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Alcan’s decision to ‘appeal a federal . court ruling ordering an environmental review into its half-finished Kemano Completion Project and to cut back con- struction isn’t surprising. That court ruling tossed out a deal reached between the company and the federal government in 1987. It set out the amount of water Alcan had to release in- to the Nechako River to safeguard fish populations. The amount is important because the more water that flows into the Nechako, the less the company can divert into its Kemano generators and the less attractive the project becomes. Also reversed is a federal government decision. of last fall which exempted Alcan from the environmental review process the court now says it. must undergo. A lot of this is not Alcan’ s fault. The company began planning its Kemano completion project based on a water licence dating back 40 years. Back then it was using a different set of cards and fhadvaumuch al ‘different ‘hand dealt: iit than * The bear facts Y a oo Heavens: to Betsy. Those new dump hours could put in danger a prime tourist draw in the area. For years, visitors have been directed to the dump for an evening ‘viewing of our famous Kermodei bears. .a bit of both... Bie yaphyee hoa is the case today. ‘It had no ‘concept then of how public and government en-. vironmental attitudes would change. And it couldn't be expected to, either. Companies exist to make profits for their shareholders. They aren’t formed to be nice to the environment. They make the best deal they can to ‘make the most money they can. Any. company that telis you any different is full of it. So what happened here .is the in-— troduction by the federal government of a new set of playing cards. It, and the provincial government, were- pressured by environmental and other groups who’ wanted to play a different game. Alcan figured out the new rules and went along. But those environmental and other groups weren't happy with the winning pot and brought. in their own wild card — the courts, There is no dealer in this kind of card game ‘and nobody ‘knows what kind of hand is needed to win. The court decides who gets. the pot. Now Alcan has started a new game. It thinks the winning hand is the future of the project. It wants the other players to fold or it’s going home. Is it bluffing or is it serious? Past Alcan history suggests It wasn’t that long ago that somebody suggested building a bear viewing stand at the dump. Such an effort would have increased the potential for tourism development. With new environmental control — regulations and hours of use at the dump - — it’s closing at 8 p.m. — tourists are in - danger of losing out on a prime viewing | location. Chalk this one up to yet another case of environmental considerations outweighing economic development. It’s asad situation indeed. _ a : Pm fed up with women who set Use common sense _ themselves up to be raped. Too many rape victims defied ‘common . sense. - hoped to make a ‘love connec- tion’. Instead they. connected - with a vicious woman-hater — Maybe _ they. Through _Bifocals _ by Claudette Sandecki : weilding a knife, a bhint instru- a 7 “ment, Or a gun. Granted, the world ought to” ‘be a safer place, Women (kids ‘ and men, too) should be able to ‘ safely go where they like, when: Alone. -However, . - they like, : grime statistics and daily media : stories caution us not to, Many reported rapes happen 7 ‘ between midnight and six a.m., ~ ‘ in isolated places, and involve { liquor. Here ‘are three: ‘typical “:. “mothers gave us as teenagers: ’ Never hitchhike, never give, lifts i + examples | from last week's * newspapers: : A. 2h-year-old - waitress hit- ‘ by. two. men driving a ‘pickup. She is knocked unconscious, dragged from the truck, raped, ‘ beaten black and blue, and: left naked in, a ‘ditch. stranger in a bar, jumps at his inner Invitation, and tows him happens nexti,* alatholic : oe re dee i ee a eT and. ‘sereaming from ihe room ' by a fellow reveloer wlio clamps 4 one: Ahand; over’ her. mouth: whil a ‘he rapés her.” ching to Vancouver i is picked up« A woman in her 30's meets a di home to her apartment while i she changes clothes, Guess what After a fun evening at an house. party, add.’ : woman retires to a bedfoom to’. golfe It’s frightening that every day ‘women are assualted ‘in their homes, in their doctors’ offices, on the jab — by men they know “land: trust. ‘seliminate, or at least minimize, -every opportunity for sex de- ‘yiants to Women must exploit their -vulnerability. ‘The major percentage of - rapists would be derailed if we followed ' the: intructions our to hitchhikers. ‘Stay: in: public places; never be alone. with a stranger. Don’t admit strangers into’. your: home.- “Be, chome before dark. Stay sober, * I applaud every: victim who | an reports her rape to police — im- : mediately: c— and > perseveres ‘ through: ‘the; trial process, ublicizing | rapes will make othr amen aware.of. ns, mia | also ‘dissuage potenital rapists. Something our d courti: ‘don’t have too any re be assaulted _ . get no sympathy — from me. | also resent being tax- ed to pay the hefty expenditures * these voluntary: victims run up . for the police and courts, ° hospital care, and psychological | causelling to deal - with. the trauma of their assaults... a The: law fines. motorists: who leave their parked cars ‘unlock- °° ed, Boating without a ‘life. jacket is cause’ for a court’ ‘appeatarice. Vet We're..even beginning to’ levy * search and rescue casts. on skiers | who. “knowingly « ski.