Page A2 — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 22, 1992

Gitksan oppose re

quest

for claim appeal delay

TERRACE - A belter explana-
lion of how the federal and pro-
vincial governments propose to
negotiate aboriginal rights and
litle is needed before a northwest
halive group will consider a
delay in the appeal of its land
claims case.

Speaking Monday, Don Ryan
of the Gitksan and Wet’suwet'en

said the group feels nothing-will ..

be gained if the provincial gov-
ernment is successful in delay-
ing the start of the appeal for
five months,

The provincial government
wants the delay to better prepare
‘its position of wanting to nego-

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Orenda

council is assured that any en-—

vironmental worries can be
overcome.

“We think there’s been am-
ple, ample time to look at it,”
he said.

Talstra said the kinds of jobs
Orenda will provide are needed
if young people are to stay in
the north.

Orenda wants to grind pulp
wood between large ceramic
rollers, bleach it with hydrogen
peroxide and coat the final pro-
duct with clay,

That’s different from tradi-.

tional pulp mills which cook
pulp in various chemicals and
use chlorine to brighten the
final product.

The mill design won’t

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tiate rather than litigate.

But Ryan said the Gitksan and
Wet'suwel’en are convineed the
provioncial government will
remain opposed to the existence
of aboriginal rights and title.

“We don't think the issucs
that have to be addressed will be
clear enough for us to make a
decision,”’ he said of the pro-

.vincial government position for

the delay or for the prospect.of
negotiations.
Although. the provincial gov-

- ernment said it wants the delay

because it is a new, administra-
tion, Ryan’ said it has’ alrcady
made sufficient announcements

discharge liquid effluent. In-
stead, water used in the process
will be converted into steam and
used again.

Orenda already has wood
under licence in the Stewart area
to feed the mill but now sug-
gests, because of the new loca-
tion, that it will trade with other
forest companies for wood fer
the mill.

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Time magazine announced

last week it will stop buying |

paper made from chlorine-
bleached pulp as soon.as possi-
ble. :

The move followed it receiv-
ing more than 22,000 cards and
letters as a result of a
Greenpeace campaign.

Flooding fury

to her basement.
The problem, she explained,
was the water table was only 18

‘inches below the surface. That

put it well above the level of her
bavement ‘floor through: which

water’and sand were constantly”

bubbling up.

Apart from the basement
problem, Tassara said there
were also health concerns
because the home’s septic tank
— that part of the bench is not
served by sanitary sewer — was
three feet below the surface and
therefore submerged in water.

‘We really are in dire
straits,’ she emphasized.

Neighbour Fred Adair said he
had kept the water out of his
basement only by excavating a
ditch outside the house and put-
ting in a sump pump. However,
he added, ‘‘It's costing me a
pretty penny ta do it,’’
estimating he had spent close to
$3,000 so far.

He said he was pumping

2,000 gallons of water an hour
off his property at that. moment
(Jan. 13) but pointed out the
figure had been more than 5,000
gallons:at onejtime...: 00.3.

“We're ona lake and-thate.
lake hag a darn anda hole has to’
be poked through that dam,*’
he told council.

There were also suggestions
the new roadway may itself be
the dam and that a lack of
maintenance on the ditches
along Halliwell might be a con-
iributory factor. -

While deepening those dit-
ches might be one option for the
city, Takhar said Friday no
work would be done until coun-
cil sees the hydrologist’s report.
There was no point in ex-
perimenting and spending
thousands of dollars on
something that might not work,
he explained.

However, he anticipated
council would not have to wait
long for that report.

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for its policy to be understood.

“Basically what they’re say-
ing is that while they recognize
the political legitamcy of
aboriginal rights and title, ihcy
don’t recognize the legal Icgiti-
macy,’’ he continued.

“That's been the crux of the
issue all along. Any negotiations
we would undertake would hil a

-brick...wall-and—stop.-the. first
day,'” Ryan said,
~ Ryan said the provincial gov-
crnment also takes the position
that it will be first in line when
compensation for lands under
native claim are considered.

“What this means is that we -
the Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en -
will ond up paying for land {hat

-we already own,’” he said.

"As well, Ryan said that what

. the pravincial government says

~~ it is willing to negotiate is less
than what natives already have.

under legislation and under
previous court case precedents.

‘What we're gelling now are
press releases and policy. an-
nouncemenls. We need some-

thing more substantive before.

we can make any decision,” ‘he
said.

The Gitksanand
Wet'suwet’cn appeal sicms from
a B.C. Supreme Court decision
of last spring which denicd its

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claim to 57,000 square
kilometres of northwestern BC.

It.is scheduled to be heard
April 6 but the provincial gov-
ernment wants a delay until

Sep.7,

Provincial lawyers began their
application for the delay Mon-
day but the case was put over
until Jan, 29 so all five appcal
courl justices who will hear the
appeal can be present.

The federal government has
taken the position that it will not
support nor oppose the provin-
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