted.

_. We could all be persuaded ta

‘ conserve electricity in several

': painless ways with a creative

_ Mudge from naufacturers,
. For.example, every electrical
- unit, whether a low-wattage

: ‘clock-radio or a power-draining

. steam iron, could have a meter
* similar to a ‘gas pump, showing
“the amount of power the ap-

‘paratus - was using. This would
a let us calculate the per-minute .
gost oF plugging in the ap-

. ~ pllance. We'd be more selective

“about which entertainment

- gadgets we switched on

- . simultaneously before we left a

‘room,
Refrigerators. ‘could: be built

«shelves: for indecisive snackers

7 3 : who make a habit of. inventory-
Ing: .the; leftovers. by throwing.

~open the fridge door and. peer-

every. day for 17 years,”’

Hl yan ghiy wpa tre FN hae el ae ahh

ing in with the concentration of
a jilted fiance searching for this
diamond chip down a sewer
grating.

We could exchange our lawn
mower for a goat, lamb, or rab-
bit. All three animals do a
superb job of clipping grass —
as well as pruning sundry
shrubs, bushes, and ornamental
plantings. As a bonus, they’re
virtually silent, © and
alltomatically fertilize as they
go, two achievements no
mechanical eras cutter can
boast. .

Of course, “to Protect the

‘lawn mower” while it's at
-work, fencing of the property

would be essential, This would
incidentally confine dogs to
their own yards. Not an in-

‘Significant inducement, as

anyone will tell you who has an
unfenced lot favored by
neighbors’ dogs as a biffy,
Once upon a time, before en:
vironmental concerns grabbed
the headlines, a popular
woman's magazine ran an ad in
which a movie star stood proud-
ly with one hand resting on her
gleaming enamelled washing
machine as she declared, “This
machine has washed up to 13
loads of. laundry for my family ,

ae aT ed

Thirteen loads per dayl- For
one family! For 17 years!

In 1990, only a motel laun-
dress would dare to make such a

public.. admission without the-

anonymity of plastic surgery.’
Before long, we can expect
the Power Smart program to
zap consumers. Because as Ot-
tawa’s tax department knows,
there are more of us little people
than there are big corporations.
So a kilowatt saved in this

home, another kilowatt saved in

that home — and total savings
by individuals will surpass even
concerted cutbacks by. big in-
dustry.

Now, if Meech Lake ever pets
settled, and the first ministers
return home, we'll really save
electricity.

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ANDAASWERION IT
~ WILLCEASETD EXIST,”
"SAYS BRN...

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Dumping this MLA

will be tricky

VICTORIA — "As a nor-
therner, Barrie knows first-
hand the natural splendor of
our region. He has skied on
our mountains, worked in our

_ forests, fished in our rivers... .

Nominate Barrie Carter as can-
didate for MLA Bulkley Valley

 Stikine.”

Barrie? Who the hell i is Bar-

__, tie:Carter? And what have his
-recreatjonal.and job. activities
"got to do with the Socred ,
.  - Nominating meeting June 16 i in
“the new riding of Bulkley

Valley-Stikine?
Carter is the guy who wants

- to send Jack Kempf into

political retirement. And he's

’ got the support of not just a

few Socreds in the area, ‘They

~ cam "t or don’t want to forgive
the maverick MLA for having |
- acted according to this own

~ convictions to the point of

leaving the Social Credit

-- caucus When Premier Vander’

Zalm appeared to destroy the
+ party single-handedly,

The fight over the nomina-
tion has been more than just a
family scrap, Kempf says
Carter’s camp has tried every
trick in the book to undermine
his chances of winning the
nomination. ,

Carter’s official campaign
material makes no mention of
his and his supporters’ dislike
for Kempf. Aside from

describing Carter in the most
glowing terms imaginable, the

brochures simply keep ham-
mering home the need for ‘‘a
strong, new voice,” No need
to point out who the ‘‘old’”
voice is supposed to be here,

'. Carter’s supporters also

stress that their man has a
good chance of winning the
next election. Again, they
don't say, at least not publicly,

: that Kempf couldn't win the

‘riding for the Socreds.

Meanwhile, Kempf has not
‘been idle. He’s been spending
a lot of time in the riding,
rebuilding bridges, garnering
support.and selling new

: memberships, He says he’s
outsold. his opponent two-to- 7

one. ©
- Kempf also has taken the
battle for the nomination,

From the .

Capltal
. by Hubert Beyer

largely fought behind the
scenes until now, into the

‘public arena, In aletter to. -.
“Qmineca: Social Credit party:;

members,. he accuses “the op-

‘posing camp in Smithers’ of
‘waging a “‘smear campaign’’ ;

against him,

Kempf, too, doesn’t mention
any names, but since nobody
else could possibly take the
nomination away from him,
Carter's the one he fingers asa

. Smear campaigner.

‘Difficult though it is to
reply to innuendo and dark.
hintings designed to cause
doubts in the minds of those
who must choose a candidate
on June 16 in Smithers, I feel
that the time has come to
acknowledge my awareness of
these underhanded tactics,’”
Kempf says in his letter.

“That this type of campaign
is being waged by another
Social Crediter is beyond my —
comprehension. Even opposing
parties shy away from this
because it can only call the in-
tegrity of the party into ques-
tion on the basis of honesty
and fair play,’’ he adds.

Carter is no. fewcomer to
polities, 1 not to backroom
politics at-any rate. He ran

“Dave Parker’s last campaign

and, for a while, served as
chief of the local development
region, a post he says he
resigned from. ,

That the Socred camp in

_QOmineca or the new riding of

Bulkley Valley-Stikine is split

‘asunder shouldn’t surprise
anyone. Kempf didn’t exactly

keep a low profile while .

~ Vander Zalm was teetering on

the brink of political extinc-
tion. Fearing that Vander —
Zalm had lost grass roots sup-

‘port for good, Kempf not only :
‘spoke ‘out against the premier ~

but told the Socred caucus to
stuff it.

Rom tte

‘stance was also, at least in-

part, fuelled by the unfair

.treatment he felt he had receiv-
ted-at-the hands:of:the:premier,
“but more than anything else, it

was Kempf's conyiction that
the Socreds were through that
prompted him to sit as an in-

. dependent.

In the meantime, some
things have changed. Not that .
the Socreds are the odds-on-
favorite to win the next elec-:
tion — the way it looks now, -°
they may well lose it — but.
Vander Zalm is back’ in.control

-- of caucus and, to a lesser ex:
' tent, the,party, :

_ The'critics have been silenc-
ed, The dissenters have come
back into the fold, all except
Kempf. True, the Social Credit
caucus has gone on record ©
favoring his return, but. the of-
ficial invitation will not come |
until after June 16,

Caucus” reluctance to make
any overtures at this point is
understandable. Kempf has. °
made Vander Zalm’s life
miserable, He won’t just
forgive and forget. Some .
caucus members would, no.
doubt, prefer to see ‘Carter win
the nomination, but if Kempf | :
wins they won't be able to
keep him out.

And what are Kempf's a
chances to beat Carter? I think
they’re good. J think-when it: :
comes to scrapping, Kempf has

' got the better of Carter. In the

south, Kempf would be'a ~
goner, but up north, in-
dividually still:means.
something. A lot of supporters.
believe that if Jack harassed :
the premier, he deserved it;

And looking beyond the | :
nomination, it'll be difficult -
for the Socteds to'win the op
riding in the next election, but:
P'm pretty sure Kempf has'a

_ better: chance than Carter'to «

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