B.C. New Demacral leader Bob Skelly and NDP Skeena In-
cumbent Frank Howard spent two days travelling the
northwest together tast week, meeting with constituents
In Terrace, Kitimat and other communities in the ragion.

Skelly draws full house

TERRACE — A crowd
of more than 200 people
gathered during the
lunch hour Friday at the
Terrace Hotel to meet
and dine with New.
Democratic Party leader
and premiership chal-
lenger Bob Skelly. The
visit was part of Skelly’s
northwest campaign that
included stops in
Smithers, Kitimat and
other communities.
Skelly was introduced
by NDP Skeena MLA
and incumbent Frank
Howard, who outlined
Skelly’s background as a
14-year member of the
legislature and former

Rally held in Terrace

TERRACE — An ex-
ecutive meeting of the
B.C. Nurses’ Union

(BCNU) northwest asso-

ciation turned into an
impromptu demonstra-
tion recently as BCNU
president Colleen Bon-
ner led participants to a
rally in front of Mills
Memorial Hospital.
Bonner, BCNU vice-
president Marsha Forrest
and- BCNU Terrace

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She said

representative Pamela
Pilling stated in a press
conference that the rally
was intended to draw
public attention to the
protracted contract
negotiations between the
BCNU ‘and the Health
Relations Asso-
ciation, Nurses in B.C.
have been without a con-
tract since March 1985,
‘Nurses are tired of
being blackmailed be-
cause of their commit-
ment to patient care, and
we're tired of subsidizing
the health care system
through understaffing
and low wages,’’ Bonner
said. ‘We don’t want a
strike, we’ve taken every
avenue to avoid that in-
cluding calling on the
Premier to intervene, but
if the HLRA doesn’t quit
stalling we may be forced
to strike.’’ Bonner sum-
marized the primary
unresolved issues in the
talks as being inadequate
staffing in hospitals, the
long-term component in
the contract, and wages.
stress levels
among nurses are going
up as a result of over-
work, and she added that
the HLRA has given no
indication of recognition
that B.C. hospitals are

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understaffed.

Pamela Pilling stated
that Mills Memorial and
other hospitals in B.C.

require three months of |

patient overload before
extra staff are hired.
Bonner pointed out that
staffing levels will have
to increase 17 percent in
B.C. hospitals to reach
the national average. “‘A
nurse in B.C. spends an
average of 63 minutes
less with each patient per
day than in other areas
of Canada. I don’t think
the people of B.C.
should be forced to have
inadequate care.’’

All the represetitatives
agreed that dissatisfac-
tion among BCNU mem-
bers is reaching a critical

point, and a nurse at

Mills Memorial stated
after the rally that it is
time for the mediator to
book out and clear the
way for job action.

A late report from
Vancouver indicates that
the mediator, Vince
Ready, has drafted a
proposal following the
refusal by Vancouver
General Hospital nurses
to work overtime. Sever-
al scheduled surgeries
were cancelled as a result
of the overtime refusal,

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

November 26, 1986

‘Place: TERRACE HOTEL

| Time: 7:30 p.m.

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school trustee.
Skelly’s speech to the
sympathetic crowd was
ahimated and eloquent,
in contrast to previous
media reports that tend-
ed to stress his lack of
confidence at the po-
dium. The talk was

directed at defusing .

Social Credit accusations
that NDP programs will
drive the provincial
finances into bankrupt-
cy.

“The issue in this cam-
paign,”’ he began, ‘‘has
become whether or not
to talk about the issues...
voters have a right to
_hear discussion, and can-
didates have an obliga-
tion to talk about the
issues.”’ Skelly went on
to say that when the
NDP programs were
developed over a period

of two years, each pro-

gram had a cost attached
to it. “These programs
have been designed to
return more to the crown
than the initial invest-
ment. They are intended
to create new,
wealth, not make-work
or temporary meas-
ures.”?- As an example
Skelly pointed to the par-
ty’s Youth Guarantee
program, a proposal in-
tended to provide
employment, training or
education options for
young people in. the
province. ‘‘It’s an expen-
sive program,’’ he said.
“It will cost about $150
million — almost as
much as it costs to keep
these people on wel-
fare... B.C.’s_ total
welfare bill is $872
million a year, and all
that is paid with borrow-
ed money. The province
spends more annually on
debt servicing than it
distributes in grants to
municipalities. Unem-

Public Notice is given to the electors of the City of Terrace that I re-
quire the presence of the electors at the Municipal Council
Chambers, 3215 Eby Street, Terrace, B.C., on Monday October 27,
1986, at 10:00 a.m. to elect three Aldermen for two-year terms.

The mode of nomination for candidates shall be as follows: Can-
didates shall be nominated In writing by two qualified electors of
the municipality. The nomination paper shall be delivered to the
Returning Officer at any time between the date of this notice and
noon of the day of nomination. The nomination paper may be in the
form provided in the Municipal Act, and shall state the name,
residence and occupation of the person nominated in a manner

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ployment creates
deficits.’”

Skelly was, predictably
critical of the Social
Credit economic record,
claiming that despite the
restraint program the
government. has ac-
cumulated $18 billion in
new debt since 1975. He
also produced figures in-
dicating that 16,000 jobs
had been-created in the

last five years, calling the

government’s perform-
ance ‘‘the worst record

of economic mismanage-.

ment in Canada today’’.
He added that a proposal
by Social Credit to ex-

tend an ALRT line to the
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Airport and the con-

struction of a natural gas
continued on page 23

- Terrace Review — Wednesday, October 15, 1986 15

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CITY OF TERRACE
NOTICE OF ELECTION |

signed by the candidate.

In the event a poll is necessary, the pol! will be opened at Ciarence
Michiel Schoo! Gymnasium, 3430 Sparks Street, Terrace, B.B., on
Saturday, November 15, 1986, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and
8:00 p.m., with advance polls being held at the Municipal Office,
3215 Eby Street, Terrace, B.C., on Friday, November 7, 1986, bet-
ween the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. and Mills Memorial
Hospital, 2711 Tetrault Street, Terrace, B.C., on Friday, November
14, 1986, between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., of which
every person is required to take notice and govern himself accor-

Dated at Terrace, B.C., on October 6, 1986.

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