‘ out-of- bounds and end. up lost. Perhaps women who defiant- ly risk rape | should be, fined too, .’ reporters’. questions, he’: ARS FOR KipNbeING DYEARS FOR. ean ASSAUL "AND ]OYEARS FOR MPIE NURTER Dear Mike: Please get off the fence | “VICTORIA — I can see the _ headline now: NDP studies women-plumber quota. The New Democratic Party has always been obsessed with the outward trappings of - equality. Having equal representation by women in politics is just the batest exam- Pile. ; At its recent national con- Nention in Halifax," the federal ‘arm of the NDP’ voted in” favour of achieving equal “representation between men and women among candidates running for public office. The question is: will the provincial NDP. follow suit? - ft will, if Darlene Marzari, MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey, can help it. Asked. whether she endorsed the affirmative-action policy adopted by her party’s federal arm, she said she did, whole- heartedly. . “The whole exercise is a bit ‘ofa female, backlash against the idea ‘that “politics is a man’s - game.” ‘the NDP’s status-Of- - women’ 9 critic said.- As proof: of i man’ s- dominance. ‘over women in! politi¢s,, Matzari, cited the fact that: sorne’ Of the women’s’ .° > 2. _ recovered from a Previous con- . - Buildings stil: shave urinals in ~~ frontation with his women’s washroonis. ‘in the: Parliament - "them. “too. shocked by the urinal ex-. _ federal party’s affirmative- _ action policy. Side-stepping dismissed-the matter as just one way of boosting women’s “representation. “But while Harcourt is sitting. . ' on the fence, his party is flir- ting with the idea of following | _ the federal NDP's, example. A * task farce has already been set “il : y I'd like to offer Harcourt - ‘some. unsolicited advice: get. off the fence and tell your par- ‘ty that, ag far as: you're con~ - cerned, this scheme of bringing ‘about equal fepresentation by © _ women is wrong. . "Tell them, and.us, that you don’ favour. achieving equality - by Hubert Beyer . From the Capital “NDP: leader. Mike ‘Harcourt, . however, ‘doesn’t appear to be : * Yo at the risk of having mediacri- ty thrown into the deal,” * because that'is'often’ srecisély ~ the price affirmative action eXx- tracts. The problem with affir mative action is that a minori- ty is favoured over the majori- ty, regardless of qualification. Forcing a 50-percent women- | candidate ratio will'‘mean that : some men, who may be far more qualified, will not gel nominated, not to mention . charges of election-rigging the party. might haye to answer.. I suspect though that Har- - court might be a tad reluctant | to climb down from his com- - fortable fence and proclaim ..that-he won’t have any part of the scheme, Some of the . ay “women in his caucus could . - Imake’ life very miserable for him: : “He has probably not yet caucus. Yes; Virginia, there is and NDP: women’s caucus with its own imeetings and agenda. day’ § question period would be given over to the women. : MLAs. Some.of the male” , caucus. ‘Members doit like: this sort of segregation any more than I do, ‘but to keep- the :- peace, they go along with’ it. _ All seemed well, when an unforeseen event occurred: Brian Smith resigned from his. position as attorney general. Ii was a bombshell that called for inunediate response from the 70 sition." 280 oe - Tt ig proper arid logi would have been to'scrap j Hi" previously discussed questions - and use, the question: period in... the House to get some-answers . from then premier Bill. Vander Zalm rears, Smith’ , confidence in the premier? =". . and how to best atlack-the: tearfully reminded their male - "ed that day about Smith's), At a general caucus meeting, . pose or, for that matter, by. his: the NDp MLAs agreed. that the. “Ana gourt possible medigcrity: OE TOWN! T ALWAYS | Bieta nn resignation. Olt was a golden opportunity, to grill the premier. Why. hid? his attorney ‘general, the 1dp law man in the province, lost : 4 Was the premier prepared’ to accept the blame? — : That, as 1 said, would have — been the proper and logical °: line of questioning, but it. didn’t happen. During discus- : sion of the Smith resignation, - government aver it, some of ~ the women caucus membets’ colleagues that the women’ swere 10. lead question period ‘ ‘that day. Harcourt and his merry men, caved in to the women's plea, : cand not one question was: sk: resignation. It was one of the - more inane manifestations of : affirmative action 1 have come across. . Frankly, the whale thing ‘has . mea bit worried. ‘Here: we are, just climbing out of a receg-- sion, the causes of whi ch have: “yet to be explained ta,me eby anyone, and the. party ‘that: will in all liklihood, form thé‘next ; - _ government in British Colum ' “bia has.nothing better. to; ‘do apistatate tl ‘than a ‘lot 0 ; men who now. occupy Far better. to let womei: ‘compete; in what they calla man’s world and achieve! | equality rather than have it 4 . forced on: them, oe 5 , FROST PLACENoRTA Uf