first treaty in B.C. this century. When questioned
about the time, he hinted that the agreement could
-well be concluded within a month.

“. An“interim protection agreement - -will cover
matters like logging plans, mineral claims and other
kinds of development. that can’t wait. for the con-
‘clusion of a comprehensive agreement. The deadline

for the final treaty is March 1993;.and Petter noted
that his ministry intends to stick to that deadline. -
Interim - -protection: measures. would allow-resource |
and land development to go‘ahead while providing .

the'Nisga’a with assurance that their interests arén’t
being violated: during. the negotiating process. |

Petter said the government has a strong stake in |

the final treaty. "We intend to use the Nisga’a table
as an exemplar for what follows...
flagship of our policy."

~ The B.C. government, he said, is setting a a new

direction « by. creating a larger role for aboriginal
people in policy development. He concluded the ©

speech by announcing that the government will foot

50%-of the cost of taking a. Nisga’a presentation to.

‘Earth | Summit °92. in Brazil, ‘to as maximum of
$25, 000; : ;

‘Earth Summit’ 92 is‘a world: wide conference on.
" the: state of the planet. The Nisga’a were invited to:
take‘part due ‘to the strong impact of their exhibit at

the Globe "92 conférence i in Vancouver during: March.

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 Orenda Forest Products has increased the ‘ati- .

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have its: financing for’ the’-$400 : “‘million® ‘project
arranged and it doesn’t know- when conatructioy , will

begin; Oe of
‘Orenda vice-president: Frank Foster’ apo

joint. meeting of the’ Terrace Rotary Club’ arid:
-local:chamber of commerce May 4. Foster emphasized

that, the company will be relying on locally; ‘hired

_-workers and ‘local: services for construction-‘of the
.. mill, estimating that up to $65 million of the. project
cost will be spent in the Northwest. .

"Foster was accompanied by Greg Cook, représent-
ing: ‘Commonwealth Construction, the general con-
tractor for the job. Cook ‘said. the first phase of

building will put up the main structure, a 100’x700’ _
- building 70° high that will house the machinery and

offices.: Most of that area, he said, will be taken up
with ‘the paper production line. Then the warehous-
ing, storage and maintenance areas will be closed in
. for use by the contractors during construction: "Most

of the visible work will be done in - the first five

: “onthe he said.

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Terrace Review — May 16, 1992

. Phase II will start the following year, Cook said,
with the-installation of the evaporator and hoiler for
the pulping operation. It is a two-year project, but |
Cook noted that the schedule might be accelerated: -to 7

' make up for time lost during the government Appro-
val process.

_ Orenda had the project reviewed for two differ:
ent locations, a process that required more than: two:

; years. Approval-in-principle was granted April 19 of
: this year.

‘In‘response to a question, Cook said Common:

whether the local accommodation industry will be up

J : _to the demand, and whether Commonwealth | will
a need to establish a camp for workers at the site...

One. condition of approval-in-principal for. ‘the
project was the completion of a socio-economic impact
study to examine the potential effect of the mill on

' the life styles. and employment of native: "people
_ whose traditional ‘territories’ are involved. ‘Terrace

regional development officer Harold Demetzer said
Monday his. agency, Orenda and First, Nations
representatives are currently drafting the terms. of

_.referencé for the study. When the terms of reference

are established, he said, the study will be’ offered for

| . tender."