Loggers cautiously give nod to treaty compensation plan A TENTATIVE deal to 'g compensate logging con- tractors who'll lose work because of the Nisga’a treaty is getting cautious ap- . proval. "7 think they realize that politically if they didn’t deal with this issue now it was: going to be right in their face the next treaty they deal with,’”? said Northwest Loggers Association presi-' dent Ken Houlden after a Nov. 18 meeting with forests minister Dave Zim- heit. While major forest com- panies Were all along to get compensation for losing wodd because of land claims, the same was in doubt for awhile for their subcontractors, Houlden is satisfied with the minister’s pledge that the agreement to start detailed negotiations with B.C, Trick Loggers Associ- ation members can be ex- tended to non-TLA con- tractors and subcontractors —right down to the level of | individual owner-operators. . pensate the logging con- He did note it may prove , ‘tractors — and that would more difficult for smaller be a smajl fraction of the contractors — that don’t ‘overall $15 to $24 million have renewable or t the government expects to “evergreen”? cutting ‘Spend compensating third - licences — to prove losses. ‘party interests, including li- His company, Houlden « ensecs. Logging, has been cutting « “The one thing con- and hauling in the Nass for ttactors want is work, even 16 years, but his contract is though money comes up forjust one yearatatime. | Whenever you talk about “Pd be compensated for compensation,’ TLA local just one year, is how I read rep Rob Wood added. the document’? Houlden: Finding replacement wood said. sounds good on paper, Zitmhelt indicated the Houlden said, but he’s not government hopes to in: sure where it’s going to Dave Zirnhelt placed by the treaty, “*The whole objective is to ensure there’s minimal dis-, resolve compensation issues we can get on with busi- ness.’” But the minister did offer estimates of the cost of settlement. He predicted it will take - many cases find new work come from, and predicts that . outside of Nisga’a lands for strategy will become in-.. logging contractors dis- _ creasingly difficult as more ruption,”’ he said, “We will’ quickly and effectively so ~ $1 to $3 million to com- * ‘and more treaties are signed. How much upheaval there ‘is among northwest logging contractors due to the treaty will depend greatly on how Skeena Cellulose decides to parcel out the reductions in logging, he added. “It really largely depends on how SCI decides to mete out the annual allowable cut: (AAC) reduction,’® he said. The method they use real- ly dictates who is going to be impacted with volume, cuts,” The AAC reduction isn’t known yet, and is to be determined by the chief for- ester. One option is that the company reduce all con- tractors cut by the same per- centage as the AAC reduc- tion, ‘doesn’t think it's the best way to go. ‘For the sake of simplicity, I’m hoping they testrict it to one contractor . — someone who’s maybe But while that would share the pein broadly, Houlden , ready to retire and sell out,’ he said. “You reduce the number ' of people you have to deal | with greatly,’’ he explained, adding then you’re dealing with just one major con- tractor and a defined group of subcontractors, rather than virtually everyone who works for SCI. Houlden said he will not follow the lead of Truck Loggers president Ken Dyson and endorse the forestry section treaty, “T won't go as far as to say that,’’ he said. ‘“That kind of statement would re- quire a lot of membership: support."” He also noted there are stil plenty of unknowns when it comes to treaty ef- fects on loggers. One is whether Nisga’a control of wildlife manage- ment in a much larger area of the upper Nags outside their treaty lands will result - in a further loss of annual allowable cut in the region, How it works @ The agreement will lead to the formation of a working group to assess specific claims for compensation. Mi It applies only to the B.C. Truck Loggers Association and its membership, but similar agreements can be devel- oped for groups of non-TLA businesses, @ The province also sees the deal as its template to com- pensate logging contractors in all future treaties, province- wide. Wi Top priority in dealing with affected contractors is ar- ranging alternate logging or other work opportunities. Financial compensation only happens if alternate work can’t be found, , Mf The agreement says contractors are expected to make ef- "and indicates there may be incentives drawn up to en- . courage that. Woman, 79, evicted from hall EMPLOYEES OF the cack Dollar bingo. Palace want a 79-year-old woman back even though they had RCMP of- ficers remove her from the hall recently. viet oe Se Souptamte *"We all love her,’’. said hall employee\ Sean” Buijas of Minnie Mould who usually plays bingo at‘the‘hall three nights a week. But when Mould entered the hall at about 4:45 p.m. on Nov. 6 and noticed people ‘sitting at her family’s usual table, she told them to move, When they refused, an argu- ment started and yelling erupted, said Butjas. “T said everyone could sit at the table,’’ said Butjas. “But Minnie started ranting and raving and struck one of the ladies in the arm.’’ Butjas said he then asked her to leave but Mould refused and struck bim. He then called the RCMP, asking to have more than one officer sent because of Mould’s strength. “I’m six-foot-two and 210 pounds and when she hit me, I stepped back,’’ said Butjas. He says he feels terribly about the throwing an elderly woman out of the hall, but didn’t see an alternative. Mould’s - daughter," Bllen New, says the’ scene Butjas caused was embarrassing and unnecessary. She said her mom lives for bingo and would have left willingly if she had been handled properly, “My mom speaks loudly because she’s almost deaf,’’ said New, admitting her mom was angry at not being able to sit at her favourite table. Mould normally arrives 90 minutes early to be able to claim the table. “There were three cop cars sitting there for one old woman,”’ said New who pulled up just as RCMP were es- corting her mom out. “‘] thought she was going into shock.” Fireworks expansion? FIREWORKS may be sold more often than just around Halloween if one business gets its way. Gorilla Fireworks has asked the city to amend its bylaw allowing sales of fireworks 10 days prior to four other holidays +- New Year’s Day, Victoria Day, Canada Day and B.C. Day. =SHOPPERS DRUG MART CORRECTION NOVEMBER FLYER IN EFFECT all NOVEMBER 28, 1998. 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