B10 terrace Review — Wednesday, October 10, [990 \. ; a" : . Cab i net =n Continued from page B9 million? That’s a little high. That’s about the price range of VGH. It’s probably 20 million at the most." And, "We don’t recognize the GST." And, "We're always in- terested in proposals." Another heckler put to rest. Supportive housing got a prelimi- nary nod from Vander Zalm and his cabinet, a few of whom toured Terraceview Lodge and viewed the proposed supportive housing site there. "The concept is great," Van- der Zalm said. "It’s not only geod for those in need of this type of care. But probably for the taxpayer it’s a more economical approach." Jansen agreed — supportive hous- ing doesn’t exactly fit any specific program, but it would certainly be a benefit to the residents and the community, "We're going to have to try to develop a program to meet the need rather than make needs fit the program," said Jan- sen. Less enthusiasm over the Mills Memorial Hospital’s bid for a CT Scanner. Jansen said it was quite normal for communities to raise most of the money on their own. Chilliwack, his home town did. And, he explained, it makes sense to go slow. The biggest problem is trying to attract the professionals you need to run a CT Scanner. A machine that it doesn’t make any sense to purchase until you have the professionals, who won’t come to work for you unless you have the machine. The Shames Mountain road got a quick and easy answer. The cost more than doubled when the government put money into it simply because it costs more to build to Ministry “of Highways standards than Ministry of Forest Standards. And for safety reasons, a public access road has to meet highways standards. Also receiving standardized ‘plaint: teplies were questions on pollution caused by fish farms (a commiitee has been formed), recycling for the Northwest (there’s no place to put the stuff yet), Free Trade (it's good for us), maintenance pay- ments (if we can’t find him we can’t do a thing), the location of ihe mecting (we didn’t know so many people cared), and Fantasy Gardens. And of course no meeting today is complete without addressing the land issue. For politicians, some- thing akin to the Venus fly trap. A Nisga’a native opened the round by stating something we all know and want to address, "People great- ly misunderstand what land claims mean," he said, and, "In part it’s your failure to be participants. You are responsible to allay people’s fears." True, admitted Vander Zalm. But only until 1988. In 1989, he said, the Native Advisory Council to the Premier was established and I (Vander Zalm) "met with all tribal councils to learn first hand all of the problems and how we might best address them”. But this was followed by a Vander Zalm com- "At every meeting we wanted to talk about new social programs... economic initiatives. But time and time again, leaders talked only about native land claims." In the name of a resolu- tion, though, he did admit, "Because we control the land and resources we should be there.” Vander Zalm did agree, however, that the government. should per- haps be saying a little more. "We need to get more information out," he said. "That is what whites and natives are really seeking." But, he added, there’s a problem. The Nisga’a are "fairly easy to talk to" but that’s not always the case. "Some want separate sovereign nations and lands," he explained. But then came the very roots of misunderstanding. A Hazelton logger complained that a full one- third of their annual allowable cut was sitting idle, tied up in a land claims dispute. "Where do you see | the future of our area going," asked? Forests Minister Chaude Richmond was unsympathetic. "We can’t kid ourselves and leave the AAC where it is," he said in response to a quest for more tim- ber from fess land. "We have no choice." And Vander Zalm offered a warming to all: "It can’t end up in a ridiculous situation... a resource and no jobs. Then," he suggested, "the people will decide. These things have been decided by revo- lution in other places." This gave courage to a Kitwanga housewife who said she was trying hard to understand native concerns but explained that was difficult when you belong to a trace of have-nots. "Across the street they (the native population) have run- ning water, sewer, cable, more than adequate housing... We don’t have those things. Where’s the equality?" "If I were to elaborate we could be here all night," Vander Zalm suggested. "There are obviously Shortcomings that exist and we would all be better off if they were addressed.” With this, he sug- gested, "If we provide services to the native community as a part of the bigger community it is only fair that they contribute." And then he defined the word "contribute". "Taxation needs to be equitable," he said. Tough words: "revolution" and "faxes". Both on the topic of the land issue. Was this wise in such ‘ an arena? Perhaps not. But there’s to be no election soon anyway. At least that’s what Vander Zalm has led us to believe. All Skeena Mall stores will be open Sundays from 12 noon to 5 p.m. October 7th until December 31st. The merchants of the Skeena Mali hope that these extra shopping hours will be a benefit to all their customers in the Northwest. 400 - 4741 Lakelse Avenue, Terrace, B.C. V8G 1R5 ~— Phone 635-2546 Minister mum on CT: Scanner funds Michael Leisinger: Go ahead with original plan. . TERRACE — Members of the Terrace Health Care Society board escorted Health Minister John Jansen on a tour of Mills Memorial Hospital and the site of the planned supportive housing complex by the Terraceview Lodge during his one-day visit here Sept. 25. Jansen was impressed by the housing idea but non-committal about funding the CT Scanner, said society chief executive officer Michael Leisinger. The R.E.M. Lee Hospital Foun- dation has raised more than $250,000 toward the cost of in- stalling and purchasing a CT Scan- ner and the board approached Jansen to see if the province would foot the remainder of the $600,000 bill to finish the purchase. The government has turned down the idea in the past because Mills Memorial doesn’t service the population level required in the guidelines for the scanner. Leisin- ger said the minister is apparently still unenthusiastic about it. "We're going to go ahead with our original plan to raise half the money locally, then go to Victoria and show them the amount of support in the community and ask them to fund the rest of the cost, plus the annual operating expenses," Leisinger said. Operating a CT Scanner would cost $350,000-400,000 a year, but Leisinger noted it is probably costing at least that much to send people from the Northwest to Vancouver for the diagnostic service. “And that’s not including the social costs," he said. ACROSS 1 Smallbad 4 Killed 8 Permit 11 Commotion Inped eeu tat nd BE Sap teal © I) 15 Camelot tady 18 Panny 18 Livaly outing 20 Finished 22 Auricle 23 Tao 20 Paruaes 26 island 28 Polish sect founded (1750 abou 32 Grinding tool 34 Pas 38 Deserthaven, pl. 37 Sinbad’ sbird 38 Fit 39 Part.to the moon 43 Saying 45 Root part 48 Love. 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