s WHCH WESTERN. BANK GETS NO GOVT BAILOUTS GUARANTEES ALL DEPOSITS | ~ AND WAS NEVER TOADE.A BAD LOAN... Oe i S// al ADT Vn | SSN VRE SS SS SE Sak Oldtimers should be recognized To the editor, A recent article in a northern community newspaper stated the former Chris Haugland house, 4626 Park Avenue, as a Heritage Site. Who is responsible for this? The * Letters to the editor will be considered for publication only when signed. Please include your phone number. The editor reserves the. right to condense and edit letters. - Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the Terrace Review. Letter house was built in approx- imately 1940, There are many older buildings in town, built prior to 1920 or the 1930’s, For one, the George Little Cottage, built in 1912 for his bride, of the same year, The cot- tage was moved to 4721. Olson St., where it still stands. Is this a Heritage Site? I notice signs all over Terrace marking our Terrace Review Established May 1, 1985 The Terrace Review Is published each Wednesday by Close-Up Business Services Ltd. Publisher: Mark Twyford Editor: Maureen Barbour Staft Reponer: Michael Kelly Advertising Sales: Jean-Luc Roy 635-7840 Producticn: Kim Kimble Office: Carrie Olson Accounting: Mar] Twyford Second-class mail registration No. 6896. Reproduction of this paper or any por: tion thereof Is prohibited without per- mission of the publisher, 4535 Greig Avenue, Terrace, B.C. V8G 1M7 Phone: 635-7840 re Member's Message Tories neglect West The recent war of .words over the awarding of the CF18 fighter contract is very revealing. Not so much that the Mulroney Conservatives refused to follow the recommendations of a 75 member ‘‘ex- pert’” panel. Not so much that they refused to take the lowest bid — rather, that the spotlight is shining once again on the favoritism given one part of Canada over the rest. . In Parliament it is seen as a “‘no-no’’ to talk about policies favoring Quebec. It is seen as an attack on the foundation of the country to use statistics to reveal what is going on. Well, the time has come in this Parliament for you to be the judge. Of the 58 Conservatives elected in Quebec under Brian Mulroney, 30 have received awards as ministers, parliamentary secretaries and committee chairmen of vice-chairmen. In B.C., under Brian Mulroney, there are three Conservative ministers. The billion dollar CF18 contract went to Canadair in Montreal even though the Winnipeg bid scored higher on competence and safety factors and lower on cost. Over the past three years, the Auditor-General re- ports, Quebec has had 30 percent of the unemployed in Canada and received 50 percent of the federal job crea- tion dollars. B.C. has had 12 percent of the unemployed and received less than five percent of the dollars. Over 50 percent of the federal Supply and Services contracts went to Ontario and 24 percent to Quebec — total value $5.8 billion. Almost nothing came to B.C. In 1984 the Conservatives promised a full Ministry of Forests and major action on _ reforestation. and silviculture. Thanks to Brian Mulroney there is no full ministry. Also promised was $200 million for Phase 2 Salmon Enhancement for B.C. and $100 million for the commercial fishing indistry. There has not been one thin dime put forward on these sacred trust promises. points of interest, One very important area which all residents are able-to en- joy in our downtown area is a very beautiful park, which 24 years ago, was officially named ‘‘The George Little Memorial Park’. To date this park bears no sign, which I feel is an insult to our founder. This man gave these two parks to the city in 1912 plus many other proper- ties over the the years. Referring to the parks on Kalum St. as ‘“Lower Little Park and Upper Lit- tle Park’’, really has no meaning to anyone. What excuse do our aldermen have for neglecting to erect a suitable sign on either Park Ave., or Kalum St., to signify the park’s name. It does have a sign, saying ‘‘'Farmer’s Market’. Is this an error? The upper park area, which was given for a park, was used as a park in our early years. The lower area was given as a ball park. The upper area could have been beautiful, with its one time rolling hills, but is now mostly a park- ing lot and an arena. We needed the arena, but there were several other more suitable sites. The over-mature trees were removed with council’s permission, with a prom- ise to replace the evergreens with more suitable trees, What hap- pened? Three of our older pioneers that should have continued on page 5 Hubert Beyer Terrace Review . Victoria Correspondent a Premier needs lesson in purpose of confederation Somebody should have told Premier Vander Zalm that 20 minutes of whining wasn’t going to undo 119 years of injustice to the west — real or perceived — at the hands of Canada’s central government. Like so many regionally-oriented politicians, Vander Zalm regards confederation as some sort of club that should assure members of returns on their investment. Our premier called it ‘‘a perspective of confederation from here on the west coast.”” Not one to mince words, Vander Zalm put B.C.’s membership cost in confedera- tion at $2 billion a year with few benefits to show for. “British Columbia is seeking a new approach and a positive commitment from the federal government in terms of the extent of federal resources allocated to us as a partner in confederation,’’ the premier told his col- leagues. Translated into plain English, that means B.C. wants more dough from the feds to make our membership in the club worthwiile. Reluctant to accept my interpretation? Then consider Vander Zalm’s own words: — “In addition to its tariff and deficit policies, the federal government has consistently reaped more in- come from British Columbia than it returns in the form -Of expenditures, investments and employment.” The premier even provided percentage figures to show that British Columbia was a losing investor in the con- federation club. In 1985-86, he said, B.C. companies and manufacturers received only 5.3 percent of the ma- jor contracts though the province represents 11.4 per- cent of Canada’s population. B.C,’s share of the 4.3 billion in ship-building con- tracts awarded between 1983 and 1986, the premier said, was only four percent. ‘*The bottom line is that if some overall semblance of equality in procurement was developed, British Colum- bia would receive and see an additional $300 million to $350 million injected into its economy each and every year,’’ the premier told the conference. With all due respect, premier, the purpose of con- federation is not to return to the provinces what they pay into it. If that was all there was to it, we might as well keep our money in the first place and cancel our membership in the club. No, Premier Vander Zalm. Being part of confedera- tion doesn’t bring an automatic entitlement to a share of the spoils equal to the dues. That isn’t to say the federal government has no obligation to combat regional economic disparity through carefully allocated spending. But before British Columbia has a right to demand handouts from Ot- tawa, there are the Atlantic provinces which have never really shared in Canada’s overall prosperity. _ If any province has legitimate complaints about Ot- tawa’s policies, itis Newfoundland. The last province to join confederation, Newfoundland has few if any benefits to show for its membership. Even when British Columbia was riding the crest of economic prosperity, Newfoundland was mired in the morass of despair. To help those who have less than British Columbia, much less, is what we pay our two billion dollars as year for. The fact that Newfoundland still sees no signs of a brighter economic future could be interpreted as Ot- tawa’s failure in living up to its confederate respon- sibilities. To accuse Ottawa of not returning as much to B.C, as it pays into confederation is an affront to the very spirit | of confederation. If the premier applied the same philosophy to our own province, only those regions which generate most of the revenue would be the recipients of any provincial spending. . Come to think of it, there are those who harbor such suspicions. Ask anyone in northern British Columbia whether they feel neglected by Victoria. Ten gets you a hundred the answer is yes — consistently. rw CLASSIFIEDS WORK AND WORK