rh sie ah cies ee a ite it bed iad had Page A4- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 25, 1992 oO "TERRACE STANDA -Jelf Nagel — Naws/Community, Malcolm Baxter — News/Sparts Rose Fisher — Front Office Manager, Carolyn Anderson — Typesetter_ Arlene Watts — Typasetter, Susan Credgeuwr — Composing/Darkroom, Janat Viveltos — Advertising Consultant, Sam Coliiar — Advertising Consultant, * "- Chartena Matthews — Circulatlon Supervisor Publisher/Editor: Rod Link Special thanks to all our contributors and correspondents for * ESTABLISHED APRIL 27,1968 lL. OC COTE EEE TE TEE EE PE EEO wwe ee st eeeereese ecee ; -extbout it 7, jis shoula-th le | the city. fit the people. Registration No. 7820 4647 Lazelle Ave., Terrace, B.C., V8G 188 Phone (604) 638-7283 Secving the Terrace area, Published on Wednasday of each week by Cariboo Press (1959) Lid, at 4647 Lazelle Ave, Terrace, Brilish Columbia. 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This policy is tied to the Crown land. upon which Orenda wants to build its mill. It is in the Tsimshian land claim and the | Haisla of Kitamaat village also say they have an interest in the property. The province has taken the position that there never has been a blanket extinguish- ment of native claims to Crown land. It has fleshed this out by relying on a portion of a B.C, Supreme Court decision. That deci- sion threw out the Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en claim to a large chunk of northwestern B.C. But the court did rule the province does have a special responsi- bility to natives when development threatens traditional native use of land. The province built on that this year by adding a nalive component to its review of Orenda’s proposal, by placing natives on a committee to oversee the mill’s construc- tion and operation and by agreeing to dis- cuss the idea of revenue sharing of tax benefits from the mill. There have been other development deals _ Tricky ground | struck between companies and natives in the province. The Golden Bear mine out- side of Dease Lake is one example. Yet these have been done in recognition of na- tives as residents of the area in which de- velopment takes place and not so much on _ aclaim to land and resources. The provincial government is sending out a strong signal accepting native land claims through the Orenda proposal without first determining the extent and scope of native jurisdiction. Each little step along the way justifies what has happens and lays the groundwork for what should come next. It is a tricky and potentially hazardous way to do busi- ness, particularly in the unknown area of native land claims, Ultimately, the pro- vince. will reduce the negotiating room it has when the time comes for the nuts and ~ bolts of land claims talks. Unofficial policy, such as the acceptance that there will be a certain number of na- tives building and then working in the mill, has a habit of becoming official. More importantly, all of this is being done without debate in the legislature and without the province properly explaining itself to the other people who live in the north. ee ~The right fit ‘There will be an important principle at stake when the city council holds meetings ‘proposed Jand use plan. And that SOAP EES The city’s proposed land use plan is the blueprint upon which all development will _be.based well into the next century..IV’s.a. " rare opportunity to establish a correct path, ©. “particularly with the. realization that Ter-' - race is: rapidly becoming the place to live - inthe northwest. “ But there is something missing so far 5 Ps Sarid re woe ll ga Id-the people fit into’a dity’srsHowld” “"” These kin i Z a ne eae washers from the land use plan. The city could use more parkland and it could use more bike paths and walking paths. the cify to all age and income’ groups in ad- dition to the recreational opportunities they provide. Not everybody can live in sub- divisions dependent upon a private motor ‘yehicle for transportation. - ‘Recognition of this-would give Terrace — the image of a city that welcomes all kinds of people. When that happens, people have _-a tendeticy to respond favourably. vot tuldgs broaden the use of beh Libéril leader Golds It’sallint . “What the Blue Book is to he book used cars, Sears catalogue is to . Before a burned out family ~ can collect fire insurance, they _juster'a costed out list of the ~ insured contents they lost. Through Bifocais by Claudetie Sandecki Unless you're a Boy Scout and kept an up-to-date in- - ventory of your belongings . stashed in a safety deposit box, you have to rely on memory to compile your list. Also, replacement values can ~ be hard to determine. Items may have been gifls, or one- of-a-kind handicrafts; bought years ago; or out season at the time of your fire, That’s when Sears catalogue rescues you, . Much of our contents had been purchased before 1960. A china cabinet and other pieces of my grandparent’s homesteading furniture dated from: 1912. Putting a value on "those -irreplaceable .antiques was difficult, but guided by Sears catalogue and a local furniture dealer, I arrived at figures the adjuster okayed as reasonable, Sears prices are accepted as | fair replacement value. And’ having everything from clo- thing to crescent wrenches in one "store" where your fingers can do the, shopping saves much time, trouble, and temper. Js helpful. to have both’ a. winter’: “and. ..a summer catalogue. Theil: should you ~~ burn down’ after: Labour Day, ou can still: price, camping quipment;’ if your ‘tire hap-’. pens during a July heat wave, you can still price quilts. Even a conservative family’s modest home hart urs a sur- prisingly extensive, valuable conglomeration of stuff, Col- ‘.Jected one piece at a time over thirty years, our list filled al- most 40 pages. Typewritten. Single spaced. The mere thought of replacing just some of it-in one fell swoop gives me a migraine. To have to write the list with a ballpoint would be more punishment than an arsonist would get from a court, . As I made up the list, my mental snapshots. tended to focus’ on major things- refrigerator, piano, sofa.