6 Terrace Review —- Wednesday. December 4, 1991 Sorting for dollars aving made its move, Terrace city council has Hk now bought into local recycling, and it will have to live with that move to the tune of $21,000 in tax money for the next year. What sort of interpre- tation can we place on that support? The city has not indicated that it will become actively involved in recycling municipal garbage through any sort of a trash separation program; that kind of thing isn’t done even at city hall. They have, for the time being, preserved the Skeena Valley Recycling Socicty. By. doing so council has also pulled the society's closed board of directors out of hot water with their landlord by forking over several months arrears in rent. What can the public expect for this investment? . Well, we don’t know. There’s no program to support the society other than hopes for voluntary contributions of resaleable trash, the established market for buying some of the commoner forms of cast-off materials like glass and metal appears to have stalled indefinitely, and in short there is nothing that can be seen at this point to prevent Dave McKeown’s building on Highway 16 from becoming a landfill with a concrete floor even if public and commer- cial cooperation does materialize. The only visible impact of council's generosity, and it could be an important one, is breaking open the society’s previously closed membership as a condition of support. Those who want a feeling of ownership and contribution to the society can now get involved. That’s a considerable improvement over the society’s existing structure, which limits membership to five principles. 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IN PARAOITEL.. | LES Yd LE Soll wite, cecata tian S bes ‘ AA “A F eel YEE: ni tes _ STUDYING YP ON . BC. PARLIAMENTARY TRADITION... | sea PENT: RECEPTION seer sere SS 3h SS WS SI RRS SY = STS VU AO AP ease aA ween Uti tin Uy ve Areeed. SS BRASS ASS AAA BSS Uitte VICTORIA — It occurs to me that an “economic summit”, "which Premier Mike Harcourt appears determined to hold early in the new year, may turn out to be much more than just an empty . political gesture. After watching the power lunch that Harcourt had in Hong Kong on Nov. 21, with 18 of the region’s top financiers and busi- nessmen (yes, they all were men), one tries to imagine just what a similar encounter here at home night do. If the Premier and key mem- bers of his Cabinet sat down in an informal, behind-closed-doors bitch session with captains of B.C. industry and commerce, it might be ahealthy thing for the province. After all, the two sides are most wary of one another, espe- cially in these early days of a new administration; and if that distrust and uncertainty is allowed to fes- ter, neither the NDP nor the busi- ness community will benefit. However, if they meet face to face, air their differences, and determine a course of action which all can live with, B.C. just might start to get away from the disruptive, confrontational style of before a new Labour Code is business versus labour versus poli- tics for which it has become noto- rious. All reports are that Mr. Har- court conducted himself well in the various meetings in the Asia Pacific. He said and did the right things, he wore the right suits, and he was straightforward about where he intended to take his gov- ernment and the province. He left the Japanese and Hong The view from Victoria — by John Pifer How Mike Harcourt is walking the centre line of a road teeming with political hazards. Kong power brokers with some of their concerns eased, and with them expressing satisfaction at how Mr. Harcourt had treated his visit and their meeting with such | urgency. butt, surely both statements of what might happen are hardly sur- prising. Methinks the real issue Over a new set of labour laws might well be to assess just how much con- Perhaps it is time he discussed those same plans and policies with the B.C. business leaders who will sulting is to be done, and with whom, and whether input from all quarters is going to be considered have to be involved at some stage _ seriously and fairly. anyway, if the province is to con- After watching the former tinue to prosper. Social Credit administration say And I suggest that it is justas one thing and do another, it is nat- urgent, as the discussions in Asia, ural to be suspicious. if not more so. Let’s hope it hap- Do not forget the farce that cre- pens. ated Bill 19 in the first place. Remember, if you will, the series Call me crazy, but I cannot get of public meetings which were too worked up about what some being held around the province, maintain is acontradiction from supposedly to get input to the Mr. Harcourt regarding new labour laws, while at the same labour legislation. time, the laws were being drawn Yes, he said during his Asia = up and printed, with no input Pacific trip that because of the whatsoever. consultative process he wants to So far, there is no evidence that follow, it could be late next year — the NDP are playing the same game, In fact, Labour Minister introduced. Moe Sihota has met with major And yes, a few days ago he employers’ groups, and they came told the annual convention of the © away with words of quiet praise B.C. Federation of Labour that —_ and assurance. things could be speeded up intime = We all know that the labour to allow legislation to be ready laws will be amended, The NDP next spring. repeatedly has promised that, and In both instances, Mr. Harcourt they now have the clout to do so. avoided saying what WOULD But what is important is just occur, only what COULD. how far they take them, and how Asa man whose political repu- the majority of British tation is of always covering his Columbians will view the results.