A12- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 4, 1998

TERRACE STANDARD

Business REVIEW

» Water they doing?

WORK CONTINUES on a new $470,000 Wilson St. water tank on the
bench. This one will hold 1.6 million litres, considerably larger the old,
wooden-stave one that dates back four decades and which holds only
600,000 fitres. The new one will give the fire department greater flow capa-
bility in case of a fire. It's due to come into service the end of the month.

Mining under the gun

MINING WORKS for B.C.
but B.C doesn’t work for
mining, says Gary Living-
stone, president and CEO of
the Mining Association of
B.C.

And according to him, we
need to do something about
it.

Citing problems from
global economics and native
land claims to current NDP
government practices,
Livingstone said mining in
B.C, needs more than justa
Band-Aid.

“Te’s like death by a thou-
sand cuts,”” he said, refer-
ting to the number of bar-
tiers facing mining in B.C.

Livingstone spoke at a
Terrace and District Cham-
ber of Commerce Juncheon
Oct. 29 as part of a provin-
cia] tour. He’s urging people
to pressure the government
to change its mining
policies.

‘The future of mining in
B.C. depends on public atti-
tudes,’’ Livingstone said.
“People drive political deci-
sions, and we will live or
die by these decisions,’’

Livingstone said foreign -

investors would rather in-
vest in Third World coun-
tries like Chile, than Cana-
da, because of our current
mining regutations.

"B.C, is the highest cost
place to do business in mini-
ng in the world,’’ he said.

Out &
About

He’s aCMA

TERRACE RESIDENT
Mark Doehler received his
Certified Management Ac-
countants designation in
Vancouver Oct. 17.

The field auditor with the
provincial finance ministry
here joins more than 38,000
members of the Socicty of
Management Accounts of
Canada.

Certified Management Ac-
countants work in business,
industry and government,
offering specialized . ac-
counting skills and manage-
ment training,

New GM

THE NEW general manager
at McEwan GM comes to
Terrace after spending 22
years in Prince Rupert, the
Jast 15 at Kaien Ford.

From Nova Scotia, Gary
MacCarthy first came to
the northwest in 1972,
spending four years in Ter-
race before going ta the
coastal city in 1976.

He’s responsible for all.

facets of the GM dealership
which employs 33 people.

Gary Livingstone
And = excessive
ment regulations, he said,
force investors to wait two

to three times longer to start
drilling than in other pro-

govern-

vinces like Ontario or
Manitoba.
“There are too many

hoops, rules, laws, permits,
licences we must abide be-
fore there’s movement on
land,’’ he said,

In order for mining to
grow, he said B.C. needs to
Start altracling investment.
But without a competitive
tax structure, answers to na-
tive land claims issues, an

efficient time-limited
permitting process, and
Streamlining regulations,

mining will remain ina state
of disaster.

“It will be a growth in-
dusiry in the future but we

need to change to get mini-
ng investment back here,”
he said.

Topping his list of things
to change, is land use plan-
ning.

Livingstone said too much
land is being put aside for

parks and green space, rath--

er than for mining explora-
tion.

Favouring green space, he
said, is bad for B.C,’s econ-

omy.
Economic activity in
parks, for example, earns

$42 per hectare, while mini-
ng can earn $110,000 per
hectare, said Livingstone.

“Tm not saying we don’t
need parks or want par
he added.

But by creating parks in-
Stead of mines, jobs and the
economy suffer, Living-
stone continued.

“Politicians draw lines for
parks to preserve land for
future generations,’’ he said.
“They think they’re doing
the right thing.”

But politicians stouldn’t
be able to say we can't use
that wealth or those jobs,
Livingstone said, _

Livingstone was adamant
about spending more money
on mineral exploration.

B.C. currently spends

about $40 million on ex-
ploration, but he said we
should be spending: close to
$200 million.

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AIR CARGO handlers at the airport say the pine
mushroom season was above average this year.

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“It was definitely better than last year,” said Air B.C.
cargo supervisor Kelly Munday, but added it wasn’t
among the best years ever for mushroom volumes ex-
ported.

Canadian Air Cargo’s Ron Marleau agreed. ‘‘It was
above average to good,’ he said. ‘‘The last two years
weren’t very good at all,”’

He also noted the volumes were good despite the season
being shorter than usual this year.

“It started in early to mid August and went through to
maybe the first week of October,’’ Marleau said.

Although top-grade. prices Jeapt.to more than. $50 per
pound in October, there weren’t many mushrooms left by
then. ‘‘The last couple of weeks there’s been very little if
anything of any quality going out,’? said Marleau,

Most of this year’s volume was shipped when prices
were very low, he said, meaning that experienced pickers
could do well, but casual weekend pickers didn’t tend to
make much.

HG GRANVILLE

STREE

Members of the
Nisga’a Nation
Referendum Vote Notification

on Nisga’a Final Agreement
and Nisga’a Constitution

November 6 & 7, 1998

Polls will be open from 8 am to 8 pm
The polls are located in each Voting Area as follows:

Voting Voting Referendum
Area Location Official
Gingolx Recreation Centre- Meeting Room Dalé Johnson
Gitlakdamix ~” Gitlakdamix Band Office Chambers Louise Martian
Gitwinksihlkw Salvation Army Hall Elaine Moore
Laxgalts‘ap Recreation Centre - Band Room Tracey McKay
Prince Rupert/Port Edward Fishermen’s Hall Val Stewart
Terrace _ NIC Local Office Daphne Stevens
Vancouver Friendship Centre - 1607 E Hastings Edna Toit
New Westminster First Nations Urban Community Centre Edna Tait
301-668 Carnarvon St.

NOTES

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Call the Referendum Office to make arrangements.

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~ REFERENDUM OFFICE
Corinne McKay, Referendum Commissioner or.
Esther Adams, Administrative Assistant
Phone: 250-633-2287 Fax: 250-633-2504

Toll Free: 1-877-633-2287

¢ Any Nisga’a person who is at least 18 years old, and has applied to be enrolled under the

® Eligible voters residing outside the communities listed.above will receive a mail-in ballot.
# Elderly or disabled eligible voters who are unable to leave home may arrange to vote at home.

Nisga’ ¢ Ratification/Constilution Adoption Committees
& Referendum Office
Located at:

Gillakdamix Recreation Centre In New Aiyansh, BC
(Use side entrance)

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