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Committee favors”
Sunday shopping —

The Terrace Review asked:
On what date do you |

“predict the first snowfall -
this winter, and why? —

Louis Galr

‘Knowing Terrace the first
snowfall could occur at any
_ time.

Letter

| _ To the Editor; .

The citizens of the ‘City of
. Terrace have the opportunity to
vote on an extremely important
issue, Saturday, November 21st
— Sunday and Holiday Shop-
ping.
- The Terrace Committee for
Sunday Shopping feels that the
most important issue im the up-
coming plebiscite is, “The Right
To Choose’. The right of any
and--all businesses to ‘open or
closé on Sunday and holidays.
The right of any and all con-
}. sumers to choose whether they
want to shop on Sunday or not,
no pressure, no coersion, just
the right to choose. To us it’s

area residents want Sunday
shopping. This fact was demon-
strated in February — December
_ 1986 when consumers supported
Sunday opening ‘by spending
thousands and thousands of
‘dollars. on goods: and services.
Provincially, ‘recent media .and
business surveys indicate over-
whelming support for Sunday
opening.

Bob Thompson -
October 27, 1987, because ‘after city has approved Sunday

October 26 is my last day in shopping referendums reacting
Terrace. I’m moving to Vic- .to change in our society, three of

toria, the most recent being Vernon,
Kimberley and Kamloops. The
traditional concept of the work

Mary Krug
November 9, because it usual-

ly snows around my -

daughter's birthday. and more we’re seeing a seven

day week,

CN Pap MEME Getrag? a]

for family activities, ‘but not

being proven all over the pro-
_vince.

Economic development and
employment are two more im-

November 12,. because it's
‘between. Nov. 1-and the mid-
dle of the month. It seems to

very apparent: that Terrace and

Since the early 1980's, city.

‘ week has changed, and more

People will still set aside aday.

of oi of necessarily Sunday. For those
that do keep Sunday for the

. family, shopping would often be
, Norm Frank the activity chosen. This, fact is

most- ‘notable ‘decrease in em-
ployment lies in our resource

sectors, including ‘forestry, and -

mining as well as in the manu-
facturing. and construction in-
dustries. All told, 40,000 fewer

jobs exist now in these sectors.in |
British Columbia than in 1979.
But, there have been some sig-
nificant gains in job creation in.
certain sectors of the economy.
For example, in 1979 there were

341,417 people employed -

community, business and per.

sonnel services, In 1986,. the
total was 450,000, an increase of

108,583 jobs. These trends are a

clear indication of the change in °
employment environment facing

British Columbia.
Technology and other. factors

continue to reduce employment — .

in resource-based industries, and
continue to increase the number
of jobs in the business and ser-

vice sector, Sunday and holiday .

shopping would continue to add
to the workplace and with a pos-
sible real growth in spending. of
between five and ten percent,

business: prosperity could offer .

new opportunities. —
Sunday and holiday shopping
would also promote our tour-
ism. This is an area Terrace is
definitely promoting, proof. be-

ing the hundreds of thousands:

of dollars that have been spent

to encourage people to come |

here and stay. Sunday. and -holi-

day shopping could be one more

attraction, Can you imagine the

‘thoughts of visitors arriving in

Terrace on a Sunday, from U.S.
and Canadian cities where stores

and. businesses are, open to find.

our business doors closed? . .
Working on Sunday or holi-
days is not something ‘‘new’’.
The police, broadcasters, jour-
nalists,; doctors, nurses, gas sta-
tion operators, and restaurant
employees all work on Sundays.
and holidays. Industry. such .as

‘the railroad, pulp mills, sawmills

James Muller

! would say it would snow
somewhere. around Remem-
brance Day, on November 11.

for over 30 years.

have been around that time

portant reasons for citizens to and mines. are operating 24
vote “‘yes’’ for Sunday shop- hours per day, seven days. a
continued on page 6

Alfreda Price

| hope we don’t see any snow ping. As everyone knows, the
until December. '

Costs still uncertain

. Skeena Sawmills Woodland Manager Vic Maskulak expects industry costs to jump dramatically as a result of naw
stumpage rates that began Oct. 1 but is still trying to determine just how much. He sald one major area of concern Is
that after the new forest strategy comes Into effect there’s no guarantee that the 15 percent U.S, tariff will be :

‘ eliminated. A recent meating between en government and Industry In Hazalion left the.concerns unresolved. :

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