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EDITORIAL,

Green Ghetto |

There’s a nifty phrase now being toss-
ed around in forestry circles. It’s called
sustainable development, the idea being
that what is taken out is replaced to
create a never ending cycle of trees to be
cut.

That kind of theory takes money and
it’s here that the system tends to break
down. The latest such example is the
twisting and turning between the federal
and provincial governments over a long
term forest renewal agreement.

Last week federal forests minister
Frank Oberle announced a $100 million

federal contribution to a five-year forest:

renewal development agreement. It
marked the end of a long negotiation
process to replace a $300 million, five-

year deal that ended last year. As with |

the first one, this was to be a 50-50 split

between the federal and provincial

governments, resulting in a total $200
million package.

Provincial forests minister Claude.

Richmond ‘ thanked Oberle for the
money. But he said it wasn’t enough and
that B.C.’s would not sign anything until
it knew what kind of tree money is going
to be in Ottawa’s long-promised Green
Plan for economic development. B.C.'s

Council has erred in its decision to
give $500 toward a Christmas party for
the children of city employees.

The error has nothing to do with the
Christmas spirit of council, it has
nothing to do with the recipients who
will benefit by the party or with the
good-hearted intent of the decision. .

But it has everything to do with how
city monies are spent. Those monies
corne from taxes and those taxes are paid:
with the idea they are to be. used for

position, prior to Oberle’s announce-
ment, was for a $700 million, five-year
deal to be split equally.

The sticking point with the federal
government is the estimated $1.3 billion
taken by the province in forest ‘royalties
over the past three years for lumber ship-
ped to the United States. This is. from a
15 per cent levy and was brought in to
pacify American timber companies who
claimed the B.C. industry had an unfair
advantage because it was indirectly sub-
sidized by the government.

The feds say the province should
direct some of the money to the forestry
agreement. B.C.’s position is that the

- feds should kick in more toward a major

industry. .

So while the governments argue over
money, the forest suffers. Way back
when Oberle was in opposition, he
published a document called the Green
Ghetto. It outlined the sad lack of
money for reforestation on lands left
bare after logging.

This latest bickering between the
governments suggests Oberle’s findings
still have relevance today. The only sure
thing in the sustainable development
goal is the unsustainable nature of
government inadequacy.

shristmas spirit

specific city purposes.

To be fair, council matched a con-.
tribution by its employees’ union for the
party but that alone should not be reason
for it to follow suit.

Should: tax money go to such func-
tions? Council may have the power to
make spending decisions but does it have.
the authority, derived from it being the
elected representatives of city residents,

to do so?

Way back in time

If 1 was well cared for when
the Ministry of Highways tend-

ed our roads, I’m, babied now.
The Ministry of Highways

limited their attention to my
traffic safety and convenience. Bifocals ;
But my whole lifestyle is of con- by Claudette Sandeck |

cern to the private company

Through

that took over from highways.
Is deep snow stalling my dog

walking? Do I need a substitute
exercise? Guess. what. . The
snowplow wings a sea of
icebergs into my gate, Prying
that aside before a customer ar-
rives is the equivalent of a 45
minute June: walk; I’m sure.
Grader operators employed
by’ the highways. ministry
manocuvred -their: giant
machines with exuberant
finesse, Today’s road crews ap-

proach winter maintenance with -
the eagerness of a family doctor .
asking parenis to donate their’

child’s organs: :
They learned from highways

it was ‘a’: simistake to: ‘operate -

equipment: . round: the clock.
Qpen roads encouraged. yehicles
to escape.their garages and skir- -
mish on the streets where:they —
gave ICBC’. and’ RCMP.
triplicate’ headaches, ° >
During nights ‘of. ‘excéptional
snowfall, when highways’
_emiplayees would have plowed
along oriented only by: ‘sixth.
sense of the. centre: line's loca- ~

lon; present crews sleep,’ They ~

need {o be ‘alert once the. bliz~~.

zatd “dies. the;:; as" “automatic .
street lights go ‘out, drivers, spr-.

ing, to, the aba. of.
ment. ° i

mk ee ee es ee

Aiming for minimal dribble
between residences, they. leave
behind a Berlin Wall of snow
too high for even a four-by-four
to scale, too packed for a D9 cat,
to dislodge:

This: luge run does more than’.
during .
whiteouts.. Corking driveways,

guide motorists
corrals vehicles where they can’t
clutter unplowed
"thoroughfares, causing unsight-,
ly swerves in the wall,

In |.the ” interest” “of
neighbowhood ninterest all en,
, trances.must be. bunged equally.
" this is hot always easy.

io After: being” marooned ° ‘for
days,
may ‘sabotage by hiring a,

- loader. Mountains of snow may.

-be shoved to either: ‘side’ of the

gateway, leaving a snow'd ficit ”

» difficult to make i up.

“S0-so = operators overlook ; \

‘such gaps. But. “diligent
operators have -been- observed
backing: up ‘wm half a dozen
tmeg —, . gathering sufficient

snow from the- right-of-way to.

‘re-establish ridge continuity,

- When an operator lavishes ats j

‘tention on: my driveway, Pm

-q,moved, to express to lils supesior. ..
“ah “teaction «to “his” “éolicitous

impatient homeowners -

ministrations. He deserves to be .
- justly rewarded.
However, I fear being even -
more pampered in the future, to ©
of arousing.
neighbour’ jealousy. So I have
«° papers that form the basis of

the, extent

resisted my impulse to phone.

