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Alcan can be a success

Dear Sir:
The Oct: 7 symposium

on Alcan power sales and

the privatization of _ B.C.
Hydro was an event put on
by and paid for by Save the

7 Northwest — not the District

of Kitimat as Alcan official
Paul Henning implied in his
Oct. 6 letter to employees.

- Mr. Henning: stated ‘that

. respectful dialogue and col-.
laboration is the best way to |
solve issues. But this would .
only work if all parties were
' working for. Kitimat’s in-

terests and not for Alcan’s
global goals.

’ Mr. Henning.also stated.

in his letter’ that Save the

if it lives up to contracts

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Northwest funded a re-
cent documentary. This is
also not correct as Save the
Northwest did not fund, nor

did we have any say in the

content of the documentary.
Save the Northwest is a

‘coalition of many people

from all political parties.
To pre-judge the Oct. 7
power sales town hall meet-

ing was wrong. Our invita-.
tion .to Alcan’s CEO was.

sent in good faith atid to re-
ceive their reply in the nega-
tive the day after the event
was disappointing, to say the
least. (The letter was sent to
my old address and there-
fore was not even received
in time for the event.) |

To then see a letter sent to

Alcan employees which was

full of mistakes was even
more disappointing. »
We want Alcan to be suc-

_cessful in B.C. and it can be

by using all available power

for aluminum production,

as per the contracts it has
signed.

_ Ray Brady,

Kitimat, B.C.

Dear Sir:

has no boundaries” in the Oc. 26 issue of

The Terrace Standard begs a few ques-

tions other than “Why are we in court?”
Indeed the headline answers this ques-

"his new role as “spokeperson” for Alcan
misses the revelation completely. .

Yes, Alcan could sell power it deems
surplus to many companies around B.C.
and elsewhere, but there is nothing that
would prevent it from happening at the
expense of jobs in Kitimat.

If the power were used “in the vicin-
ity of the works” the economic benefit
would accrue to Kitimat and Terrace and
shouldn’t that be our first concern.

all those communities along the Nechako
Reservoir and elsewhere is noble.
His magnanimous gesture of giving

Roger Harris’ column “Alcan power .

tion at the end of his column but Harris in -

Harris’ sympathy for the economies of

Power first for this area

away the economic security. of Kitimat
must really go over well with the them.

Unless he has an iron-clad agreement
from Alcan that that is exactly what the
power will be used for, it is just so many
magic beans sold for a cow we already
own. ?

‘Bear in mind we are beginning to un-
derstand about iron-clad agreements with
major corporations.

It begs the question, what would we
think of municipal leaders who cave’ in
to pressure from Alcan to trade an agree-
ment that has served the community well
for more than 50 years for a lot of promis-
es that mostly benefit other communities.

_ Selling the cow for a few magic beans
sometimes works but as I recall, it is only
in fairy tales.

Helmut Giesbrecht,
Terrace, B.C.

a challenge we.can, and will, meet.

Conservation is key

Right now, we're counting on Power Smart to offset one-third of our future demand for + electricity Although it alone is not enough, conservation must play
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hearing even more from us about Power Smart in the near future. . . .

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