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PAGE 2, THE HERALD, Wednesday, January 18, 1976

Editorial

A Reply

CP Takeover

General Manager of Coastal Marine
Operations for CP Rail, B.D. Margetts, in
yesterday's (Jan. 17yh’s) Letter to the Editor
takes issue with the Herald editorial of
December 22nd., “CP Takeover A Ripoff?” He
states the editorial contains “assumptions and
conclusions which we feel are both incorrect and
unwarranted,”

He added that “During our discussions with
the news media, no attempt was made to ‘brush
aside’ the fact that some Northland employees
would be displaced as a result of the takeover.
Specifically we stated that of the total 97 em-

oyees at Northiand between 25 and 30 would be

id off and that these positions included clerical
and senior operating management - almost all in
Vancouver.”

After protesting that “The decision to lay off
staff is never one made easily, regardless of the
size of the company’’ but “*... this move was
made necessary insomuch as Canadian
Pacifie’scoastal marine operation already has
the marketing and sales, claims, computer and
accounting personnel in its  existin
organization”. Margetts reiterated a statement
which we can recall him having partially said
during our December interview: that ‘im-
mediate changes in service to the shippers are
not contemplated.” mo

Right here we should state we do not recall the
words in that sentence “‘...to the shippers’,
Simply that ‘“‘no immediate changes ...are
contemplated.”

This is why we were thunderstruck when we
heard on the morning newscast barely a couple
of days later that 25 to 30 employees - senior
clerical staff, some of them with 20 or more

years of service with Northland - had received in

lay off notices up to several weeks before our
interview with CP Rail’s general manager.
We are positive - in our recollection - that at no
time did Margetts come up with any fuguzes of
employee layoffs. We do recall, in answer to
direct questioning from us as to whether there
would be layotfs - getting evasive answers to the
effect there would be some “internal re-
structuring” or staff re-adjustment,” with the
(to us, obvious) suggestion it would be only of a
very minor nature-hardly that it would amount

to close to one third of all Northland employees!

Had Margetfs"come ‘up with that ‘figure, our
{ the takeover would ‘hardly have
been in such an enthusiastic vein, and certainly
the banner-type headline announcing it on the
front page would have been less adulatory.
Margetts, also in his letter to the editor,
yesterday, faults our editorial for “...assuming
that headquarters for this operation will be
located in Montreal. Throughout its 75 year
history on the west coast CP rail’s coastal
marine arm - namely its British Columbia Coast
Steamship Service, has always been based in
British Columbia, and all management,
operations, bookkeeping and accounting for the
B.C.C.S.S. - Northland Service will be controlled
from Vancouver.’ -

Our reply to this is that when we phoned the
CP Vancouver office immediately upon learning
of the 25-30 layoffs, we were referred to a senior
spokesman for Northland Navigation. It was
from this source that we obtained our in-
formation - which we considered reliable,

We have had no time to do the necessary
proper research and follow up of the CP Rail’s
takeover which Margetts assured us during the
interview would be good for all of B.C. and
eventually the Northwest B.C. economy - par-
ticularly in the matter of transporting the
pipeline for the Alcan pipeline route from Alaska
to the U.S. via the Yukon and B.C. and Alberta,

At that time he spoke of the lucrative heavy
traffic via the port of Kitimat, Psince Rupert and
eventually via a highway paralleling the Yukon-
Whitepass R.R. at Skagway into the Yukon.

To sum up. We are certain that inour in-
terview with CP Rail’s representatives, in
December, who were in our office to discuss the
announced takeover of Northland Navigation by
CP to start January ist., there was no mention
this would (or already had) resulted in the firing
of yea etely one third of the 97 Northland
Navigation employees. That if it had we would
have reflected it in our covering front page ar-
ticle. Secondly, we received our information
that most of the paper and officework, including
payrolls and billing; etc., would be handled by a
skeletal staff in Vancouver f the in-
formation to a computer in the main Montreal
office - from the Northland spokesman CP itself
referred us to, when we called them for comment
on the layoffs, ;

As to whether the takeover augurs well or ill
for the B.C. economy in the Northwest - we can
only add that after such a confusing start we can
only adopt a cautious ‘‘wait andsee” attitude.

