_Ex-cabinet minister hits
- freeze of mine road loan —

TERRACE ~~ The NDP govern-
ment is breaking a commitment
by not helping to pay for a mini-

_hg road north of here, says a for-
mer cabinet minister. —

“T-don’? I inow if il is breaking a
contract, but it ‘was an agreement,
_° a commitment.from the previous |
-’ government and this one doesn’t
appear: to’ be dealing in good

faith,’ said Dave Parker last
week,
-Parker,, northern . development

minister: during the fast Social
-Credit government, helped nego-
liate-the $7 million deal to build
the road off Hwy 37 into the Iskut
Valley.
“The money was to be loaned to
; Prime Resources and be repaid
through user fees.
“The deal. was signed just prior
to the October 1991 provincial
election. and frozen when ihe

‘TERRACE — IV ll be more dif-
ficult for’ the provincial govern-
ment to get‘involved in. lending
. businesses. money, economic de--
velopment minister Dave Zirnhelt
said during a visit here last week.
The. size~-of the - provincial
, government’ 8 deficit means that
“there isn’t -a. lot of room ‘to

— maneuver, he said.

“Risk: must be booked by the —
deficit. There, must be a percent-
age -of loan’ guarantees booked

~~ against the deficit,” Zimhelt con- —

vtinned.

We wrote off $325 million Gin

bad debts) when we took office,”

he'said. 7

"Yet Zirnhelt did say his minis-

try: will become ‘involved when
Smaller communities are affected

- aby’ ‘major industry closures or ad-

justments,
“Investments or loans are siill

TERRACE — It'll be next
“month before the effect of a 94
“per cent strike vote at Ter-
-raceview Lodge is known,
The extended’ care facility : is--
‘one’ of “four in’ the ‘province

ae bargaining with the B,C, Gove _

_.otmlent- - Employees “Union
..=(BCGEU) and the rest haven’t
‘had:-votes yet; said union spokes-

‘man Soren Bech last week.
“Workers want wage parity with
‘counterparts doing similar work

‘at ‘provincial institution and pay

ti bbacuy

NDP took office,

“One of the things the provin-
cial government is responsible for
is to provide the necessary infra-
structure to industry and com-
merce in B.C.,”’ said Parker.

“This government doesn’t

_recognize any economy that is

outside the lower mainland. It
doesn’t recognize the economy of
the northwest. Il’s gone out of its
way to tolally devastate it.”

Parker said the NDP- are con-
centraling completely on large ur-
-ban areas to the exclusion of
other parts of the province.

“This province, and in the
northwest, is a resource based
economy, and it is the responsi-
bility of the government to pro-
vide road acetss and powcr,”’
“said Parker.

“That infrastructure in the
north is the same as multiple

Dave Zirnhelt
possible to enhance or stabilize

some communities. But we have
to get the best deal,’’ be said.

equity, said Bech.

The other three institutions are
Bulkley Lodge in Smithers, Dun-
:!Community Hospital in the «
‘Kootenays.

The.BCGEU represents 57 full

‘time and part time workers at

Terraceview Lodge.
Michael-Leisinger, chief execu-
‘tive officer of the
Regional Health Care Society
which operates the facility, said
talks had been going fine until the

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Dave Parker
bridges across the Fraser River
and the highway network in
southem B.C.,”? Parker added.
The road into the Iskut Valley
was completed in 1992 at a cast

Debt cuts into gov't loans

In the meantime, Zimbeit said
his ministry was working with a
number of groups and companics
interested in major development
projects.

Those include Orenda Forest
Products, which wants to build a
pulp and paper mill south of
Lakelse Lake, and PRM

Resources, which wants to build a ©

copper smelter at Kitimat,
Zimhelt said his ministry's in-
vestment office is helping Orenda

keep an eye on potentia) in-

vestors, -
"We sce a lot of things that
come through the door,’’ he said.
Zimhelt stated ‘that while
Kitimat is the logical place for
another copper smelter in B.C., it

first needs a major private in- |

vesior.
“We don’t have that project in
the bag,’ he said.

topic concemed money.
Leisinger said bargaining on
money issues is complicated as

,rovin in, Quesnel, and Slocan ® this is ‘the first time the four.”

” facilities have joined tiegotiation.

' forces. That’s because they are all ©

represented by the Health Labour —

Relations Association,

“The entire contracts were
opened up. The union took the
four contracts and took the best
provisions of each,’’ he said.

Reaching the provincial master
rate would mean a 42 per cent in-

of $13.5 million,

It is intended as a common user ,

road with payments to be made
for traveling on IL

The road was billed as an cpen-
ing up of the Iskut Valley to min-
ing and forestry companies.

Responsibility passed from
Prime to Homestake Canada last
year when il acquired control of
Prime.

Homestlake wanis now to build
a road to its Eskay Creek. gold
property to the south. It'll be
responsible for paying the entire
cost.

Provincial officials two weeks
ago said they are now. going to

~_ ask the provincial cabinet what to

do about the Joan commitment. .

Homestake has been mecting
with the provincial government in
the expectation ihe commitment
will be met.

“We've identified that as one

of the major projects to have our |

investment office put on the top
of their fist,’’ Zirnhelt added,
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Zimhelt also said up to five
people will be located in Terrace
once his ministry shifts people
out of Victoria.

The intent is to have the minis-
try provide economic develap-
ment services to people and com-
panics in their own areas.

Terrace has been tagged as one
of five regional centres being set
up across the province.

Still to be decided, Zimbhelt
said, is the location of individual
economic development officers.

There is one officer now in Ter-
race and onc in Smithers.

The setting up of the regional
office here will take place as soon
as possible,

- Terraceview workers favour strike

crease for licensed practical
nurses in Quesnel and close to 20

“per cent here ‘in ‘Terrace, said:

Leising. -

He estimated reaching parity at
Terraceview Lodge could cost as
much as $300,000, excluding
benefits.

“*The bottom line right now is I
couldn’t afford it. We don’t know
how much money we'll be get-
ting from the provincial govern-
ment,’’ he added.

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