\y Page 4, The Herald, Wednesday. February 11, 1981 Shag P* lie RELIM A eolty herald | General Office - 635- 57 o> Circulation . 635-6357 Sterling Pubtishers ° Sir: vee . This news is made even Publisher -~ Garry Husak Environment minister more disturbing by the fact Le Editor — Pete Nadeav" _ Stephen Rogers contines’ that the residents of the rr Fiera u Permission of the Publisher. Published by CLASS. ADS. . TERRACE - 635.4000 1 CIRCULATION - TERRACE . 635.4357 | 7 Pybiisned ewery weekday at IO Kalum Street. battles | ‘warming up Newfoundland Premier’ Brian’ Peckford says “Canada may be destroyed'' if Prime Minister Trudeau succeeds in his “‘nearsuicidai deter- nination” to unilaterally patriate the constitution add to it a charter of rights. He told law students at Montreal's McGill “ _ a It’s an image problem <.. ’ tomar? LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ‘to come under fire for his’ lack of action regarding water pollution threats because of Terrace. BC. Authorized as second ciass mail. mining - drinking water. BS stration number 1201. Postage paid i in cash. return operations around the This news has prompted Pas age guarantee . ° . . * province. Mr. Rogers to initiate NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT A joint federal-provincial. discussion with the mining The Herald retains full, complete and sole copyright in report on the mine waste company about alternate -L acy advertisement produced and-or any editorial or disposal problem in Rupert disposal sites. After all, as - wp PRolographic content published: in fhe Herald. and Holberg Inlets ‘on minister of the en- I. Reproduction ig not: permitted ‘without. the written porthern Vancouver island ’ vironment, it is his has just reported that; the . 7 ecology of those watershas that our fishing resource hryge ~ been drastically alteredby- receives adequate mov aan . disposal of mine tailings (Protection, especially in ‘ ( from Island Copper Nineof ‘view of the news that “Constitution Port Hardy. recent floods destroyed The report states that salmon rearing beds are bejng harmed and marine organisms that live on the sea bottom are being smothered by the tailings. At Buttle Lake, also on northern Vancouver Island, yet another re, ort has confirmed that in- creasing amounts of heavy metals are being detected ‘in the lake and zinc con- centrates are reaching levels which would be harmful to aquatic life. The environment ministry has -Camphell River area must ‘rely on the Buttle Lake water system for their responsibility to ensure much of our province's major salmon rurs. But if any of you were hoping that Mr. Rogers might finally adopt a get tough policy with those responsible for degrading and polluting our -waters, don’t hold your breath. The recent Socred cabinet - decision to put the final stamp of approval on the Amax Mining proposa) at Alice Arm in northern B.C. indicates just where their peiorities lie. They .are willing to endanger the aiid x Tuesay Anat Trudeau is unwilling to Sa! : concluded that metal levels = fishing and marine as "He hasa near-suicidal dete tion to have his Me ee eerie Teourses of ie eee x st Trina to aquatic life in as littleas and those residents who way or not at all,” Peckford said. “This is serious two years. depend on the seafood for stu, for if Tedd gets his way, Canada may be Ministry officials have their livelihood and their . oyed.** said that the water diet are bein: i Ga 7 @ put in ; ened aes the cou try.” ‘should remain 2 pollution is- due to the jeopardy as well. Liberal” of aun, anpeonosed y discharge of tailings from It is not a record to be . r Ryan. Western Minesattheendof = proud of. The Trudesu proposals are an outright betrayal Buttle Lake. AlPassarell, MLA gcof the Ryan approach,” he said. = = Peckford and five other provincial premiers were & in Montreal to review their attempts to stop what the Newfoundland leader. called Trudeau's “reck- we Sir: for the project. R! less gamble.” In the wake of the Manitoba Court of Appeal's ; & recent 3-to-2 decision confirming the legality of the On 3 February, 1961, you lt bis pubmeuent letter federal government's constitutional package, the carried an article .that - Peel spelled out for the v= six provinces officially opposing Ottawa have implied that Alean andthe = company the kind of sc resolved to ask the Supreme Court for a ruling provincial government “process that was then being have some sort: of considered. EeNewfoundland and Quebec also have initiated court aah pm ae action against the federal government on behalf of - the six. The case opened Tuesday before Chief Justice Arthur Mifflin, Mr. Justice James Gushue and Mr. Justice Herbert Morgan of the Newfoundland Court of Appeal in St. John’s with lawyer John O'Neill saying many provincial laws could be struck down by the charter Ottawa insists Britain must add to the constitution. O'Neill said the provinces are not required to justify any legislation they pass provided if is within beir competence under the British North American ct. But under the charter, any provincial laws d be challenged by the federal government, © Neill said. Seo licitor-General Robert Kaplan said he believes 4 of the six provinces opposed to the package could be ‘‘won over" to Otlawa’s side. He told University of New Brunswick law students in Fredericton on Tuesday that the premiers would abandon their resistance if the federal government gave them what they wanted. Opposition