Hopefully - for everyone's benefit - we honestly
think itmightbe a good thing. At the same time,

let us observe the new operations with cir- -

cumspection and extreme caution. Canada has
been fooled by big business propaganda and
promises and misleading publicity all too often...

m General Motors to INCO. From Falcon-
bridge to... B.C. Tel?

in
’ Gener:

Ottawa Offbeat

Ottawa Offbeat
by Richard Jackson

Ottawa, ‘Terrorism,
whereever it appears.
cannot be appeased, says

' Solicitor Genral Francis

Fox.

For he know that ap
peasing terrorists simply
opens the door to more
terrorism,

Leonard Jones, Ia-
dependent MP for
Moncton, said essentially

the same thing. But he
was speaking of
skyjackers, and ad-

vocating the ultimate
penalty: “Hang them all,
and hang them high.’’
Francis Fox doesn't go
that far, but compared to
other Solictors General.
he comes out as a hard-

r.
Terrorism comes in
many forms, as he
knows, in armed robbery
with its threat of death, in
Kidnapping and the
ta of hostages in such
criminal situations as
bank stick-ups and prison
ri

ots,

And he’s showing the
way to crush terrorism
by swift action where, as
Solicitor General, he has
the muscle, in the federal
prison system.

Over the recent years it
bas been softened to the
pe t of rottenness by

heart Solicitors

There was Larry
Pennel who wept openly
in the commons when he
led the first successful
cam to a bolish the
death penatly.

There was Jean-Pierre
Goyer, who, his
cus that the life of the

ilier was more im-
portant than that of the
victim, formalized -that
philosophy with the
statment tha the treat-
ment of the crimincal
came before _— the
protection of society.

Finally there was
weepy Warren Allmand
who forgave and forgott
practically anything at

new
“recreational
rehabilitative  peniten-
tiary’’ which all the
comforts of home and a

ourmet menu far

yond the wildest
Christmas dreams of any
old age rest home.

Iona Campagnolo

Over 700 people m
northwestern B.C. will
set to work on community
based projects this
winter, based on a $4
million allocation to the
area by the federal
government,

Tam especially pleased
with the direction taken
by groups in a number of
small communities to-

rovide vital services like
firehall and
library construction,
alcohol rehabilitation
programs, daycare, and
sewage treatment. And in
the larger centres, where
basic facilities already
exist, it is reassuring that
projects have develo)
mental and social health
nature; so critical for a
community's well being.

Nat to be overlooked is

ousing,

the fact that projects will .
inject over $4 milli

on inte
the area's economy, that
it, roughly $42.00 per
person. *“Spin-
off’employment and
production which
ollows such supplements
to local economy, will no
doubt be a great benefit
to many of you.

In other areas, the
Senior Citizen
Association of Sandapit
has been awarded
$6,373.00 to furnish a
lounge and meeting
room in thelr community
hall.

The

grant, made

possible by the federal
New Horizons Program is
one of many made to
eligible groups of senior’

LET YOURSELF
60 DOWNHILL

 inel

:_ arid the rloters went b
de. into a doubled ap :
max

’ from me careof the Hause’.

‘program, gasoline and

In fact so spledid a
table did they set for the
Millhaven cons that. the
Kingston Whig Standard
one recent Christmas
carried the menu, te 22335
make mouths water all eee
across Eastern Canada.

They had it so good at
Millhaven that the takin
of hostages to hac!
‘‘demands’' became
routine.

The wrecking of cell
blocks was a mere added
attraction,
came

“no deals'’’ on hostage
and riot situations. :
He described the in-
mates of the maximum

killers--and said they

“behaved like animals.’
The “animale” in ae

Millhaven apparently : -

believed that like other = ‘“"¥-

Solicitors General he was

only kidding the tax-

Peon th

they rioted, beat up |
the place for a $100,000
repair bill, took hostages,

ee cen Pmt eB gl meh ee

and filed “demands,” six
inall, one of them bein:
that they were to be-

“Given the same
privileges as enjoyed by
e general tion.

meant an end to the
niipet max wing” of

illhaven where only the
hardest-rock cases are
locked up.

Two professors of law
from Quebec's were
called in to madiate.

