A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 9, 2000 From front Bonuses, on-call pay among docs’ demands to what was negotialed in Prince George. There, physicians will now be paid bonuses of $10,000 a year and re- ceive, depending upon how many years -they’ve been in Prince George, boosts: in. their. Medical Services Plan billings of up to 17.5 per cent. Terrace doctors already receive a billings top up from a northern isolation allowance program but the maximum is 14 per cent. The one key part of the Prince George agreement is pay for physicians who From front are on-call. That's when doctors are on standby in case of emergencies at night and on weekends but they only get paid if they see a patient and can bill the Medical Services Plan, That amounts to $40 an hour in Prince George, far more than a new program here which pays doctors $10 an hour. There.is no immediate indication of what a!l this will cost here, but'a health council estimate in 1998 . of possible on-call costs pul the amount at more than $1.2 million a year. Scott focused on halting the treaty Scott did reject sugges- tions he concentrated on native affairs to the exclu- sion of other issues, noting he did serve as fisheries critic for about two years “One of my big issues has been the radical envir- onmental movement. I'm convinced they will settle for nothing else than the preservation of and no more utilization of B.C.’s natural resources,” he said, “They won't be happy unless they have Douglas firs growing where Main Street Terrace used to be.” In his role as the Re- form native affairs critic, Scott is best known for his opposition to the Nisga’a land claims treaty. He was at the forefront of an extended federal Parliamentary debate Jeading ta a final vote on the treaty late last year. Scott has defended his criticism of the treaty, saying the bulk of his op- position. rests. with consti- tutionally entrenching na- tive self government. - He believes. such trea- ties create a third order of government. “Tt was very regrettable we were not able to be more successful in having the Nisga’a treaty go to re- ferendum in B.C.,” said Scott. “Ht wasn’t for lack of trying. We were up against a pretty powerful status quo.” “I’m proud of that re- cord of what we did in spite of being portrayed personally in very unflat- tering lerms and to be por- trayed as having really de- spicable matives and have my character dragged through the mud,” said Scott. “T do believe at the core of my being that the treaty and its kind won't be beneficial to all Cana- dians,” Scott was also one of the Reformers who refused to sign up for the parlia- mentary pension plan. He'll leave office with six months severance pay of approximately $50,000. Scatt won 38 per cent of the vote in 1993 and 42 per cent in 1997, His margins of victory were nearly as big as those of Jim Fulton who decided not to run again in 1993 after a 14-year stint as the MP for Skeena. While Fulton and Scott never. met -on the electoral battlefield they have over a libel 'suit, .~ Scott sued Fulton after he made some remarks during a CBC Newsworld 1996 debate show regard- ing land claims. That suit has yet to be seltled. Interestingly enough, two people ran against Scott in both elections — Rhoda Witherly ran as a Liberal and Isaac Sobol who ran as a National party candidate in 1993 and for the NDP in 1997. Gun registration comes to Terrace LOCAL FIREARM owners will get a chance to find ont more about controversial new gun registration regula- tions at the Skeena Mall this week. Those requiring new certificates can also have their photo taken for free Aug. 11-13. By December 31, everyone will need a firearms li- cence to possess, carry, or borrow firearms. A licence will also be necessary to acquire ammunilion. Any firearms acquisitions cerlificates will be valid until their expiration. “The session is basically to assist the elderly, or those who have trouble reading understand what they need to do to purchase or possess firearms,” said Const. Troy Keen. For more information about the new registration call 1-800-731-4000. jae Ann Miller Ron Matthews August 19 ’ Suzannah Vandevelde . Norman Dreger oe Skeena Mall = Terrace 2 Sfagust 12 Boutiques Nicole Bode Roland Paulitschke August 26 Giselda Andrade Armenio Pimental 1-800- 563-4362 - “gat reap ate Pasta ese a no sg-a6n.§ Redpath said local doc- tors also want 10 per cent of their monetary package set aside to help recruit and keep nurses by offer- ing benefits such as paid education time. That ‘again: mirrors the Prince. George. agreement in that the 310 million a year for physicians there is being accompanied by a $1 million budget for nurses and athers.. 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