proved.” :the:
~. Dec. 13, rejecting pleas fro

/ a requirement: of: provincial:-.. |
law, but, federal:-bankraptey’ -
law -Supercedes all else, ‘ale

. lowing a company t to emerge “Oy

. d

ging’ is at normal: levels, said
- Don Hull and Sons president
; Lloyd Hull... a :

: three contracts. ‘Ihemsélves

- By JEFF NAGEL

THREE TERRACE logging |
_ contractors have lost timber:
~ cutting: “rights: worth miil-/
lions ag a’ result: of contract
| terminations. tied to the. ‘sale. .
_ Of the: Tegion’ s Higpest Forest -
licence. |

Don Hull and Sons Con: :

tracting, | cK’ Shian”: Logging: ’
_and Construction and:Main | ~
- Logaing have: lost: their “ev-

ergreen” status, ° which “re-

quired: ‘half of: all timber: cul

_on.Tree. Farm Licence Al be rn
harvested by their crews...»
- Wiping ‘out: ‘those “con-"
~ tracts Was. a. condition. Of.

the -Lax: Kw’ alaams. band’s:

-, purchase of the TEL for 4. 8. .

tuillion. ve
Supreme.” ‘Couit
Justice Donafd  Brénner. ap--
“terminations...

the B.C.. ‘government and the
contractors...
Evergreen. contracts ' “are -

K’Shian hag : a. ‘similar

"amount, he said, and:Main’s:*
' contract. ‘is  for®

“around
100,000 cubic - metres per.
year..,

‘Besides ihe value f. ‘the

: Svorth several million:

:S a result of the province's -
‘takeback. ‘of: 20 per cent-of-

"ways,

ne they- have also lost compen-

sation they ivere to be paid

the. timber onthe tree fen. .

were, in: linet to get.1 the’ maxi-

g- mum: $16" per, cubic metre"
ws compensation through’ a pro:

vineially controlled fund:
“We're:

local economy up: here.”
Hull. wants to study: the

: court: records. ‘to: ‘determine

counted?”
He suspects the province
stood to -gain;: by. nol- hay

: unfounded,

_ ty. before the: courts for: those
~ guys’ rights"...
“We'did not-sit'on.our,
shave:
never sat: on ny. hands « “On.
a - “tha
“sold: = e the ‘contractors fear

Moye ul ae

7 incentive: to the: ‘province,’ ;
fund
‘doesn't: ‘0 Up Or ‘down be-
cause of the: loss of three

7 shafted ° “both a
“he said...“It's anoth=
-er slap in’ the. face’ froni- ‘our, -
/ friendly government. to- our

Ata. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday; December 22, 2004

_ Loggers lose out on bic
_ to keep cutting rights
despite licence sale |

; tractors.

“Did. they have a. lawe .
: yer sit there and waste your;
~-and my tax dollars to put in:
an appearance?” he’ asked-:

“Or did he stand up. and: be

ing.to pay the $1.5-million

in compensation, if the con-
'“fracts here.wete terminated.
Skeena MLA’ Roger Har~ “

tis. says’ those. suspicions ‘are

“Thal’s:” “untan”
said, “We argued, strenuous

hands,” -he- added:

isstic,”*

“There is’ ‘no financial

Harris *“ said: “That

contr tracts.”

n ‘place’ with: logging. sec-

ve can ‘do. about it," Harris

‘do more: ’

tment. in’ my: mind: has” to.
sign off on transfer. of “the
“licence.”:
~ government’ with any. gus. .
would say: this. is not going .

“tinue to’have perpetual. log:
“Bing. rights" ‘to.another Gimber. J.
sticénce. fit’ the: Terrace. area. |
” “that” inicludes® the. Williams.
Creek area and the east side an

Harris :

have. been terminated. iby’ the.

: 2002 when Dan Veniez: “arid
ASS. million find sel up : George Petty. insisted on‘the’.
“to ‘compensate loggers’ ‘proy-
“ince-wide: for lost cutting °
“tights. throtigh:the takeback. *

won't change. as’ a-result of 71
- the: terminations,

of the. operations. That. re-
* ducéd the amount. of timber
*- allocated’to evergreen firms: |
“ta 50. per cent from around |
“three: -quarters. " :

Kn independent board pit a
‘then; ‘to “achieving : a lower
toy. reps makes all. decisions ay
..on-comipensation *| ‘from that
* furid, he added.” 2! .
““The..judge: made: ‘a: dee
cision: Pm: not’ happy with, °
-but' there’s “not’a. whole: lot.”

had ‘their: contracts: eliminat--
“ed then, Avith the consent of
the: provincial: -goverhment,
“Which: was selling t the: tom:

Hull thi ks Victoria ‘could

“The. prow ‘incial govern

~ Hull said.. “Any. ”

onli ine :

Soules cn can :

ed pr odd Ca TT) bow

PUBLIC
The Terrace Landfill Site

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CHRISTMAS DAY -

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The tires conthactorsc con- a

“This is: the “second time]:
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courts:
The” “ast

time “was “in.

ierminalion. of : two" ‘of: what Se

‘were. then. five - evergreen, A a

‘ontractors: for. TFL: 1-as- a’.
tio their purchase

imber out.to wide-open ‘bid-*
ding was a-key,.Veniez said -

cost ivood supply... ile
“Cleat. Creek Canitacting, ae
owned * by. the’ Alm-Woad" |’ -
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