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Al2.- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 6, 2005

Local Conservatives
upbeat about future
under. leader Harper

BUOYED | BY. attending:
‘the 3,000-person -
'ConservativePartyofCanada’
convention in Montreal two .
_. .weekends ago, the president.
Skeena- .

strong

of. the party’s
Bulkley Valley constituency

association has his sights set
on boosting membership i in

the northwest. .

Membership i is now about ap
_ 300, but Jim Bell wants to
_” increase that to 500. a

“We were as high : as 700

. in’ the Reform days around
election time, but it always:
goes. up when there's an.

. election. We'd like to get

it to 500 between elections.

“In the Reform days, when"

we had 700, we were about

a unbeatable,” said - Bell last

week:
Bell, from Terrace, was
one’ “of seven constituency

association delegates to. at-

tend the convention held in

: Montreal.

It; was ‘the first ‘time the

new patty, formed last year

by, a merger of the Progres-
sive ‘Conservative: party’.

.. and the Canadian Alliance,
had the opportunity to craft |
policy. .

‘The. Conservative Party .

of Canada was formed last

spring, but was immediately
thrown’. into” preparations .

leading to the June 2004 fed-

eral election. ..
Bell was a long- -time ac-
tivist in. both the Reform .

"and then the Canadian Al- —
_-liance parties and took over
- the presidency of the new

party’ s. ‘constituency .aSso-

“ciation when Lorne Sexton
stepped down after contract- :
. ‘ing cancer.

* The Montreal convention

was Bell’s first, and he came .
- “away ‘impressed, with how

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. or Senay Schools. On March 21st,”

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“NN. — c
Jim Bell
things went and with party

leader Stephen Harper.
“I’m sure he’s happy in

. how it,came together,” said

Bell of Harper. “He's. cer-

tainly got. the polish. now:
that) a few , campaigns will
‘give you.”

‘Bell said he was also hap- 7

‘py with the policy initiatives

voted on by delegates which -

will now: form the party’ Ss:
_ platform leading into “the
next election...”

’ The party won °t, for ‘i in.
stance, raise the issue-of ab .
-ortion in Parliament. ,

“We're not going to go
near it. It really is a personal
situation and a medical situ-
ation,” said Bell. _

- Delegates. did favour
introducing legislation to’.
define the traditional defini-
-tion of marriage as a union
between. one: man and .one
woman.

That was passed by 5
per cent of the’ voting dele-
“gates overall and 77 per cent
of the delegates from B.C.

. Delegates also made free .

votes in Parliament’ part of
the party Platform with. the

renee

provide call" centre ’ training in. ‘the commu-

exception of votes on bud-
gets and spending estimates.
But they defeated a mo-

: ‘tion to have a ‘Conservative |
’ government establish a citi-

zens assembly to consider
changes to how Canadians

-_ vote for their Members of

Parliament. .
That motion - included a

call to investigate measures |

such as proportional repre-
sentation or the single trans-

ferrable ballot, which is the.

subject'in B.C. of a referen-

y) dum on May 17.

°” But delegates did’ pass
a motion which would not
permit a Conservative gov-

“ernment to endorse any elec-

toral changes which would

. weaken links between MPs.

and their constituents or cre-
ate unmanageably large rid-
ings. a "

‘ Bell said the local con-

stituency association has ap-

proximately. $18,000 in the’
‘bank thanks to a new federal |

policy which provides. mon-

_ ey to. political parties based
on the number of votes cast
. in the lastelection.

It’s about. half of what
Bell says the party’ will need
to fight the next federal elec-
tion here.

'. Also’ at the convention

_as constituency association
_ delegates were Andy Burton

and his wife, Ann. ° “..
Burton .was elected as
the Canadian Alliance/Con-

‘servative. MP for Skeena in.
~ 2000, falling to New Demo-
crat Nathan Cullen in the

June 2004 election.

» The riding was held by.”
elected as a
- Reformer. in 1993 and in’
1997, before stepping down,
in 2000, paving the way for -

Mike Scott,

Burton’ s gandidacy.

