oe EMBs Sell SCI undercut - Get this unused timber to someone who can use it Dear Sir: The article in the Sept. 11, 2002 issue of The Terrace Standard outlines the undercut of li- cences by Skeena Cellulose over the last five _ years. SCI has logged approximately 35 per cent less - wood than it should have in the northwest over the five-year cut control period. Those are the _ tules that all companies have to live by. Use it or - lose it. This 35 per cent undercut represents 35 per - cent less direct revenue to the Crown, 35 per cent less taxation to the Crown, 35 per cent less . jobs to the people of the Pacific Northwest. “As the owners of the wood, this is too much of a business loss to take without our government taking action. After all, the Liberal government is supposed to be business-like, ‘1 am not concerned with penalties, The licen- People need to go back to work. The government needs revenue. This should be a no-brainer deci- sion. see did not live up to terms of agreements and cut control regulation. At least take the 35 per cent undercut of 3.4 ~ million cubic metres and immediately start sell- ing timber sales competitively to fill government - ' coffers with stumpage and tax money from em- ployees and companies. _~ People need to go back to work. The govern- “.-ment needs revenue. This should be a no-brainer decision. This 3.4 million cubic metres is approximately 10 times the current annual AAC of the Kalum Small Business Program. [t would also go to- wards answering some American requirements ‘for more competitive sales of logs. ll. Don S, Coburn Terrace B.C. _ Nisga’a gov’t lauded for watershed decision “Dear Sir: > Since Nisga’a negotiations began, about 10 years ago, I’m finally able to congratulate Nisga’a Government for assembling their land- use program, which prevents logging in our non- Nisga'a watershed. Unlike the provincial foresters whose only ob- jective was to get a pat on the back or a promo- _ tidn’fér‘raping this watershed, the Nisga’a ‘people have, understood the bad ‘position they could put us:in by affecting our water supply. They have also understood that holding the hammer doesn’t mean you have to smash everything within reach. ‘T-hope this act of goodwill will continue throughout other land claim areas. Non-native re- --sidents living within the boundaries of native ’ land claims deserve special resident status rather ‘than being thrown into the pot with all other third _. party. outsiders. ‘ That creates an atmosphere of working toge- ther as a neighbourly group rather than constantly ‘fighting for equal rights and generating bad fee!- ings. My compliments go out to the person or per- » sons who turned this situation around and took the time to give us a compassionate understand- "Lloyd Brinson Nass Camp B.C. Bus policy inexplicable Dear Sir: I am writing to you on behalf of the students of Caledonia and Skeena that have previously used the schocl bus service to and from Uplands. I didn’t take the bus to school, bul many of my classmates did, and they find it an inconve- nience to have to walk, or get parents and friends to drive them to and from school. If the bus schedule was affected because of _ Money shortage or lack of bus drivers it would be a different story. “From what I was told by the people working in my school, it’s because of the lack of transporta- - tion on the south side. "J am not aware of what is going on but would -- like to find out the reasoning behind the bus can- . cellations.