Liberals declare
for Odd Eidsvik > ~~

duties, like what happened in s

“<1 do my darndest for
you,” the ‘new Liberal candidate
for the Skeena federal riding
promised Monday as a conclu-
sion to his first campaign speech
of the election. Odd Eidsvik, a
chartered accountant and city

Odd Eldsvik

councillor from Prince Rupert,
won by acclamation at the
Thanksgiving Day nomination
meeting at the Terrace Hotel.
Eidsvik focused on the free
trade agreement during his
speech, saying, ‘‘If we can get
the message across, we will win,

there’s no doubt about it what- ;

soever.’? He said that although
the NDP is also against the deal,
the Liberals are “the only party
who has a chance to form the

next government.’’ He said a_

vote for either the Conservatives
or the NDP was a vote in favor
of free trade.

A few examples he gave of
what he sees as flaws in the free
trade act include the fact that the

1986 Softwood Lumber Agree-

ment is ‘‘specifically grand-

fathered” , that is, remains in
effect, in Article 19.10, ‘‘Some
forestry people are for the free

trade agreement because they.

figure there won’t be counter-
vailing duties. But it’s right in
the act.” | 7 .

Eidsvik is also concerned
about our water (tariff item
99.01 includes water, ice and
snow): “If we have a surplus,
okay let’s send some, ands sell it
at a better price than we could
get within Canada. But under
this agreement, we can’t cut
back on the States, and we can’t
jump up the price for the US.
— it’s on page 145.°’ Electricity
sold to Americans can only be
reduced at times of shortage at
the same rate as Canadian
customers. |

“What's really interersting is
what is not included in this
agreement. Anti-dumping

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received by:

British Columbia
College of Teachers

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Zone 15--—- North Coast

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Profession Act. This by-election is required because of the resignation of the
Zone Representative of the Council of the College of Teachers for Zone 15.
This Zone includes the School Districts of Queen Charlotte, Prince Rupert,
Bulkley Valley, Kitimat, Terrace and Nishga. The candidate must be a
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Saskatchewan with their potash,
countervailing, custom duties,

sales tax, excise tax, unfair pricy &
‘ing — the only thing it covers 1S

tariffs.”’
Although. he said he was in

favor of free trade, as are most. |

Liberals, ‘‘I’ve read this one
three times.arid it scares the hell
out of me.”’

Hidsvik admitted that the
Liberals are the ‘‘underdogs” in
this election, and appealed to the

membership assembled to assist .

him in his election campaign. He
was nominated by riding asso-
ciation ‘secretary Don Silver-
‘sides, who said the last time he
nominated a person, it was lona
Campagnola for the Skeena
Liberals.

“The time has come to use the
criminal law to underline the
value of respect for the environ-
ment,”’’ the New Democratic
Party’s environment policy
states. In addition to outlining
their own proposals, the docu-
ment criticizes the past perform-
ance of. both Liberal and Pro-
gressive Conservative govern-
ments. ‘‘Mulroney is following

Terrace Review — Wednesday, October 12, 1988 3

Tory home — Progressive Conservative campal

mann and Daisy McAlpine get ready for the grand opening of

Barn off Lakelse Ave. -

ign workers Judy Jephson (|
Ray Halvorson’s Terrace head-

quarters Tuesday. The office Is located between Gill's Convenience Store and the Furniture

eft), Otto Grund-

Criminal penalties for po

the environmental path blazed
by his Liberal predecessors:
mouth the right platitudes, but
make sure environment policies
don’t encroach on short-term
profits.”

The NDP policy proposes a
new Environmental Protection
Act, including firm national
standards for pollution control,
backed up by tough sanctions;

~ Month-end deadline
_ for civic nominations

Two days before we go to the
polls for the federal election,
Terrace area residents will be
casting their votes for municipal
representatives, on November
19,

At city council, the two-year
terms of Bob Cooper, Bob
Jackman and Doug Smith have
expired. They were all elected as
incumbents in November, 1986,
squeezing out newcomer Gra-
ham Geeraert. Bob Hallsor at ci-
ty hall said a returning officer

to file nomination papers is the
last Monday of the month, Oc-
tober 31. —_

No terms have expired for
regional district representatives.

Voter turn-outs have tended
-to be low..in the past few years,
with city ‘council seats being
decided by only about 25 percent
of eligible voters in 1986.

will be appointed at this week’s | ~

council meeting. Elected in 1987
and remaining on council are
Ruth Hallock, Mo Takhar and
Danny Sheridan. Mayor Jack
Talstra was elected by acclama-
tion last year for his three-year
term,

_ Atthe school board, Terrace’s
Laverne Hislop, Edna Cooper
and Francis Sabine have com-
pleted two-year terms. The
terms of Hazelton’s Val
Napoleon, school board chair,
and Delbert Morgan from Kit-
wanga have also expired. Bar-
bara Johnson and John Pousette
were elected in 1987 and remain
in their positions. The deadline

an Environmental Bill of Rights
giving people the right to sue

governments and take polluters.

to court; enhancing public par-
ticipation in environmental
reviews; expanding Environ-
ment Canada’s role and budget;
making the Minister of Environ-

ment a membér of the Cabinet's:

Priorities and Pianning Com-
mittee; and. .putting ‘‘crimes
against the environment” into
the Criminal Code.

Regarding pollution already
in the environment, such as

_ PCBs, the NDP promises leader-
-ship,.. saying the government
would pay for such clean-ups.

from a special fund created out
of corporate taxes, based on the
actual volume of hazardous

- chemicals produced by the in-
dustries. The taxes would be

roughly $4 to $11 per tonne of
toxic chemical produced and
between 8 cents and 11 cents per
barrel of oil and gas, as well as a

lluters — Fulton

12 percent environmental sur-
tax of all business to raise $200
million a year.

They. propose protecting
water by legislation of a Safe
Drinking Water Act, and assist-

ing cities and towns in upgrading ~

their water treatment and
sewage facilities. Sharing the
costs equally with provincial and
municipal governments, this

would require a federal invest-—

ment of $250 million annually.
Fulton reiterated: his support of
such cost-shared. agreements for
waste management and disposal
programs. . : ;
Fulton concluded by saying,

“The New Democrats’ envi-.

ronmental proposals would give
the government some teeth in
dealing with polluters, protec-

ting fish habitats and provide |

communities across the riding
and around the country with the
means to protect and enhance
their local environments.”’

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