ur. coalition
aboriginal tights for legitimate

_LETTERS |

TO THE TERRACE STANDARD

A fishery flare up

Dear Sir:

On July 7, 1993 Joe Gosnell,
president of the Nisga’a Tribal
Council, accused our coalition of

-...engaging.- in. ‘province-wide

_ propaganda efforts’’ based on *‘a
combination of fear and misin-
‘formation to mask economic

greed,” to fan the flames of

_ racism, _

_ The B.C,” Fisheries Survival
_- Coalition, stands for one main
“principle: equality. Our goal is to

2 “=. Thake. sure that the commercial
.:. fishery remains open to all Cana-

dians regardless of race.
recognizes

food purposes, but. we will never
accept an exclusive commercial
fishery. for aboriginal people
* ony. 0

JE Mr. Gosnell believes our
: campaign ‘for equality is racist, he

needs to check his dictionary for
the meaning of the word. After
all, his organization supports
dividing access to Canada’s natu-
ral resources along racial lines,
notours.

As to misinformation, Mr, Gos-_

nell quotes a letter form the Min-
ister of Fisheries stating that the
aboriginal fishery takes only three
per cent of the fish while the
commercial fishery takes 93 per
cent.

What the minister and Mr. Gos-
neil fail to say is that 30 per cent
of the people in the existing com-
mercial fishery ate aboriginal
people.

Aboriginal people already own
or operate more than $300 mil-
lion worth of fishing vessels,
about 30 per. cent of the fleet.
Aboriginal people don’t need the
patronizing hand of goverment
to be a success in the industry.

Jf you add up their catch in the
food and commercial fisheries,
aboriginal people take one-third
(33 per cent) of the total B.C. sal-
mon and herring catch - not a bad
share. for three per cent of the
population, and a far cry from
DFO's and Mr. Gosnell’s claim
of three per cent,

DFO’s and Mr. Gosneli’s at-
tempt to deceive your readers
about the current ticvel of
aboriginal fish harvest is a perfect
illustration of why ail interests af-
fect by land claims negotiations
must be in the room.

Tf we are not at the table, the
only people left to protect our in-
teresis are those who have tried to
déceive us in the past.

Yours truly,

Phillip Eidsvik,

B.C. Fisheries Survival
Coalition.

Vancouver, B.C,

_ Daycare centre location
not right for neighbourhood

_ Dear Sir:

“We. have raised children and
grandchildren on Hamer strect.
We have seen this area expand

- > from the farms of yesteryear to
. the beautiful. neighbourhoods of
today. 5

“We. live here because it is a
good place to raise a family,

. “(plus his, own) reminds us of the
Jarge families that people used to
haves,

~-.But. that was. then, and the
‘Bromleys are not the parents of
"these daycare children. ;

. lilies worked together
an isense of. order, the
older. helping younger brothers

ing family, this worked. But
daycare is different. It is
‘not family, children come and go,
“caregivers ‘could be hired and
d. B: ier

“1. suggested retall price.
Ae ‘All sales final:
‘13) No layaways. ©

. Mr. Bromley’s daycare centre
idea of 16 children in a home .

ORT W

"| 1) rete IS

#1): Entire stock 50%. ‘off manufacturers

=| 4) Any labour at regula prices,

business,

The city fathers were careful
when they established the zoning
regulations for our town.

it should be. with care that the
zoning is changed - not for one

person’s idea of change but for.

the good of all people who live

here.

We do not agree with changing
the zoning by-laws in Ri to in-
crease daycares from cight to 16.

George Hamer,
Terrace, B.C.

‘Fisher’ rapped

Dear Sir:

It’s hard not to notice the media
push to call fisherman - fishers.

A fisher is a large dark brown
American arboreal carnivorous
Mammal (Martes pennanti) re-
lated to the weasels. Yes, in some

‘dictionaries a fisher is *‘one that

fishes’.
_ T-have not come across one

‘Single fisherman sec ee

Viel Li ]

50% Win Terms )

eae SPORTWORLD. Terrace. 4
6) Sale énds Monday, Aug. 16, 6:00 pm.“

7) Slore hours:

referred to as a fisher. Ali the
women I know who fish prefer to
be called fishermen.

It seems that only the media and
politicians are intent on pushing
‘politically correct’? down our
collective throats. If you don’t
like it speak up.

Barbara Greene,
. Prince ‘Rupert, B. o

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