Aé- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 4, 1998 CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD The Mail Bag Our Premier, what a guy he is Dear Sir: Glen Clark recently suggested that all’s fine and well in storybook lotusland as we precariously careen our way under his helmship into 1998, He veuitures that his only minor faux pas was under funding education by $25 mil- lion but the actual track record of his government, their own party’s poll ratings and a looming budgetary deficit, poriray a much different melodramatic tale. His policies, tariffs, taxes, red tape have contributed to demise of forest sector where more jobs are lost than ever contemplated to be gained under his fallacious timber ac- cord. He’s trashed the mining industry and faces a class action suit from mining pros- pectors stiffed for compensation. His government stood idly by as grain farmers in the northeast had two disastrous crop years, offering only paltry loans as crisis relief. He’s done some prandiloquent graud- standing with the Pacific salmon treaty which gained him some momentary adula- tion and popularily in bis hate-on but only antagonized federal negotiations toward a consensus With the States. He’s carved out a divisive demarcation line between the private sector and his favoured few in organized labour. He’s hemorrhaged the small independent busi- ness persons and he’s even made foes of the environmentalists with inflammatory thetoric. As other foresiry communities wither into nothingness, he preferentially allocates a quarter billion of public money to Skeena- saurous Cellulose taking a free run at our emply treasury to showcase pct projects like aluminum catamarans and smelters. By selective memory he manages to blame any of our current woes on APEC, the Far East and Ottawa while downplaying the significance of bi-lateral trade with the U.S. In fact while proud of our booming petroleum, tourism and film industries, he’s slammed the Americans, our largest and healthiest partners for these very products. Captain Clark with Miller at the tiller and chief purser Petter remind me of the new movie, Titanic. Put on your finest Peter Pan outfits while waltzing gleefully to the tunes of Premier Polyanna and his court jesters. Gerry J. Bloomer, Lakelse Lake, B.C. Don’t slam Reform Dear Sir: This is in response to the Jan. 28 article concerning Heather Stillwell and the Chris- tian Heritage Party. How does Heather Stillwell know the Reform party is about to collapse? I think her party is no better than ail the others we've had in power that are polluted, loo. So don’t slam the Reform party. What do we have to vote for? All these parties have had too many chances and have not done a thing atall. Don’t shoct them down, At least the Reform party is the official opposition and not the NDP. Why shoot down the Reform party when you haven’t tried them out? If people wouldn’t be beld in boudage by the media and other political parties that use scare tactics and blow everything out of proportion, they would make the Reform party look gocd instead of no good, I have read the Reform party’s policies ~ and they have more ideas than any of the other federal parties. T also notice that the Reform party is the only one speaking for our justice system, Religion and politics don’t mix. Mark Bain, Terrace, B.C. Union, gov't poised to swallow workers Dear Sir: I’m concerned over the proposed unionization of the silviculture industry by the TWA. About two years ago, the NDP promised the IWA a monopoly over the sil- viculture industry in exchange for their sup- port in the last provincial election. The NDP has incorporated a company called New Forest Opportunities Ltd. (NFO). It will act’as a hiring agency which all silviculture workers must belong to. All of these workers must be IWA members. The collective agreement is presently being negotiated between the TWA and NFO behind closed doors. No worker will ever vote on this agreement. “It was always my impression that if workers desire representation they would research the possible choices of which union will best serve them and they would vote on it. As it stands now, the [WA will control 100 per cent of the silviculture in- dustry and a vote will never be conducted. All silviculture funded by FRBC on Van- couver Island and west of Hazelton is now under the IWA’s control. Soon they will move to the interior. they will target pri- vately funded silviculture projects per- formed by major forest licence holders next. They also have their eyes on [forest consultants and other forest workers, There are too many facts and detaiis to present here but these sweeping changes are going to have stirring effects on our once vibrant forest economy. I cannot more slrongly recommend to people to educate yourselves to what is happening. If you work in any aspect of forestry you will be affected. If you belong to a union clher than the TWA you will ‘never gain new members from the forest industry. If you, as a worker, believe in the freedom of choice and the right to vote for representa- tlon; you are being suppressed. Ask your other unions why they are not at the bargaining table, Ask your employers if you will be affected, If you cherish the right to vote, tell your politician you will not sland by silently, Duncan Morris, Terrace, B.C. Recallers: stop whining Dear Sir: Aan I the only person sick to death of the recallers and their whining? They don’t like the legally-clected MLA. He’s not doing the job they expect. But not lo worry as they'll have an abundance of signatures to ensure recall, The Jan. 28 headline in The Terrace Standard reads ‘‘Recallers pin hopes on the courts.” It seems they will fall short of the legally required signatures but the voters list Is flawed so they will challenge it in cour Isn’t it time to get back to basics here? We have a democratic process in Canada allowing for elections every four years. It’s aot perfect bul do you know a better one? It does allow for the people’s business to con- tinue if the elected members are allowed to devote theiz energies to it, It is a sad fact that there are winners and losers in elections. If you don’t like the job that’s being done, get organized and offer the majority an allernative next time. To use recall on the whim of some losers negates the very roots of our system. To clog the courts further to support this whim appalls me even more. I've worked for political parties and I've been a wianer and I've been a loser, 'm proud to say I’ve never been a whiner and J dou’ see a posilive role for them in a stabled, democratic society. Marylin Davies, Terrace, B.C. Wear a helmet, Helmut Dear Sir: What I want to know bout this Crash Hel- mut program is where are all the motor- cycles. What’s the good of a crash helmet without a molorcycie, eh? People take all this stuff too seriously. As Lucy-Anne Bouchard said during the Great Ice Storm of January "98, ‘All signs of the apocalypse must be in French!" Or, more succinctly, Ambrose Bierce once called the politician an ‘“ecl in the fundamental mud upon which the super- siructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggics he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice, As compared with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive.’’ The worst thing that could happen to Hel- mut is he’l go back to teaching, perhaps riding a motorcycle. 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