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Martin confident he
can win leadership

By SIMON BIRCH

Editor
Liberal leadership candidate Paul
Martin said his support in British
Columbia and Quebec is not as strong
as he hoped it would be at this point
in the campaign and he acknowledged
that polls indicate he trails front-
runner Jean Chretien in the race to
succeed John Turner as party leader
However, he expressed confidence he
can overcome Chretien’s advantage
and take the leadership at the June 23

showdown in Calgary
Speaking at\a luncheon, Sunday
hosted by ‘the Kootetily “Wesi-
Liberal A Mar-

“What is crucial .. . is that the
nation shows a desire to hold itself
together,’’ he said. “‘As a party, we
must position ourselves for the great
debate which wilt occur after June
23."

Martin said one of the biggest tasks
facing political leaders in Canada is
restoring a sense of self-confidence
among the country’s people:

“We in the country are in the
process of ripping ourselves apart,”
he said. *‘We have lost confidence in
our ability to face up to the problems
this nation is facing. Our leaders are

Ma}tin (right) chats with

not facing up to the problems of how
to build a nation. What we've got to
do is give this country a new con-
fidence. We've got to give this coun-
try -a sensc‘of belief in its own great-
ness. That is what must come out of
this leadership race."*

Turning to other issues, Martin said
the federal deficit is a ‘‘huge
problem” but not the most important
financial problem facing the nation
He said ‘the deficit is simply a sym-
ptom of Canada’s ifability to com-
pete in world markets

continued on page 42

tin said 20 per cent of delegates com
mitted to a candidate at a leadership
convention typically switch allegian-
ces.

“L think the percentage will be a
great_deal_more_(in_Calgary),"’ he
said, ‘‘I think I have a very good shot
at winning this thing."’

Martin; $1, was criticized as a duit
speaker when he entered the leader
ship race. However, he lit up the
banquet room at the Sandman Inn
with a fiery hour-long speech in which
he outlined his vision of a culturally
distinct but united and prosperous
Canada able to flex econdmic
muscles in world markets. His speech,
and his answers to questions which
followed, drew several rounds of ap-
plause from the partisan audience
which included his 23-year-old son
Paul

Martin said Canada ‘‘will never be
the same’’ whéther or not the Meech
Lake-accord-is-ratified- June 23,-the
same day the Liberals choose their
new leader. Martin, the fluently
bilingual member of Parliament for
LaSalle-Emard in Quebec, supports
the accord although he has described
it as flawed and badly drafted and
about one year ago proposed a
parallel accord. He-said the most im-
portant debate will occur after the
ratification deadline

its

The Canadian Press at most
federal Liberal party delegates
selection meetings through Sun-
day night indicates the following
support among delegates:

Jean Chretien. —1,969. Sheila
Copps — 166. Paul Martin
607. John Nunziata — 16. Tom
Wappel — 125. Uncommitted —
334,

The, results are cumulative,

from/ 399 delegate selection
_ameeyings: held by

riding
associations, university and
college clubs, women’s groups
and native groups since Feb. 15.

The results, based on interviews
by CP and its member newspapers
with riding officials and-or
delegates, reflect declared voting
intentions at the time delegates
were elected. Delegates are free to
change their allegiance at any time
before the June 23 leadership con-
vention in Calgary, where some
5,200 delegates will vote.

Survey shows
Chretien ahead

OTTAWA (CP) — A survey by

The survey does not include a
proximately 800 ex-officio
delegates who cast votes because
they are party executive members,
MPs or defeated candidates.

Candidates who do their own
polling of delegate selection may
offer different results.

The Martin campaign put its
count, based on meetings through
Wednesday, at Chretien — 1,512,
Copps — 145, Martin — 903,
Nunziata —_13, Wappel —_139,
Uncommitted — 204

The Copps campaign put its
count, based on meetings through
Thursday, at Chretien 1,703,
Copps — 281, Martin — 588, Un-
committed — 255, with an ad-
ditional 164 elected as Liberals for
Life.

Providing only approximate
Percentages, the Chretien cam-
Paign put its support at Chretien
— 61 per cent, Copps — six per
cent, Martin — 19 per cent, Nun-

continued on page A2

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3 Sections (A, B&C)

NDP contenders
differ on Celgar

By CasNews Staff

A difference of opinion on the
length of time a provincial review
committee should take ‘before ap-
proving the expansion and environ-
mental cleanup of the Celgar pulp
mill has emerged as the key issue bet-
ween the two contenders for the New
Democratic party nomination in
Rossland-Trail.

Castlegar school board vice-
chairman-Ed-Conroy says the gover-
nment’s major project review process
committee should take as long as
necessary to ensure the proposed new
mill_is_as environmentally clean as
possible.

But incumbent Chris D’Arcy says
he wants the expansion to proceed
quickly because it makes no-sense to
delay a proposal that is designed to
reduce pollution in the Castlegar area

Speaking to about 60 people at a
candidates’ forum Monday at the
Legion Hail in’ Castlegar, Conroy
acknowledged his position is contrary
to general public opinion and_is
politically risky. But he said he feels
his position is in the best interest of
he. iat

‘m standing up for principles 1
hick are in the long-term best interest
of the community,”* he said.

D'Arcy, who has been Rossland-
Trail’s MLA since 1972, said he has
never had difficulty communicating
16 government the Opinions of his
constituents.

+ wants quick approval

“*I’ve mever had any difficulty in
speaking and acting in the com-
munity’s best interest or in the interest
that has been overwhelmingly ex-
pressed.to-me,”’ he said- 7

D'Arcy added that all local concer-
ns about the new mill should be con-
sidered while the expansion proceeds
and all industries should be
monitored on an ongoing basis

Both men were asked to back up
their positions on the Celgar issue

£D CONROY
. wants thorough review

during a question-and-answer session
that covered topics from education
referendums to extended-care
facilities in Salmo but was dominated
by the pulp-mill réview.