Leader Joe Clark said Tuesday that agreement from his Progressive Conservative - * agreement that would allow Alcan to proceed with its Kemano completion project. AS a source you e from 2 iter toe Alean - from Mr. ’A.L: Peel, deputy minister of industry and small business develop ment. This could be misleading. The letter from Mr. Peel to Alcan is dated January 7, 1980, more than a year ago. Similarily, the meeting you refer to between govern- ment officials and Alcan on 13 December actually took place 13 December 1979. As you may know the company has. staled on numerous cecasions that it did nol intend to take a purely legalistic approach to the Kemano completion _'> eoject, although we do Since that lime, of course, the provincial government has introduced the: Utilities Commissio Adis which © describes q public hearings procbss f projects such as ours. We. will of course co-operate with that decision. It is worth repeating that Alean does not have a project to propose at this point. Our objective is to develop a proposal that will share the water resources involved to ensure that other economic bases that are dependant on the resource are protected. We hope to do this in concert with the residents of ‘the area. Only after we have been able to develop such a responsible proposal will the company seek approval . . : ; = party depends on assurances the Commons will od d Isn ft it? / have a legal and valid from the provincial have the right to make amendments to the ’ r oe : water license. The purpose Brera ars ' proposals. . of the meeting on 13 very truly Trudeau and his aides eported disturbed. ° mo ss * December 1979 was to find Brian Hemingway. the revelation of the roinutes of a secret Batith . EUGENE, Ore. (AP) —-- man dressed in a three. business in Portland or authorities say. “aut what sort of appeo val Director of Canadian meeting and of a Telex from the Canadian Sometimes you have to piece suit. Salem. He said his sole The two cars first > process ‘the ‘government Public Affairs, Alcan, . high commission in London to the exfernal affairs wear a three-piece suit and “May lhavea moment of | purpose for riding the train collided Tuesday at a Fitth . British Colimmbih department in Ottawa. The leaked Telexes — the contents were made ride a busy employer's commuter train to score a job interview. your time?,"’ the man asked. was to get an interview Street intersection. | with me. it’s the sort of. initlative that's com- Patrolmen said they had EAL world be “appropriate os: . + public on the CBC national news Monday night — “] said, ‘Sure,"" said mendable."' no sooner packed up their 2 . contained a warning to Ottawa from Jean Wadds, Qregon Attorney- Frohnmayer, who pushed Frohnmayer said he preliminary paperwork on Sirs. 5. The compady: has Canadian high commissioner in London, that General Dave Frohn- aside his newspaper and gguldn'tguaranteetheman _the minor crash than the As a consumer, | am refused ~ for. ~ fourteen Britain, France and the United States had tapped - mayer, who lives in coffee cup and invited the job because the position sare two cars, driven by “ @elighted to learn ofthe months. to. bargain commission phones to learn what tactics Ottawa was planning in advance of the constitutinal debate at Westminster. : Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister Mark MacGuigan says he has relayed-to the British government information about allegations that British high commissioner Sir John F ord attempted to interfere in Canadian affairs. Eugene and commutes by train to Salem, en- countered such a job ap- plicant Tuesday. While _—s reading a newspaper and drinking coffee, Frohnmayer said, he was approached by a man to sit. Frohnmayer said the passenger told him he wanled a job in the justice department and gave him a resume. “At the conclusion of the discussion,” Frohnmayer said, “I asked if he had was competitive. WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — Two motorists kept Wausau police busy when ther cars collided twice — at two different inter- sections — in a half-hour, Neither Jane Spindler, 29, and Helen Will, 70, drove off in different directions only to collide a block away, at another intersection. woman was injured, nor was damage extensive, authorities said. occupation of B.C. Tel | offices by British Columbians, I have always resented the American monopoly which owns the telephone services in this province. The knowledge that we can, ourselves, run this. service proves that foreign - ownership of the company. - fs no longer necessary. “conditions| , Ccietians we ents meaningfully. with. the workers. 1 dialike knowing being fairly dealt ‘with and that: American .shareholdere are benefitting ‘from the British “Linlend to contact B.C. omer — Surely itis now time for the minister of labor, | Jack Feovines | Ta ealise thal the * support BC. workers DUKE, GHY DIDN'T THE AT STEP, IN THE LAST a DTHe RIEVANCE Us WS monopoly given’ ~this against this American GUVs ANT THE PROFESSOR He HANDLED, HE a anna Ne HAD 100 / save’ t ee at the ” Singerely yours AS rete STEWARD ANYMORE 7 PAGE PRE SENTATION ,,, MUCH PAPERIIORKE wers ofthe arte. barge Cao | LETTERS WELCOME The Herald welcomes its readers comments. Allletters to the editor of general public interest _ will be printed. We do, however, retain the right to refuse {o print letters on grourids of possible — libel or bad taste. 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