- I overlooked things like the frozen meats and other foods in the refrigerator, the framed photos and bric a brac on the piano, the cushions and afghan on the sofa. : _ Finally, so I wouldn't miss too much-and because the ad- juster wanted things grouped by room - I wrote reminder headings such as Kitchen South Wall, Kitchen Cup- board, Under Kitchen Sink, and so on. 7 Family members jogged my ‘memory, too. Each. daughter listed her clothing, crafts, toys, “and.:..> other. childhood mementoes stored either in her room or boxed in the base- ment; gifts she had given over the years to the rest of us; decorations she had made for our family tree... Insurance adjusters aren’t bashful about demanding proof of loss. But once satisfied, they can pay out re- markably soon, Before. the ‘tubble has cooled they’re prowling the site, camera in hand, shooting from more angles than a fashion photog- rapher. With your list on a clipboard, they clamber over debris ticking off metal skeletons of refrigerators and ranges, pianos and table saws. ‘Giving a Care package to a burned out family? Top it with a Sears catalogue. at x Opposition party” | not tough enough on government — VICTORIA — On the mom- ing of Tuesday, Nov. 17, Her Majesty*s Loyal Opposition fumbled the ball, again. At 10 a.m. sharp, moments after Members of Legislative Assembly filed into the cham- "Wilsoa Should have got yp ai said: "Honourable Speaker, I rise on a matter of urgent pub- lic importance." He then should have asked for an emergency debate on . the illegal ferry strike that had stranded thousands of travel- lers at B.C. Ferry terminals. Speaker Joan Sawicki would have had a hard time refusing such a request. As it was, Wil- son didn’t make the request, and neither did Socred leader Jack Weisgerber. Thus, a great opportunity to embarrass the government was lost, and the NDP was able to get right back to pushing through Bill 84, the new Labour Relations Code. During the afternoon ques- tion period, Wilson tried to get back into the game, but made’, matters worse. By the time fi- - nance minister Glen Clark had answered the opposition lead- . ers’ questions about the wild- cat strike, it was all over. Not only that, Wilson’s line of questioning left Clarkso many openings that when he was through with him, he had © almost made it look like Wil- son was personally responsible for the walkout. Here’s an example: Why did ihe minister do nothing to resolve the safety issue "until a wildcat strike was required" to make the ministry deal with the matter? Wilson asked. Well, when you say that something is required, you sort of sanction it. Clark didn’t need any prompting to zero in. on the opposition leader. "T am delighted to answer that question, because it gives P AND EVERYONE KNOWS ANIMALS i i ae Ker Lo 7 iy a, EH Ail qnineree spel alesiroy wenyets west From the Capiiai by Hubert Beyer Me an opportunity comment on the shameful and ir- responsible comments of the Leader of the Opposition. I think most British Columbians would be appalled that the leader of the Opposition is supporting an illegal work stoppage," Clark thundered, Of course, Wilson didn’t support the wildcat strike. He just didn’t have the smarts to ask the right question, and that showed me, once again, that the Liberals are the worst and most ineffective opposition I have ever encountered. One Liberal member, whom I won’t name because the remark was made under cir- cumstances that could be thought of as confidential, said he or she (7 won’t even say which) didn’t like to query a certain minister during ques- tion period, "because he knows four times as much as I do." The government is getting away with murder, and the op- position lets it. If the NDP had been facing the likes of Don Phillips, Jim Chabot and Bob McLelland on the opposition benches, they’d have hated to go into the chamber the morn- _ing of the ferry strike. The best thing the NDP has going for it is the opposition. Sooner or later, someone will have to hold Clark to ac- count for the sky-rocketing deficit, His arguments of hav- ing inherited a "financial | mess" are wearing pretty thin. The facts are that we are " staring a $2.7 billion deficit in Pare 3 2 0i es Tl: ent apa! the face. That’s not all the Socreds’ fault. Part of itis caused by a weak world econ- omy, another part by federal offloading of responsibilities. But there’s also a part for which the NDP government must accept the blame. I’m not saying that public sector wage hikes in the neigh- borhood of 6.01 per cent (5.92 "per cent for the British Colum- bia Government Employees Union) are outrageous, but they are certainly higher than the 4.25 per-cent increase in the private sector last year. The effectiveness of the i media in holding governments to account is not only limited but somewhat questionable. The media are an extra- parliamentary force that should never assume the role _of the official opposition. News stories, columns and editorials can and should deal — with the shortcomings of society. They can help:keep politicians on the straight and natrow. oo ‘ But the job of hammering a government, day after day belongs to the opposition. Our system works best when both government and opposition are strong. And that, I’m afraid, is not the case in British Colum- bia in 1992, . The government is pretly strong, make no mistake about that. Unfortunately, the oppo- sition is weak, lacklustre and without direction. So far, the _ Liberals do not look like a vi- able alternative for the next election. = eo AND SKOOKUM'S. CLASSIC ExiT!