Page Ad - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 22, 1993 DITORIAL, many thousands of people, In the good old days, this may have been a more or less inexact science, The stated goal for decades of the forest service has been to cut only what is being grown. That way, according to theory, logging can con- " tinue along indefinitely. As with'most theories, the practice is _ entirely different. The last 10 years or so have been marked by growing ‘alarm that current. logging levels far outstrip the ability of the forests to grow replacement fibre, - All this particularly strikes home in the Kalum ‘North area which takes in the Meziadin ‘and reaching toward Stewart, A lot of that wood is ‘cut and milled by. people: living in Tertace. Four reports this year point to an increasingly difficult and challenging time ahead. training and labour minister. . = Perhaps Premier. Mike Harcourt thought enough: ‘about Mr, Miller that he gave him the big job-of labour and job development. Or perhaps he wanted | to put a green fox in ~ Fuzzy forests _ ‘Tf there i is one tough and brutal job in the provincial” government it is that of chief forester. This is the person who decides how many trees can be logged in a year in a given area. It translates into how and where forest companies make investment decisions based on the way the industry is now ‘structured. And that ultimately ‘tates the economic and social well being of dic- The four reports indicate two things, Number one is that current logging levels . outstrip by three times the capability of the forest to replace what is being cut. Number two is the capacity of mills exceeds what is - now being cut each year. All of this means there will be fewer and fewer logging and milling jobs over the next century. Yet those who produced the reports readily admit that the figures may vary. from what is actually going on. The fourth report, for instance, was prepared this sum- met. It increased the estimated amount of wood in the North Kalum area from the first report. And that first report was released just this spring,” the future. Sometime soon a discussion paper on what might happen ia the North Kalum is to be released. It’ll give suggestions on graduaily reducing logging levels over the next century. The intent of the paper is to let local people have a crack at deciding This kind of involvement is welcomed. Yet the feeling of uncertainty caused by figures that may be out of whack should be a sober indication of how difficult it is to predict the’ future. We may only get one - shot at it. Let's hope it’s the right one. Petter better? . : unds : like. a 1 heck of thing when the - ‘forests minister comes’ ~from ‘a 1 suburb. of Victoria. Yet say hello’ » ‘What’s: bad about the move-‘is. that Mr. ; amongst the forestry henhouse. The good news about the move. is. that Mr. Petter comes with a knowledge of land i fax AndcawnsPeltanw the, for Saanich.__claims,You.can’t.talk about.the-forest.in-. Sooth. sHe:Qvas'movedrtr m:, iS: -ROSE.AS,, _, dustry without talking about land ‘claims: a aboriginal: affairs minister to. replace North: Coast MLA Dan Miller who is now skills, the public’ s understanding of the pro- vince’s land claims policy. Forests policy is just as complicated and is going to be- come more so as logging levels are Teduced. This isn’t the time for bafflegab. 4 A binding job strategy Dear Jean Chretien: “Want to create thousands of - _jobs without increasing the _— ae deficit? Here’s how. Forbid | everyone: except licensed gas-} - fitters and electricians to be in possession of or to use gray} “tape, At the moment, gray tape is| a. prevalent. as mosquitoes in Manitoba, Every home has at! Through : Bifocals - Jeast.one. rollin dad’s work. “~*~ > shop or.in the catch-all drawer in Mom’s kitchen. ;Gray: ‘tape solves almost "every “problem we encounter where “counselling, 222s, or - - apc welding won’t hold, “Want to package a fragile ~ . gift soit will survive Canada _Post’s sorting room volleyball practice? Swaddle-it with tape like a hockey player. Packing fora. U-haul move? Fortify boxes with gray tape. Storing a hodge podge of shapes - that refuse to. align?