A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 24, 1999 Mayor backs log export plan MAYOR JACK Talstra backs the idea of letting West Fraser export raw logs lo keep loggers working — but says there should be light restrictions, "Desperate times call for different kinds of solu- lions,”’ Talstra said ' last Wednesday, adding log ex- ports isn’ an idea. that should become a long-term way of operating here, “I think export on the short term is probably al- right, but it’s not the preferable way of doing it,” he said. “There should be some lime stipulation [ think. Al- low it to happen for six months, eight months or whatever and then have a review of it.” West Fraser says it will continue discussions with the province about getting permission to export more than 206,000 cubic metres a year to Japan, despite the IWA’s vote to oppose the idea. About half the unionized sawmill . workers . face layoffs in June when a fed- eral work sharing program runs out and union leaders say the company wasn’t giving firm “enough ‘as-~ Surances that the mill will mun even one shift. “The [WA has a point From front Loggers angry Wood said the four main logging contractors to West Fraser put close to $8 million a year into the Terrace econ- omy, ‘Why not just let us go to work?” demanded Mont- gomery. “Eventually the tables are going to turn and when they need help they’re not going to get it,’’ he added. “‘It’s a hell of a thing because we all belong to the same damn union. I don’t understand it.”’ kak kk A local [WA official hopes to bridge the gap between his logger and sawmill members. “What we're going to do is have a meeting of all the ‘committees from logging and sawmills and find out what we could do and have a meeting with the company,”’ said business agent Surinder Malhotra. ‘“We want to get a con- scnsus from. the membership.”’ He did not mule out the possibility of having another vote on log exports, While conceding loggers were heavily in favour of the plan, he said the vote on their side was not 100 per cent and added that IWA members in one logging firm — which he would not identify — did vote against. So Safepak “FIRST. AID KITS & SUPPLIES Refill your old kit or upgrade with a new WCB Standard kit from | in the Park Avenue Medical Building, GJ ‘Northern Healthcare Terrace dn Memoriam. 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VBG 4A2 ‘ Anne Evans 638-1966 HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF B.C & YUKON when they say there should be some commitment from the company back to the community,” Talsira said. “Tf not a guarantee, then at least a firmer commitment to proceed with one shift through the year ahead.”’ He also noted that a com- pany’s situation can tum out to be better than thought after concessions are granted, “The company looks at exporting as a way of sur- viving,’’ Talstra said. ‘‘But if it turns out to be a little betier than that, those returns should be reinvested here in the northwest.” “Tf there is a dollar to be had in terms of exporting, there shovld maybe be a commitment to roadbuilding that would be used in the fu- ture, so when markets return to normal they’ve put the in- frastructure in place with the earnings they’ve made and can go from there.” “We don’t want to see a Repap situation where if something is to be gained here it keeps things alive in Quesnel or somewhere else,” he added, ‘‘This is where it's coming from so this is where it should go back into,’’ Talstra predicts _—the eventual future of the forest industry here will require a merger and restructuring of West Fraser and Skeena Cellulose operations. “T don’t know how it’s going to pan aut but | think First Nations will play some role in that and the com- panies will cooperate more in the future than they have in the past,’? he said. ‘‘I think that will be a matter of necessity.” New fee LAST WEEK’S story on in- creased fees at provincial campgrounds missed one item. 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