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he said. The Hazeltons have a
high unemployment rate.

Animal complaints
top bylaw list —

DOGS running at large, aggressive dog behaviour and
suspicions of animal neglect topped the complaints logged
by the city’s bylaw enforcement department last year.

Of the 255 formal written complaints received by the
department last year, 120 were related to animals. And 80
per cent of the noise complaints logged by officials had
to do with barking dogs, shows a report from the city’s
‘director of development services, Marvin Kwiatkowski.

That accounted for 59 of the 74 noise complaints re--
corded in 2004. The city also received 35 nuisance com-
plaints which included concerns such as unsightly prop-
erties, excessive garbage and pest related complaints
including excessive flies, wasps and tent catepillars.

Fifteen street and traffic bylaw complaints were re-
corded dealing mostly with parked vehicles obstructing
traffic or blocking: driveways. ,

The city issued 21 tickets in 2004, nine of which were
issued by RCMP for excessive noise. Municipal ticket
revenue last year was $2,137.53 with $750 of that com-

ing from noise violations received during, the Wal-Mart |

-construction project.

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Assessment Agency

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The Terrace Volunteer Bureau has openings for vol-
unteers who would like to give a little of their time.

needs volunteers to help out our elderly and ~
_ disabled persons with:
Spring yard cleanup
Cleaning outside windows
Cleaning eaves -

It you can n help, please call us at:
638-1330 —
or drop by at:

3235 Emerson Street
(right beside the °
Business Development Bank)

_ d'évatuation environnementale

Canadian En vironmental Assessment Act.

Environmental Assessment of the Kemess North Project:
_ Availability of Participant Funding |

phases.

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has
established a $200,000 Participant Funding Program to.
allow First Nations and the public to take part in the joint
panel review of the Kemess North. Copper-Gold Mine
proposal in north central British. Columbia. The total .
‘funding amount will be made. available i in two separate

Phiase I: Up to $50, 000 will be provided i in participant
funding to help individuals to take’ part in the review. of the
‘Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Guidelines. The

- EIA Guidelines serve as a guide for the proponent in

preparing an assessment of the projected impacts ¢ of the’
proposal « on the environment. :

A funding review committee, independent of the joint -

_ panel review, will consider all applications and

‘recommend the allocation of funds to applicants according
to the eligibility criteria set out in the Participant Funding
Program Guide. Only expenditures incurred following the

7 allocation of funding will be eligible.

. ‘Applications received by April 15, 2005, will be
_ considered. Successful applicants will be required to sign

a contribution agreement with the Agency.

Phase II: Up to $150,000 will be available to the public to

prepare for and take part in the panel hearings.

Information regarding funding applications for Phase I.
“will ‘be announced at a later date. ee ant

The Participant Funding Program Guide, the application
form and information on the panel review process of the
project are available on the Agency Web site at

www. ceaa-acee. gc.ca.¢ ;

" Northgate Minerals Corporation proposes to to develop the -

Kemess North copper,and gold deposit, 250 km northeast - .

_ . of Smithers. The project is located 6 km north of its

existing Kemess Mine, which is projected to close in late
2008. The project includes development of a new open pit,
modification of the existing mill, and related .
infrastructure. The milling capacity at the operating
Kemess mine would increase from the current 55,000 *

_ tonnes per day to up to 120,000 tonnes per day.

0

. For more information on the Participant Funding

Program, or to submit an application, please contact:
Peter Bedrossian . -

‘Participant Funding Program

Canadian ‘Environmental Assessment Agency °

. 160 Elgin Street, 22™ Floor
‘ Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3

' Tel. :

, E-mail: peter.bedrossian

(613) 957-0254 .
cona-acee.go.ca

For information on the joint panel review process,
please contact:

Susan Toller _ oo.
Kemess North Copper-Gold Mine Review Panel
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency .

. 160 Elgin Street, 22" Floor

Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3 “

E-mail : susan.toller@ceaa-acee.gc.ca

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