D'Arcy said Castlegar and area
residents should get together to send a
common message to Victoria about
the Celgar expansion proposal
because the review committee is get-
Ting mixed messages from the public.

continued on page A2

Forest panel settles in
for 4 days of hearings

By CusNews Staff

More than 70 West Kootenay
residents, organizations, boards and
city and village councils have been
given time to make presentations
before a panel of a provincial com-
mission on forestry during four days
of hearings in Casttegar thar will wrap
up Friday

Those who have been asked to ap-
pear before the three-person panel of
the B.C. Forest Resource Com-
mission answered a call for written
submissions about the future of
B.C.’s forests and forestry practices
in January, commissioner and chair-
man of the panel Joyce Harder told
the Castlegar News before the
hearings began Tuesday

However, thescommission received
more written submissions than it
would have had time to hear during
public meetings, Harder said during
her opening remarks

“A number of submissions from
each region have been selected as
representative of all view points
presented and of the full range of
respondents who submitted briefs,"’
she explained. The writers of those
submissions have been asked to make
oral presentations.

All.the submissions will be used to
develop a discussion paper in the fall
that will then be examined by the

public during a fold of meetings
such as open houses or workshops,
Harder added,

A final paper will be submitted to
Forest Minister Claude Richmond
late this year or early in 1991, Harder
said.

The commission, which is a per-
manent independent body, was
established by the Forest Ministry in
1989. Its mandate includes preparing
a report on what ‘‘the forests of B.C.
should represent,”” taking into ac-
count ‘‘the full range of forest values,

three other “mandated tasks’’ to
work on: studying the effectiveness of
tree farm licences as a form of tenure,
recommending ways to improve
public participation in forest planning
and management, and reviewing and
recommending ways of improving
forest harvesting practices, par-
ticularly clear-cutting, its associated
forest practices and their impacts.
continued on page A3

INSIDE

how the fores' ‘might be to
Protect and enhance those values and
thetotal— economic impact of the
forests to the province."”

That report will be the end result of
the hearings now being conducted in
20 communities. in B.C. by ihree
panels made up of the 12 com-
missioners and chairman Sandy Peel,
who was deputy minister of education
before-his_appointment-to-the-com-
mission.

International
America-Canada
Munro and former
Shelford are among
missioners. Harder is
Lillooet

When the commission has submit
ted its paper on the future of B.C.’s
forests to ‘the ministry, it will have

Woodworkers of
president Jack
MLA_ Cyril
the
mayor

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of

Trustees oppose referendums

By CLAUDETTE m4
Staff Writer

school trustees are strongly

to the provincial gover:
nment’s new referendum program
and to the concept of provincial
bargaining with teachers and school
district staff, according to motions
passed-at the B.C. School Trustees
Association annual general meeting in
Vancouver last weekend.

Only three or four of the ap-
proximately 350 trustees who atten-
ded the meeting voted in favor of the
Ministry of Education’s new policy
which forces school boards to go to
referendum for extra money beyond
the block funding provided by the
ministry, Castlegar trustee Mickey
Kinakin said Tuesday.

The trustees passed a related
motion that states the ministry is not
funding education adequately and a
motion asking that more research be
done on the dual-entry kindergarten
system, which all districts must begin
implementing in the fall along with
the new ungraded primary program,

B.C
opposed

before the new system is put in place,
Kinakin said

The Castlegar school board is going
to referendum Saturday for $200,000
to help implement the primary
Program

Provincial bargaining was the main
issue at the meeting and was ‘‘over-
whelmingly defeated’’ after lengthy
debate, Castlegar trustee Evelyn
Voykin said today.

The vote sends a clear message that
B.C. trustees are opposed to contract
Hegotiations being conducted by a
provincial bargain committee
rather than by eac! dividual school
board, Voykin said, adding that the
issue was voted down last year as well.

Trustees also passed a number of
thotions concerning health care, in-
cluding a motion brought by
Castlegar trustees concerning visual
and auditory screening, Voykin and
Kinakin said.

The motion stated that more vision
and hearing tests should be conducted
to help schools identify students with
problems that need to be addressed

and may hamper their learning,
Kinakin said

The trustees discussed a
initiative involving four ministries, in
cluding the Ministry of Education and
the Ministry of Health, which are
working together to prepare policies
concerning teachers’ rgles in health
services to children with special needs,

Voykin said

new

As disabled children are integrated
into the regular school system,
teachers are being called upon to
work with students who may need to
have medication administered or
equipment tended to, she said.

Policies must be
teachers and possible wage increases
due to the increased knowledge and
workload a teacher may have, Voykin

She added that she will urge the
Castle, board to provide its
and rec to

the ministries.

Kinakin said he would like to meet
with teachers and clubs and
organizations involved in providing
sport and recreation programs to
assess the physical education program
currently being provided in Castlegar
schools.

A workshop at the BCSTA meeting
pointed out physical education
programs in schools are ‘‘generally
pretty bad,”’ Kinakin said, with sports
put before regular exercise programs
and school activities such as ‘‘hotdog
day” sabotaging good health and
nutrition habits.

Other motions passed included a
motion that school districts try to
work with child-care groups to
establish day-care centres in their
communities, Kinakin said, noting
the Kootenay Columbia Child Care
Society in Castlegar is currently
seeking provincial funding for a day
care facility and child-care programs a
study identified as lacking in the
community.

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Auditor's
report

page A2

Lottery
numbers

The winning numbers drawn
Tuesday in the B.C. Keno
lottery were 16, 25, 28, 30,
34, 41, 44 and 56.

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Baseball
alive

page B1

Economy
slowing

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