Page A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 30, 1992 - Giesbrecht in favour of mill plan Take one . TERRACE — Skeena NDP MLA Helmut Giesbrecht backs a proposal by Eurocan not lo open a Prince Rupert mill i1 bought last year, Eurocan says it doesn’t have enough wood to run the Prince Rupert mill and its Skeena Saw- mills here. Opening the one in Prince Rupert would lead to layoffs here, “We would be creating two un- stable employment situations if we do this,’’ said Giesbrecht last week. ‘Part of the problem. we’re all facing in the northwest is a shortage of timber and an over capacity of milling,’ said Gies- brecht. Gicsbrecht said not opening the Prince Rupert mill would not cause economic harm because the mill closed under previous owners Wedeene River Contract- ing two years ago. The MLA said he has asked forests minister Dan Miller to remove the ‘requirement of Eurocan to open the Prince Rupert mill. “Tt would be a good business decision, There is no sense in jeopardizing one stable employ- ment situation if only in the hopes of creating minimal employment in another community,” said Giesbrecht. - He doubted if Miller, also the MLA for Prince Rupert and areca, would be in a conflict of interest situation in making a decision on the Eurocan decision. ‘I’s been suggested that if the decision is favourable to Euracan, nobody would say anything about it,’ said Giesbrecht. ‘Tf the decision were not, he (Miller) could be said to be look- ing after Rupert’s interests. But [ think there enough checks and balances operating out there in the bureaucracy and with the chief forester,’’ he said... Giesbrecht.. added that Miller. shautd ‘favour Eurocan’s: position Future of mill | tied to. request TERRACE — The future of the Skeena Sawmills operation here is tied to a request by its parent not to open a now-closed mill it has bought in Prince Rupert. Eurocan wants to spent more than $2.5 million in improve- ments to Skeena Sawinills. That will increase the recovery rate of logs it mills and be suffi- cient for the next two or threc years, But it can't commit the moncy until the forest ministry decides whether or not the company has 1o re-open the Wedeene mill in Prince Rupert. “We can't spend the mancy in Terrace if we have to start Prince Rupert,’? West Fraser. vice presi- dent Gary Townsend said last week. West Fraser is an equal partner with Enso Forest Products in Eurocan. Townsend said.the twa to three years -of increased recovery should also give Eurocan time to plan whal lo do next. It has the option of either com- pletely rebuilding Skeena Saw- mills or building a new mill in Kitimat at a cost of between $43 million and $70 million. ‘It’s almost a dead heat in my view right now,” said Townsend of where the new. mill might be built. mt *T know at this point in time, a ibere’s a lot of water yet to go un- der the bridge, both have very good reasons to have a mill,”’ he said. —— The mill ideally should be lo- cated closest 10 the majority of its wood supply and where workers are available, he said. Townsend added that should Kitimat be the site of the new mill, it is not unreasonable to have workers living in. Terrace commute, . . “There are many, many people who commute already from Ter- race to Kitimat,’ he sald; Help open doors for —Call'732-4334 or 1-800-665-6526 THE KIDS ARE THERE. | : " Blabetes crsacin _soeution DRIVE WITH CARE! Please Volunteer__ Cl nme a YOUR LOCAL q POLICE for gas pains. The B.C, Liquor Distribution Branch has received, and is considering, a request for an Agency Liquor Store in the community of Meziadin Lake. Agency Liquor Stores may be established, generally in conjunction with an existing grocery business, for the sale of beer, wine, and spirits in packaged form. The program is intended to improve service to consumers in small rural communities without convenient access to retail liquor outlets. Comments on this subject may be made, in writing, to: Rural Agency Program . Store Operations Department Hf you want relief fram high gas + 6.5L/100km city, 5.0L/100km hwy Liquor Distribution Branch . tices, check aut the sensible * Front discs brakes Helmut Giesbrecht Cot Diesel. Drop by far a test drive today. 3200 East Broadway + Operates on less expensive diesel . 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