Alaskan officials have been meeting with B.C.

politicians to garner support for a road that would connect

Southeast Alaska to Highway 37. They say it's a "tourism road." The real story?
It's an industrial haul road that will provide U.S. access to B.C. resources and then
ship them through an Alaskan port. The result? Devastating consequences for an
already battered northern economy.

Alaska's own studies say the Road to Ruin would:

"Funnel benefits from mining, timber, and tourism activity in British Columbia
away from Canadian communities and cause Prince Nupert [to] likely lose a A portion

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~~ of its current ferry traffic." -(McDowell Group, 1994.) engl

® "Likely cause Stewart to lose its status as a trans- -shipment port and presumably
harm Prince Rupert." (Study for the Alaska Senate, 1997.) |

"Be in direct economic competition with [Stewart and Prince Rupert]."
(U.S. Forest Service, 1998.)

Even if the Alaskans' claim for a "tourist
road" were true, it would create more damage
for our economy by rerouting existing tourist
traffic away from Prince Rupert, Stewart,
Terrace and the Stewart-Cassiar. Perhaps
worst of all -- this "Road to Ruin" would
divert much of the salmon now processed in
Prince Rupert to U.S. processors.

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MP Andy Burton —
Ottawa@andyburton. com
Phone: 250-635-1601 Fax: 250-63

First, get the facts from our website:

www.RoadToRuin.ca @j
_ Then, contact your MP and MLA and tellthem i
_ to oppose the Alaskan resource grab,

Skeena MLA Roger Harris
togerharris.mla@leg.bc.ca
Phone: 25061 5-4828 Fax: 250 61 5-4833

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