A “deal” was quickly .
made; the hostages were
surrendered and -

Dear Editor:

The Liberal govern-
ment of P, Trudeau, Esq.,
after sailing: false colours
for many years, has at
last hoisted its true en-
sign; Quebec's Fleur-de-

The massive roar
that took lace in 0 wa,
agreement given the ily in the Prime
demands of the rioters, Sister's ace When

immunity from move from Montreal to

Toronto was imminent, is
without parallel in the
sordid history of this
government,

Where was the tumult
and the shouting when
Air the

any ent.

Bu they all, convicts,
prison officials and

© profs—had forgotien
Francis Fox and_ his
ukase of no trade offs,
"Fhe two profs, cried
ball. The Millhaven “4
staff wisely said nothing. PGR

=* Quebec?

F Minister
cohorts) when the
Regimen Aabruntiy
ent was a
transferred from Alberta
to Ontario?
has there been pe
com: regarding
massive transfer of civil.
servants from Ottawa,
cur so-called National
Capitol, into QUEBEC?
has become more
and more obvious that
our present government
is of Quebec, for Quebec,
and by Quebec; and I, as

Groups across Canada 20 English-speakin
are naw engaged in a Canandian (atill the Vas

variety of rewarding Majority of out populace,
activities — sueh ac % ten M. Trudeau)
writing awn com- oi ge sick and tired
munity history, visiting . :
shut ins and leoking after , It is my sincere hope
the social - and that the new aeeweer
recreational needs of Party
retired and elderly people of formation by James

. c Richardson, of Winnipeg
in their communtiies. ho left the Liberal party
Persons interested in

in disgust, will eventually
participating in this be able

to ‘sweep the
creative federal program political seas clear of the
can obtain information present incumbents and
their Francophone
of Commons in Ottawa or Orientation.
by contacting their Yours very truly |
regional New Horizons R.G. Westergaard.

office care of the .
Department of National . Unfair Reporting |
Ski hill. complaints

Health and Welfare.
am pleas spe
that under Canada’s erated in the Herald a and
metric conversion are based ‘on. the un.
supported experience
one aidier. ch repor-
ting should be the result
of numerous complaints
or official investigation,
not of an outburst from
one disgruntled person.
_ To balance Mr. Fark-
vam’s remarks; - I ski
Kitsumkalum regularly,
have -never hada stale
sandwich, drink plenty of
eoffee, and find the
Manhattan Clam
Chowder not only
delicious, but nutritious
in that {t is thick with

to await fi
events.

One obvious result now
will be that “deals” are
out and rioter will pay in
time, and cash for going
ape, it may down on them
that there is nothing to be

ined and much to be

ost in staging prison
“draman.’”

citizens in our area each
year. —

diesel fuel4yill be sold in
metric eunits — after
January 1, 1981. You may
find however, that in
larger centres, service
stations will begin to sell
gasoline in litres as early
as January, 1979. You
may wish to make note of
the fact that there are 4.5
litres in a gallon and that
gas sold at, say 90 cents .
per gallon, would cost
roughly 20 cents per litre,
If you have questions
regarding this or an
other matter please f

free to¢intactme care of fresh vegetables, (a
rari nowadays in
the Holle of Commons, restaurants). The

Ottawa, KIA 0X2, No

postage is required. bathrooms have always

been clean, beth week-
days and weekends and
have been well-supplied.

The brochure Ski
Terrace advertises a
$2.00: discount on Adult
Lift Ticket.” There is no
word “ALl' Ticket is

mS]

~ Finets.In your eset you inowkerigh gingular, ‘There is no
: LO : mention of the rope tow.
There are moat definitely

To The Editor

The most recent move
‘in B.C.Tel’s con game
was predicted weeks ago
by union leaders.
Lockout notices were
taken from com-
pany remises and
replaced with a sign
stating that all employees
interested in returning to
work call 635-6466.
Anyone calling this
number will be for
their name so. that the
company official can
determine ‘‘in their

words” if you're serious

and responsible about
returning to work.
, Employees will be asked

“over the phone tocome in,
_ and sign an affidavit. _sabttag
t won't read

* Man
the affidavit if you ask for
a promise to sign it before
ew

ing it. They explain tools

it over ‘the phone and
refuse to let union
members take a copy off
the premises.
The affidayit requires
-employees to work
al ide managment

scabs, Accept any type.

