The Terrace Review asked: | What government agencies _ and crown corporations _ Gould be operated more _ effectively by private enterprise? _ Don Whitford | B.C. Ferrias could-probably be better run by private enter- prise, but | think that the Post Office should best be’ left alone. Liquor sales could robably be more competitive f private enterprise was hand- ling it. | mean exclusively 1i- quor stores; | don't think it’s wise to put liquor for sale in variety stores. Bill Nannings | think that B.C. Resources would be a good candidate, as well as B.C. Ferries. TERRACE — Merkley Road and Woodland Heights residents are greeting long-awaited road work in their area with applause. After concentrating on the - Thornhill area for the past five years, the Ministry of Highways will be making an equal effort over the next few years in the area north of Terrace. District Highways Manager Peter Wightman said upgrading this year would concentrate on Transportation including fer" ries and Petro Can. These types of ventures should be returned to private enterprise: it would be a. more econom- ical operation if it was private- ly operated, Ben Sousa | think that the government is doing allright on its own ac- cord. We just need to see bet- ter timas. . Terrace north — _ gets pavement Merkley Road, from the North Eby/Orde Road intersection, across Spring Creek to Johnson Road, and then up Johnson Road to Woodland Park Drive. Wightman said that the Ministry was upgrading and widening the roads in prepara- tion for future paving and the work being done this year will lessen the gradient and curves on the present hills. mo. Bi Bouter 2 Probably some things could — be done more efficiently by private enterprise, for exam: ple the Post Office, and Via Rail if it were private couid get more people to take the train: It seems they're not really in- terested in carrying passen- gers, Lols Bush I'd like to see the Post Office become more. efficient; for what we pay in taxes our mail should reach us much faster. Computer | back on > the road | TERRACE ~~ Northwest Com- : munity College (NWCC) recent- ~ ly announced its. Mobile Com- puter Centre will go into its se- cond year of operation with an expanded offering of services. — After a successful first season of workshops throughout the college region that attracted more than 400 participants, the high-tech van will continue its travels-under the stewardship of Ranier Gianellia. In addition to the programs that contributed to its initial popularity, the Centre will offer Real-Time Accounting and Desktop Publishing during the 1987-88 college year, with Computer-Aided Design being another possibility under con- sideration. A workshop can be scheduled within six weeks upon the re- quest of any six people in a col- lege region community. Further information on the Mobile § Computer Centre is available through the Terrace campus of Northwest Community College. Letter To the editor, August of 1987 will be remembered as the month that Alcan made the big move. The big move to reach a “‘negotiated settlement”? with the Mulroney government to gain even greater control over the rivers in north- : em B.C. | ‘Negotiated settlement’’ sounds reasonable, doesn’t it? Big money is being spent to sell the idea throughout the North- west. Pressure ‘is being exerted by Alcan in many quarters to cut | this deal which means huge pro- fits for the corporation and its Shareholders. What do you and I have to give up as northerners to satisfy these demands by Alcan? Just the water flowing in the Necha- ko and perhaps other rivers (such as the Fraser, the Nanika, Kidprice, Bulkley and Skeena). These projects affect every man, woman and child. They affect the salmon. They affect water Terrace Review — Wednesday, September 2, 1987. 5 full j nquiry — © tables, agriculture, community - water supplies, existing and pro- posed industry, waterfowl, _ wildlife — the list goes on. What does Alcan propose? Jobs? But where and how many? No one knows! Certainly not for new aluminum smelters, — Alcan has made it clear that capacity expansion is not likely here or anywhere in Canada. - So why should Alcan be given. additional when they already are exporters. of raw power from the North: west and B.C. Hydro has far more power than they can sell or use in B.C. or anywhere else? =. Why hasn't Alcan built -@ single secondary processing’ plant in the Northwest in over 30 years? 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