6 Terrace Review — Wednesday, September 9, 1987

as

Letter

Kempf claims —

‘Surveillance —
rampant in B.C.

To the editor,

It is with a great degree of

concern that I look back over

the past few months and con-
sider what transpired during the
period after which verbal allega-
tions were made against me as
the Minister of Forests and
Lands. What really took place
brings into serious question an
individual’s right to privacy.
The following has been known
to me for some time, but |
hadn’t decided what to do with
it until now.

I have been told, on very good
authority, that during those days
and for some four months after,

-my phone lines — office, home
and constituency — were not on-
ly monitored, but also taped.
Every conversation! This, to the
average person, may not seem
too serious, considering At-
torney General and R.C.M.P.
investigations were being done

_ on me because‘of verbal allega-.
tions which, as it turned out,
came up with ‘absolutely no
wrong doing. But let me tell you
the rest of the story...

The authority of. whom I

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To the editor, .

The Terrace Kin Reunion:

Committee would like to express
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_who helped to make this event a
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CFTK for their sponsorship of
our wine and cheese party, and

to Wilkinson Business Machines .

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speak was and is involved in
communications on a daily ba-
sis, and he is very concerned.
According to his information,
which is first hand, there is a
system in place through which
any of the 67 members of the
B.C. Provincial Legislature in
Victoria can have his or her
phone conversations automat-
ically taped, simply by pushing a
button in Vancouver.
Apparently telephone surveil-
lance is out of control in British
Columbia, with as much as ten
times the surveillance as is done. .
in say Seattle — in the U.S.A.
which is supposed to be
notorious for this sort of thing.
As well, if this isn’t enough, I
was told there is an entire de-
partment of one Ministry desig-
nated to do this type of surveil-
lance, not simply of elected

members, mind you, but of —

whomever is selected for surveil-
lance. ‘
Scary? You bet it is!

It is upsetting enough to know
that personal conversations in
my home and offices.were moni-
tored. But it is even more dis-
turbing to realize that I was not
allowed confidentiality during
conversations. with my consti-

_tuents.

Are we degenerating into a
police state?. 1 can. remember
during the campaign of 1975
making a very big thing of the-
fact that the N.D.P. was looking
to. set up a provincial police
force. Some big deal in light of
what is going on today.

Ask yourselves why, in British
Columbia and apparently the
rest of Canada as well, do we
need ten times the surveillance as
does the U.S.A. Why an auto-
matic system hooked up to the
legislative buildings’ swit-
chboard that is used by members
of the Legislative Assembly?
What criteria is used in making a ©
decision to -invade an_ indi-
vidual’s right to privacy? What
criteria was used to decide to in-
vade my privacy?

As Canadians and British Col- -

umbians, we should demand an
investigation into these allega-
tions.

Jack Kempf
MLA, Omenica

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With widening of the entrances to Sande Overpass nearly completed, Ministery of Highways improvements

have made intersections at.both ends safer for vehicles-and pedestrians.

Forest service set to

probe prickly problem

TERRACE — Porcupines have
joined the list of natural threats
to growing commercial trees in

local forests, and the Kalum Dis- .

trict Office of the Ministry of
Forests is presently trying to

determine how to control the

spiny rodents. -

Terrace resource _ protection.

assistant Trevor Jobb said,
‘The attack rate (against re-
planted trees by porcupines) is
about one percent per year. Over
100 years, that’s 100‘percent. No
age of tree is: invulnerable; in
young trees the result is mortali-

The

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ty, and in older trees the wounds
allow disease to penetrate. and
degrade the quality of the
wood,” -

. Jobb said timber harvesting is
in part responsible for a steady
increase in the population of
porcupines around Terrace over

the past 20 years. Clear cuts
create new habitat for the crea-.

tures and at the. same time
eliminate habitat for their few

’ natural enemies.

A bounty system is presently
‘in place, he said, but only in
limited areas for people oper-

ating licensed traplines. Because

porcupines are a nuisance to .

trappers, the bounty program
has strong support. from that
group...

- Jobb said the Forest Service is
now doing a problem analysis
which includes monitoring the
populations of porcupines and

‘their movements. When the

study is complete the Forest Ser-
vice plans to meet with various

interest groups in’ the North.

Coast Forest: Region and at-
tempt to come up with some op-
tions for a control plan.

Petersen — Karen and John proudly announce the arrival of their
son, Myles Nicholas, born August 5, 1987 at Lions Gate Hospital,
North Vancouver, weighing 8 Ibs. 12 oz. Thrilled ‘grandparents are
Wayne and Elizabeth Petersen and Nick and Vi Timmerman. |

McAloney — Susan and James are pleased to announce the arrival
of Caitlin Jade. A new sister for. Tanner, Matthew, Heidi and Amy.
Special thanks to Mary Nicholls, Dr. Lee and Jackie.

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