Each’ year my memory of.
* ing an inventory of British

highways fades a trifle. Amber,

lights. flashing on my bedroom :
‘ceiling; .-tire chains .jangling;:.
Champion. grader rumbling «
along; : snow shooting off its:
‘blade: like straw blown from a:
; threshing machine.
‘recollection . of,’
wirter highways scraped to the’:
to:
shoulder, and sanded when icy,

“Boon the

pavement, shoulder
will be but a dream,
Gone. All gone.

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Here's a chance
to do some good

VICTORIA —If you've heard
enough about the recession,
spending cuts, Fantasy Garden
World and conflicts of in-,
terest, here’s a change of pace
— the future of British Colum-
bia’s parks system and what -
you can do to help shape it.

For the past two years,
parks ministry personnel t have
~ ‘been working ¢ ‘on what 18 is

. known as, Parks Pian’ 90; ‘and

althoughé the name ‘evokes im-
ages of some ‘futile exercise,
designed to keep'a bunch of ©
bureaucrats busy, :it isn’t.
Parks Plan 90 consists of a
number of documents which

together amount to a detailed -

invetory of the provinde’ $
parks system. The next"step is
a series of public meetings next
spring at which British Colum-
bians will have a chance to
help shape their parks.

Parks minister Ivan Messmer
says he feels very strongly —
about public input, particularly
from people in the central and
northern regions,

People there, he said, have
asked him again and again .
whether they will be asked for
their input or whether the
future of the parks system will
be determined solely.by Lower
Mainland interests.

“T like asking them when
they last got a letter from the

_ mayor of Vancouver, asking

for thier input into future
plans for Stanley Park, The

- sure that local residents will
have input in what happens
with regard to parks in their
area,’ Messmer said.
Among the discussions

Parks Plan 90 is one contain-

Columbia landscapes, 59 in all,
each one of them unique, the
document identifies distinct
landscapes such as the Gulf
Islands, the Fraser Basin, the

a Nechako Plateau, the -

Okanagan Basis, the East
Kootenay: Trench, the
Chilcotin; ‘Plateau and the
Skeena Mountains.

“It also spells out which of
the: 59. u Niquely ‘different B c.

“AN

point is that I’m making damn.

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From the
Capital .
by Hubert Beyer

wi cares
"Vandeapes' aré ‘epresfited in’

' he parks’ system and;-") °3
‘therefore, protected from

‘ future éncroachment and
" despoiling: by outside in-
fluences, ranging from logging

and mining to residential
development.
Messmer says it came as a

. rude surprise to him that of

had “‘zero representation’? in
the parks system. According to

the document, ‘‘a condition of |

. zero representation exists when

few or none of -the typical en-
vironmental characteristics of a

‘ landscape. are contained within

the provincial ‘parks system, or
acompzrable designation on a
scale that would assure long-
term sustainability.”

_ The various landscapes in~
the southern part of British,
Columbia. are fairly well pro-

,_ tected, Thus, west Vancouver

"parks and recreation areas Has

Island with its huge Strathcona
Park and a number of smaller

a representation rating of
satisfactory.
The Nass Basin in nor-

thwestern British Columbia, on

the other hand; featuring —

‘numerous small lakes, rolling

- countryside and some moun-

tains, has‘a rating of zero. To

_ address the inadequacies, the

report. propses the establish-

“ment of a major park.

At the moment, about five
per cent of the province's total
area is in parks of one-sort or

another and, therefore, pro-

tected. Asked what percentage.

he would like t6 see protected, ”

Messmer: wouldn't bite.
‘I'm not married to-any

- specific figure, I’m: quite hap-

_ by to let the’ public: decide. If .
they think it should ‘be eight _

“per cent, so be it; If. they .want.

7 AND-THIS (S'MARTEN Lave
AND THIS 15” rae mee ;

“12 per cent, that's Fine with 7

: MARTEN! CIM TELLING
. Ha THOSE NAMES ARE
LL EALSE et

\oocte

- Sacreds lose the next election?

Brundtland Report, which says :

‘ total area should: ideally be. set \
aside for parks purposes;. :

you would have them.do with :
.. your parks. Don't. miss Chat
chance. ;

AND THIS (S ‘Rosit: al

eer te is
ue ”

“me, 3G" He’ said.”

‘Messen added tit @ an in-"
crease in parkland has a price “
tag. Every -hectare tied up in
-parkland can’t be used for ~
anything else. It’s important
that the public is is aware of
that, he added.

The parks ministry has °

' already canvassed special i ins
. the 59 landscapes identifies, 19

terest groups for their input.
these include the Council of .
Forest Industries, the Mining
Association of B.C. and the
Outdoors Recreation Council, ~
‘*All three promised to co-—
operate,'’ Messmer said.

Sometime in February, parks:
ministry staff will hit the read:
and hold public meetings in 1s
larger and 45 smaller com-
munities throughout the pro-

"vince, Messmer said for the —
most part he will stay away
from these meetings.

"It's not going to be a
political show. The parks peo-;
ple will be in charge. We really.
want to ‘find out what people’
want us to do,” the minister
said, -

And what happens if the.

Messmer says he is convinced
that whoever forms the next
government will follow. .
through with the plans the :
ministry has laid,

1 believe Messmer is right.: If
anything, the NDP would ‘pro:
bably go one better. Harcourt
has repeatedly said that he.” :
subscribes to the general view.
point of the United Nations’:

that 12 per cent ofa ‘country, So

Meanwhile, . there's a; ehisings :
to tell the.parks minisiry. what.

AND THIS t5 “ROSIE RWER
Ane TALIS 8 Rosie: RiDGe