= 7 a4 6 Terrace Review: —— Wednesday, August 21, 1991 # - « a ’ Part of a changing picture renda’s new choice of location for their pulp and paper mill QO project has focused attention on the questions of environ- mental impact on the site area and pushed into the back- ground concéms about the company’s forest licence in the North Kalum. Those concems are raised in some depth in the Major Project Review Process steering committee report issued last weck and should remain in the foreground of consideration as this process goes on. ‘There are presently extensive reviews of forest management objec- tives and resource inventories going on in the North Coast and Kispiox timber supply areas, and the same process will be starting soon in the Kalum. Although these periodic reviews are normal procedure for the Ministry of Forests, the reviews under way now are especially significant because the results will have to reflect society’s rapidly changing perspective on the value of the forest and the review will have to address some outstanding problems in the com- mercial viability of the industry in this area. ~ Examining Orenda’s proposal on their own terms in the first pro- spectus for this project, many aspects of the plan appear to be tailored to satisfy current trends in forest management: the mil! as " proposed will be able to use raw material out of the forest that no other processing plant in the region can use, it will be able to get better value out of the timber cut, and it will increase enormously the value of the end product. Already, however, new discoveries in forest ecology are beginning to indicate that rather than leaving a "clean" forest Floor after logging, it may be better to leave litter and debris behind for soil nourishment and to leave a few snags standing around for birds to roost in. _Although the Orenda proposal addresses timber use in the context of its proposed mill related directly to its forest licence, the change in location for the mill illustrates that no operation in the Northwest can be considered in isolation. The region is carved into tenure fiefdoms for administrative purposes, but the machinery of commercial timber use is an interlocking interdependency among a host of manufac- turers, marketers, foresters and managers. Redirecting a part of the timber allocation to a new mill, regardless of who holds the tenure, will inevitably have an effect, and that effect should be known before the mill is approved! °- 8 ae There is a shortage of fibre throughout the region and a mismatch between the overall timber profile and the line of products made from it. This point is amply illustrated by the failure of the Wedeene operation in Prince Rupert, the shutdown of Westar in Kitwanga and Hazelton, and the hunger for fibre shown by West Fraser in recent tenure acquisitions. There is a fixed supply of wood in this region, although some is exported and some sold on domestic log markets, a _ new net user of timber will inevitably create a shortage elsewhere. The question is, where? _ That question deserves a more detailed and convincing answer than those offered to date. © seeClnen Second-class mail registration No. 6896. 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FSR... 5 SNS a Oa el NARA pe TRAN SEER "eA or a Tie arama oF a SIRGIaLLY PRBCIS STRKE BY THe-TAN CHOW SRT BON INTHE WAR 6QNST Tan - fi “ee, By Fre ang: fs mat’ _ The view from Victoria — by John Plfer PENTICTON — Two weeks of meandering through south and central British Columbia spurs me to pass on to you, dear readers, a few observations about the state of the nation... er, prov- ince. Talking with locals in various cafes, gas stations and yes, pubs, from Kamloops to Golden, from Sparwood and Cranbrook to Nelson and Osoyoos, is some- thing all political correspondents should do from time to time, if only to get away for a while from the rumours, speculation and bathwater-drinking in Vic- ' foria/Vancouver. With a general election due any week now in B.C., people were prepared to chat, sometimes at considerable length, and with little urging necessary. ~ They had opinions and ques- tions about the Social Credit government and Premier Rita Johnston, about the New Demo- crats and Mike Harcourt, and even about good ol’ whatshis- name, Bill Vander Zalm. My totally unscientific research includes these findings: 1. It is time for Mr. Harcourt to stop being invisible. The tactic of laying low whilst the Socreds’ internal wars raged was political- ly astute, perhaps; but now a lot of people out there say they want to know what Mikey stands for and why they should entrust their vote to the NDP. They already know what he is against — from corruption and favour-giving to friends of gov- ernment, to the multitude of _ increases in taxation and service charges over the past five years. But unless Mr. Harcourt staris to spell out specifically where he and his party stand on key issues, especially.on managing the finances of the province, it will cost him votes among those wanting to be given positive, not negative, reasons for voting for the New Democrais. Often the NDP leader thinks he is being direct and specific, when the perception is left that he is again sitting on a fence, accord- ing to a number of small-business people I’ve encountered. 2. Neither the Socreds nor the NDP would be wise to get too down and dirty during the clec- tion campaign. Mr. and Mrs. Average British Columbian may not take too kindly to mud-sling- ing on an active level during the campaign. os From the NDP, they expect some muttering about "Rita Vander Zalm" and reminders of the allegations of corrupt prac- tices around the disgraced former premier. And from the Socreds, they expect smears about "caves- droppers" and economic irtespon- sibility. But — and it’s a big BUT — if one or both of the principal parties get too far down in the muck, it will backfire on them (Bud Smith, please copy). 3. The image-makers who are trying to make Rita Johnston out to be something she is not, are doing her and the Social Credit Party a disservice. Trying to make the voters believe that Premier Mom is already a mover and shaker on the national stage — a la the recent meetings with Bourassa and Mulroney — is unwise, to say the least. Those samme harxilers are putting greal expectations on the annual Premiers’ Conference, slated for Whistler on Aug. 26 to 28. They appear to believe that the general public will be wowed by the national media exposure of Mrs. Johnston hosting her provincial peers. Don’t hold your breath, fellas. Sure, I don’t doubt that Mrs. Johnston will perform well or adequately, and will hold her own. But, most people won't be paying much attention on the next-to-last summer family week- end; it’ll be a two-day TV won- der; and it is not likely to influ- ence more than a handful of votes. 4, The jury is split on whether Mr. Vander Zalm should be pur- sued further by the police and courts. With special prosecutor Peter Freeman’s report on the disgraced former Premier due any day now, people out here either think they should "throw. the book, or even the bookcase, at him", or they should “leave him alone; he’s suffered enough." But some of the more senior municipal and Socred officials feel that anything less than a recommendation that charges be laid would give the NDP an instant election advantage, sung - to the tune of "Whitewash, Whitewash". 5. Liberal leader Gordon Wilson is only deluding himself, and wasting a lot of other peo- ple’s money, if he believes he and his party can be a factor in the election. Despite recent glowing profiles in the major media, Wilson remains relatively unknown, and should plan only for great disap- pointment on election night. = — Continued on page 7 : -