Page A4 - Tha Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 8, 1993 Kitlope solution Add the Kitlope Valley, southeast of Kemano, to your list of logging hotspots. Now the subject of a relentless public rela- .tions preservation campaign by the Haisla ‘and their allies, the area also sits within “Tree Farm Licence 41. It belongs to ' Burocan/West Fraser and provides a ‘healthy chunk of the wood needed for area Mills... _. Logging in the Kitlope has been frozen ‘until a land use decision is made. That's to take. place before 1995. Any casual ob- ~ sérver Of the situation realizes that some- body is going to be ticked whatever hap- pens. There appears to be no consensus possible ‘in the brutal world of B.C. en- vironmental politics. Yet: perhaps, just perhaps, there is the glimmering of a solution, It’s already con- tained within forest. ministry legislation. Here’s how it could work. Every time a wood licence is sold or comes up for renewal, the provincial government takes five per cent of the an- nual’ allowable cut. The idea is to en- courage small logging businesses and boost those smaller companies developing -ways of adding more value to wood pro- ,ducts.. West Fraser is in the process of ‘buying out Finnish partner Enso Gutzeit’s nbtnealoge yb rh consid “financially lucrative life. “That’s why we should spare a thought for the group of people who meet today in the a ailempt-to cut 17 beds from: the 67 now 50 per cent of Eurocan, That could very well bring into play the five per. céent- provincial take back. ee, The five per cent amounts to 110,000 cubic metres a year and that’s a lot of wood, It’s more than what West Fraser originally wanted to cut in the Kitlope be- fore the Haisla and their allies became ac- tive. Instead of assigning the.110,000 cubic metres a year to small logging shows, the province might be able to use it to set aside the Kitlope from logging. West Fraser is understandably more than a little bit jittery about a potential double whammy in losing the Kitlope and the five per cent take back. Combining the two might not solve all of West Fraser’s ptob- lems, but it just might be one solution to avoid a larger mess down the road. All of this presumes the Haisla and their allies will accept the broad strokes of such de increases. | a a Ug! qollisauos While eye ay ering” ‘a new’ career should look no further than to the health care industry. The person who can figure out the meat and potatoes of what should be done to cope with smaller and smaller budgets can be assured of a solid and a plan in some good old-fashioned give — and take. Their pitch is that the Kitlope and surrounding area should be preserved. They say the area could serve as a tourist destination spot, bringing in jobs and revenue, This might not completely replace the kind of money logging generates, but it does deserve a serious look. Anything is - better than a Clayoquot repeat. Kelowna , Kam ~~ ws Fy ops andvemon... f td anal an eo around In CYandyOOk , It iccon. eat-corn and clown around in vancouver, Meine th ss). andclown around O R R A I \ l ) Jeff Nagel - Naws/Community, Malcolm Baxtar - News/Sparts, E ; CE OTA AR Publisher/Editor: Rose Fishar - Front Office Manager, Pam Odell - Compositor, ; a sth Lo ; Rod Link Tricia Walker - Typesetter, Susan Credgeur - Composing/Darkroom, Special thanks to _ Eee | _ Janet Vivelros - Adverlising Consultant, Sam Collier - Advartising Consultant, all our fegis 7 Charlene Matthews - Circulation Manager’ Registration No, 7820 4647 Lazelle Ave., Terrace, B.C., V8G 1$8 averting contributors and | 3. 3 Mik L , correspondents Phone (604) 638-7283 Fax (604) 638-8432 = Mike L. 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Nothing a government does, I was convinced, would sur- - prise me..As so often, I was . wrong, ‘You have no idea how “os wrong L:was. _-~-T-have in front of me an offi- -"2“¢ial memo from Shirley Avril, Of course, statistics may not have much to do with reality. In the north the reality is that providing health care is a far different .. thing than down south. Failure on the part _ of the provincial government to recognize ~ “this can only lead ‘to having an inferior level of health care in the northwest. “2 - gg-ordinator for the education On S "© tministry’s Gender Equality me veil NG tty whan Yaviu? 6 ob” The health ministry says Mills ‘has“too many beds for the number of people living in the area and that people stay at the hos- pital for too long. Failure to meet statistical guidelines in these two areas results in punishment through withholding budget . Programs. The memo is ad- RAGAN OOM MRIS OB TMPNSRS SHIEH GH Accompanying Avril’s memo is a poster, forwarded, via official channels, by the government’s Employment Equity Branch. The poster is an invitation to all homosexual government employees to join the ‘Provincial Lesbian and Gay Employees Associa- tion,”’ Are you still with me? According to the invitation, — qualified for membership in the new association are all les- ' bian and gay employees of the British Columbia Employees Union, management positions - included, as well as Crown _ corporation employees and A break in bo “A report just out concludes overall crime in Canada dropped. - 3.2 per cent last year. - You'd tiever guess it from Ter- race's break-in statistics, Last week alone:-police recorded at least-14 ‘Incidents of businesses being broken.’into.” . That’s downtowi businesses only, not residential. “In July, police re- corded 41 business break-ins, 1 Hy | ‘TE Terrace was the size of New ‘| “York City and Johnny. Carson “was ‘still. doing. nighitime. televi- ‘slon, he’d be doing jokes about _ race 1s so bad”? * - How bad is it? : - It's **The break and enter rate in Ter--: ‘bad, to keep detachment figures from running clean off the. “computer. page, police lump all ~-break-lns Ina single building dur- ing a 24-hour period as one heist, -_.., So when several:businesses stop the credit: union: building: were . broken‘into, RCMP. counted it as a sligle Incident involving one - building, -If-the: rash of. break-ins "worsens, “police may have to rything in a city. block neident. to “save our ig doors, leaving them un- locked after hours,’and supplying . __ numbers. Soon,thieves may have _, “to establish“a‘ reservation .gys and phone ahteadi yi" re When. they, do: gain entry, they hit: evety’ business .aleng a. cor- Tidof to cut down on return calls: (lt's.a0 bad, thieves are ‘talking rot tyros are, installing + Our plush, new minimum = security prison . doesn’t. deter | Through | Bifocals licences as a way to limit the number. of competing bandits. Some thieves advocate assigning ‘territories, along the lines of a -” trapline or a tree farm licence. Law abiding citizens, feartul tor ‘their “properties, have’ organized every. preventative community . program known - Crime: Watch.: Vandel Watch. Neighbourhood’ ~ - Watch. The only thing left-to orgarize is a Court Watch. Mem: ' ‘bers’ of, Court Watch could ” ‘proclaim . their. membership. by © displaying bumper stickers read- ing Want a Taste of Justice? Bite a Judge. criminals. How. could. it, with its: spacious .rooms, cable TV and . frecdom from nagging Gertie. Concemed homeowners do. everything they can to protect emiselves: :from crimes. of op-. “portunity. They. safeguard their -“‘Yaliablés,-stashing their'cash in “checking accounts, their jewelry iin safe deposit: boxes, and thei" ““Dobermans in cars., -of lobbying iy all fr Businss "Our hlgh erime rte is even af _ by Claudette sandeckl a fecting employment. Job ap- plicants are interviewed not on -» political appointees, '. I suppose at this point I _s.." Should make:a disclaimer. No, : 3. I'm not.a homophobic, I abhor nh anZa _. - "gay bashing, If people choose _ <* to-be homosexual, that’s their -_ ”, business, as long as it isn’t e: . “ compulsory. . But this nonsense is going ~ too far. It offends my sense of “royy propriety, but that isn’t even the point. Among the agenda ~ items, listed on the invitation and to be discussed by.the new association, are ‘consultation, visibility, and sharing in- formation about benefits and - rights.” their training, experience, or ; career goals, but on their ability fo memorize physical descrip- tions, sprint, and clamp a head- lock. -: Thanks. to the popularity of '. break-ins, security firms are ring- ing up sales of alarm systems, Visibility? Now what could that possibly mean? How about pushing for official employment quotas for gays and lesbians? And don’t think ’ for a moment that this govern- - Ment would reject such an idea and suppliers are selling out of - - shatter-proof. glass, deadbolts, and tirsironms. = ~~ ; _ But if God hadn’t intended us to be burglarized, he wouldn’t have invented tire irons. out of hand. The poster explains that the creation of the homosexual “employees association was — prompted by the addition of “sexual orientation’’ tothe -B.C, Human Rights Code. It’s From the _ Capital by Hubert Beyer short trip from havin gained der the Hunian Righis'Codé tao". demanding employment quotas, Back in 1973, when the’ Dave Barrett government was at the height of power, a lot of the party’s more radical ele- ments demanded a women’s ministry. That demand cul- ‘- minated in a concerted labby at the party convention. Most of the elected party _ Members, including Barrett, Dave Stupich, Bill King and Dennis Cocke rejected the. -. idea out of hand. They argued ~ that a men’s ministry would have to be next, then a chil- dren’s ministry and perhaps. ' even, yOu guessed it, a pays’ _ ministry. Well, 20 years later, we're nearly there, Governments everywhere are begging for the gay vote, and the gays and lesbians know it. They are trying to gain ever more ~ legitimacy by playing on the ’ desire, shared by most people, not to be seen as. homophobic. I'd like 1o repeat. I have no problem with gays and les- ~ bians following what they . tefer to as an alternative life style. Pardon me if [ don’t come aboard, I have no objec- _ tionte gays and lesbians hav- ing equal access to jobs. [ will raise my voice against dis- crimination, but I will not buy into what I am convinced is © the ultimate aim of this new - gay and lesbian employecs as- sociation —- employment equi- I’ve always failed to see the necessity for homosexuals to . . “‘come out of the closet.” - _ When e friend of mine felt compelted, for: some reason, to HAT AIN'T NUTHIN SONNY! WHY L tell. me that he was gay, I said, so what, I’m heterosexual, Ju really don’t care..-...:05 27 But when lobbyists of . whatever life style and convic- tion try to chisel for special privileges I do care, "Take the proposal in.a report on discrimination against” _ women in the legal profession that lawyers with children. . should be able to work less for equal pay. That report was. . prepared by former Supreme Court of Canada justice Bertha Wilson. I’m all in favor of accom- modating mothers in the work place. Yes, we should have more child care spaces, yes, women should have time off ‘with pay to give birth, but-al- _ lowing women work fewer hours for equal pay doesn’t sound very equal tome." ” The same goes for trying to “establish employment quotas for gays and lesbians. I’m nat even very enthusiastic about affirmative action in general. ::. believe merit should be the © overriding principle governing — : hiring practices, but I can ac- cept some adjustment:to bring greater equality to womefi or minority groups in the work: place, Ss _ Extend that mechanism to lesbians and gays? Not. Ifa gay or lesbian is treated un- fairly, there are institutions to deal with that, including. the human rights branch and; of course, the courts, - Meanwhile, prospective” members of the new Provin- cial Gay and Lesbian Employ- ees Association would be bet- .. ter off using thelr working. — -hours on behalf of the tax-: payers rather than their own agenda. \ EVERY GENERATION "+0 HAS ITS BUFFALO. BB © O Dinguiner (A 7