“ into one with” Bind ‘them: spirals. of tape. “Why, . one gouple’ canoed home on a white water river with gry tape keeping the current out a fist-sized rock gash. “We use it to, make. things last, to. put ‘off buying teplace- ments, to stall. repairs, We teach for the «roll -.to patch splitting chair. seats, :leaking boat top searns, to protect cup- boards from scraping. chair” " backs. Some steering wheels, . ski doo seats, and ‘moiorcycle . seats are “encased like -mum- mies inlayer upon. layer. of Tse gray tape to seal out © [ use: gray -tape 0 ‘seal ou Arctic — cold light switches. To ‘blow. dry and ° grand- ~ children’s fingers from atound — “ny: Nal: Bh Halteg loarscone Terrace: essing every time someone uysa $7 roll of gray tape, 2 =F So, | ‘Jean, ‘outlaw. gray tape and watch’ employment . rise, Upholstery’ shops will - hire - right’. and-. left - to - keep -up covering’ chair seats, repail- “ing. boat’tops, and stitching” “hockey ~ bags. - _ dealers” ‘will: ‘need ‘help to’ sell -seat :covers. “faster. than . rock” : concert tickets. ‘Snowmobile. Biit: ‘how, you’ ‘ask, ‘can gray tape ‘be prohibited? Proclaim it environmentally . unfriendly. » That shouldn’t be sticky’ to “prove. It adheres to almost everything, it’s tough, and it’s . probably less biodegradable than». disposable - diapers. Centuries from. now when: anthropologists dig us. up. ~ they’ll ;be. perplexed finding _ goacy, gray gobs everywhere. ° ‘Can’t bring yourself to bar unfetlered use of the most ver- _Satile.meriding. substance yet invented?: Then capitalize. En- ‘coltrage factories to manufac- nae eny: ‘ape ina: Spectrum of _ by Claudette Sandecki colours, a variety of designs,. and a selection of widths, Fabricate tape that resembles wood veneer - oak, walnut, and birch. Have tapes ‘that blend. with last season’s decorator colours, in strips, polka dots, and checkerboard patterns, Situate a factory in New- - foundland. The resulting sales could solve the Maritimes’ economic woes from the fish- ‘tng moratorium. You and Audrey say Cana- dians share a lifestyle, com- ‘mon goals,.and social safety “nets, But what really binds Canada together is gray tape. . . The family that grays togeth- er, Stays together, Aut ANOMIER , PECORAT! ton! will take over health, Joy O RRAC S ND Jeli Nagel - News/Community, Malcolm Baxter - Naws/Sports, ON E E TA AR Publisher/Editor: Rose Fisher - Front Office Managat, Pam Odell - Compositor, _— ~ creme mean wae Rod Link Tricla Watker - Typesetter, Susan Credgeur - Composing/Darkroom, Special thanks to NS. ESTABLISHED AP! 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(1969) Lid,, i's thustratian repra sanicas and advertising agencies, Edouard Cred Repreduiciion In whots or in part, withaul witten permission, is specifically prohibited, *# CNA reageur CONTAOLLED: Authorized 83 second-class mail pending the Post Offica Ceparimant, for payment of postaga in cash. : a fi .« WANNA TRY ANOTHER BOX. Harcourt’s shuffle termed a massacre VICTORIA — It was a massacre by any measure, © Only three members of the NDP cabinet went to bed last Wednesday with the same ! responsibilities they had when ' they got up. Announcing the most mas- 2 ee sive cabinet shuffle I can re- member, Premier Harcourt ad- mitted that his first two years . . in office had been marked by - failures and a course to the left he plans to correct. a - When the dust had settled, three cabinet members found themselves relegated to the backbench, three backben-. chers were elevated to cabinet Status, while rest — with three “exceptions. — were shuffled, “OME BE POVerMMCHT saR -» vices’ Lois Boone; edhication’ s Petter had a difficult time in broadening | Anita Hagen and advanced ed- ucation’s Tom Perry. The new faces are Paul Ramsey, who - MacPhail in social services and Jackie Pement in trans- portation and highways. The shuffle confirmed what - -many had suspected for some - time. Harcourt was fed up ‘with a few key cabinet minis- ters stealing the limelight, while his own ability to gov- em was being called into ques- tion. The triumvirate of Glen Clark, Moe Sihota and Dan. - Miller, who pretty well ran the show their way, is no more. The will stay in cabinet, but - had their wings clipped. Here are some brief notes on what _ to expect from