Of work in any work
location (not necessarily
in your hame town).- You
must swear to not

’ damage compan
property or plant (a
id insult to all em-
ployees). We are
required to work
productively ( an in.
sinuation that we didn’t
before(. This affidavit
will hold all employee:
signing it to an individual
contract until a master

ment is signed.
ig means employees
cannot take in any

legal job actlon or have T.

the protection of the last
mas ent. If the
pompany restrictions are
broken there is no doubt
employees will be fired
even after many years of
good service.

signs indicating the
varying giifdent the big,

at the top of the
hile Lifts have been open
longer than advertised.

boots do not have
straps, ‘but there is a
loose strap attached to
the ski and around the
boot which is a man-
datory safe device. As
for Ms. Farkvam’s boot
ee this on only be

wearer. |

iftave! watched _ Kit-
sumkalum staff give
detailed instruction to
novices on the wseof the
chair lift and have
“received auch instruction
myself, veryone
been pleasant and
any of

y of Us are reall
enjoying skiing Kit-
sumkelum and would
like to compliment the
regional board ‘on a well-
run, worthwhile facility.
I would like to know why
the all-powerful media
have given so much
publicity to one novice
Bkiier’s impressions.

Elaine Fleischmann
3824 Westview Dr.
Terrace, B.C,

supervised) were off

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor:
Teacher in British

All these restrictions
were p ely designed
to horrify employees,

return to work

Enough these condivions
would be morally im-
possible.B.C, Telephone
wants very much to give
out jobs to non union
contractors. The bonus to
them while we're off the
job is $14,000,000 per
month in our ripped off
wages. Siphoned off to
where? Certainly not into
the, sagging economy of

B
Adding insult to injury
Project Canada

B.CTel’s Chief vad
Ministry of Education,
MacFarlane claims on Ontario

19th — floor,’ Mowat

ed bef Block:: a «bet s
ROPE. WE wi ‘gs. Park: y.St.,

went off the ob. It's rer. bay: Si
extremely hard ta believe Toronto, Ont. M7Z 1L2
since the call to lay down
came around 10
o'clock Nov.24, all em-
ployees (while being

Columbia's elementary
and secondary schools
wishing to participate in
Project Canada and have
their pupils-students
exchange correspon-
dence, art, cassette tapes
ete. and possible ex-
change visits with On-
tario schools are invited
print or type) endoang
print or type) en

the name and address a
their school, grade
taught, number of pupils-
students to:

3
peo
wey

Ministry of Education,

Briefs
NAMES HAVE
CHANGED

TORONTO (CP) — The
Toronto Field Naturalists
Ciub says some bird
hames have changed.
The common egret now is
the great egret and the
beardless flycatcher is
the northern beardless
flycatcher. Also, the
common murre is the
thin-billed murre, the
turkey has become the
t to never return. wild turkey and Har-
n Blanes . sourt’s petrel is the band-
WU. . ‘um betrel.

ED'TORS NOTE

A Letier to the Editor, perc
mailed in Terrace was per name does inom de

received by the HERALD ume"
yeslerday. The letier {o, i desired) we. wil
com

that number of under-is- publish it in our letters
ear olds ‘were seel in a
local “‘Disco"’ frequented
by police who did not
appear concerned the
pe rons ‘were under the
egalage. is

roperty in

company
i o claims of

minutes,

until now,
charges are true, why are
they so late in coming?
Could it be that a story
must now be concocted to’
back up demands to sign
a silly unneeded af-
davit?- .

e@-on now Mac-
Farlane how can your
expect even ‘our
management staff to
accept any more of your
nonsense. The credibilit
of the company that
Zemember as a BC. Tel
oyee keeps i
down the tube and Pee

For other would-be letter
writers, we would state
that we cannot assume
publication of any un-
Signed letters. However,
The letter was unsigned. wedowelcomeall letters:
there fore we are unable whether for ublication
to publish it today. or not, that will assist us
If the writer of the letter in covering the local news
will come to the Herald and Sports scene in -
office and sign it (his or Terrace and District,

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