A8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - TERRACE STANDARD. BusIngEss REVIEW Out & Court action targets About region’s log exports New job —_|WA denounces challenge as publicity stunt TERRACE TOURISM co- ordinator Darry! Tucker is leaving the organization for a marketing job with Hawkair Aviation. He starts with the Ter- ‘race-based airline Dec. 3. “We're definitely going to miss him,” tourism soc- iety president Annalee Davis said. “He’s full of good ideas.” But she said Tucker will continue to contribule his crealivity because he was elected last week to the society’s board of dir- eclors, Other directors elected Nov. 21 include Davis, Cindy Sabino, Brian Downie, Doug Barrett, Jackie Munson, Dullss Kleamyck, Yvonne Dan- roth, Bruno Belanger, Diane Critchley, Julie Sei- gal and city council rep David Hull. Davis has also been re- cently elected as one of the six new directors on the Northern B.C. Tourism Board. The 300-member asso- ciation is the industry-gov- erned tourism body for the northern half of the pro- vince, running a $700,000 a year marketing cam- paign. Honda eyes new building TERRACE HONDA is working on plans for a new building on Keith Ave. Owner Jim Coelho says he plans to build a 6,000 to 7,000 square foot new building al 4534 Keith acrass from the Real Ca- nadian Wholesale Club. “What I’d like to do is start construction in April and be done by August or September,” he said. By JEFF NAGEL RAW LOG exports and the provincial government policy that allows them in the northwest are the target of a court challenge launched by the Sierra Legal Defence Fund. The environmental group wants to quash the cabinet order issued in Febr- uary that allows forest companies in the region to export up te 35 per cent of the timber they log over three years. Victoria granted the export allowance on the basis that the logs are surplus to the needs of Jocal mills. That’s an ex- emption to Forest Act provisions that otherwise prohibit log exports. But Sierra Legal Defence says the pro- vince didn’t adequately investigate the needs of mills before issuing the order. “There was absolutely no evidence the timber was surplus,” said lawyer Devon Page. Skeena MLA Roger Harris pushed Victoria to allow log exports in the Kalum, North Coast and Kispiox forest districts to help put logging contractors back to work. Page says log exports can't be justi- fied. “The government’s philosophy is that exporting raw logs is better than nothing,” he said. “This is no comfort to the fami- lies who have lost jobs nor is it justifica- tion for wiping out whole ecosystems for the meager revenue that raw logs gener- ate.” The Sierra Legal Defence challenge is backed by the David Suzuki Foundation, Communications Energy and Paperwork- ers union, the Pulp, Paper and Wood- workers of Canada, and the Woodworkers for Fair Forest Policy Society. But IWA Canada local 2171 president Darrel Wong called the court challenge a publicity stunt and said his union — al- (hough it opposes log exports - isn’t part of the case. “We're not a partner with that outfit with anything at any time,” Wong said of the Sierra Legal Defence Fund. “They are more interested in putting people out of work than looking for solu- lions. I’ve gol enough people out of work. I don’t need any more out of work.” He says he could agree with a policy that allows exports only when sawmills are running — puaranteeing employment for mil! workers. “To strictly send raw logs out of the area benefils very few people,” Wong said. As of Sept. 10, forests ministry stats “They are more interested in putting people out of work than looking fer solutions. ‘I’ve got enough people out of work.” showed only about 120,000 cubic metres of timber has been exported. West Fraser is the company that has exported the most — or about half of the total so far. The 120,000 cubic metres exported to Sept. 10 was less than six per cent of the 2.1 million cubic metres logged in the northwest. That means the companies ex- porting haven’t come anywhere near the 35 per cent limit set by Victoria. If the entire annual allowable cut of 4.2 million cubic metres in the three combined forest districts was harvested, it would mean the export of 28,000 truck- loads of raw logs from the region per year. 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