the new cabi- - net: Bill Barlee — Small Busi- ness, Tourism and Culture. Probably the best appoint- ment. Barlee can be expected to do for tourism and small business what he did for agri- culture, where he performed outstandingly. Elizabeth Cull — Finance and Corporate Relations; - Another good appointment. Cull is a tough customer who should do well in her new job. - Unlike Clark, she comes ‘ acToss as agreeable, even hum- ble, which should please Har- court, a Moe Sihota --- Environ- ment, Lands and Parks, I'd ad- vise the Eringe environ- mentalists not to expect too | sympathetic an ear from Sihota, He’s not about to let - BEEN AWARPEP FOR ‘ANP SUPERIORITY. ¢N THE BUSH I! THESE RIBBONS HAVE- > am | OH DEAR! Look el MY TRIUMPHS IN BATTLES - With THE ELEMENTS ANP IN RECOGNITION OF MY AGE , PROMINENCE . From the Capital by Hubert Beyer himself be greened. Andrew Petter — Forests. The industry won’t like him. Petter is an academic without the hands-on experience of his predecessor, Dan Miller. Pet- ter will be in trouble fast. Glen Clark — Employment and Investment. Despite the innocuous name, this ministry is a big one. Instead of keep- hag the lid op'spending,-y which ; ~he. did ‘in finance: he’ll'get'ic’ play with millions of dollar in the B.C, 21 pot. "Art Charbonneau — Edu- _ cation. A solid performer and: not inclined to prand-standing, Charbonneau should do well in his new job. The disman- tling of the Education 2000, which comes nene too son, should keep him busy. Paul Ramsey — Health. A new face in cabinet, Ramsey is probably a good choice fora ministry which has been bat- tling with doctors for nearly two years. Whether he has the stamina to keep the lid on health care spending remains to be seen. ‘ Dan Miller — Skills, Train- | ing and Labour. Definitely a demotion for Miller, whose departure from the forest min- istry was cheered by the en- vironmentalisis. With all the ,tough measures, such as the new labour code, having been introduced by his predecessor, Sihota, Miller’s new job will be largely that of a caretaker. ~ Joy MacPhail — Social ~ Services. A dynamo and workaholic, MacPhail should ‘be able to sort out whatever _ ‘mess Joan.Smallwood left be- . hind, and that’s considerable. + Jackie Pement — Trans- . ‘portation end Highways. Finally, the ministry is back where it used to be for decades; in the hands of an’ MLA from the north. She © takes over a ministry which -was well looked after by Char- bonneau. : Darlene Marzari — Municipal Affairs, ‘One of the AT THIS PeoR OLP TREE FESTOONED wit SURVEY TAPE! lesser ministries, Municipal, Affairs doesn’t have too many — land mines to stepon, Were it == not fora 25-year friendship with Harcourt, Marzari, too, would have been sent to the backbench. Joan Smallwood — Hous- ing, Recreation and Consumer Services. Harcourt robbed a couple of ministries to create this new: one, just to find a y job" for Smallwood to keep a seit" blance of gender-equality i in’ his cabinet. . Anne Edwards — Energy Mines and Petroleum Resources. . Despite a general consensus in the industry that she is nota. good minister, Edwards got to keep her job, Expect no change in either her or the in- dusiry’s attitude towards her. Penny Priddy — Women’s Equality. She, too, survived in her job. If one accepts the premise that her ministry is needed in the first place, one must admit that she has done a. good job. , John Cashore — Aboriginal _ Affairs. A litte too green for environment, Cashore will probably be just right for his new job. His predecessor, Pet- ter, was perceived as too ar- rogant and inaccessible by the native community. David Zirnhelt — Agricul- ture, Fisheries and Food. A little 100 quiet and unassum- ing, he should take care not to ‘ undo the good work Barlee did in that ministry. Robin Blencoe — Govern- ment Services and Sports.- After having embarrassed-Har- court with a perceived conflict of interest in Municipal Af- _ fairs, Blencoe stayed in cabi- net by the Skin of his teeth. Colin Gabelmann --- At- , torney General, Not even the - " opposition can find anything to criticize about Gabelmann. Statesman-like and with natu- - tal dignity, he Is one of the best atiorneys general I can re member,” ECO- FREAK!!! e.