Castlegar News August 10, 1988 Brisco qualifies pro-life stand + By CasNews Staff Kootenay West MP Bob Brisco came down on the side of pro-life supporters during a speech to the Commons last month on the abortion issue. But Brisco stopped short of an all-out, anti-abortion stand. “Since 1974, I have publicly stated that I support I have also stated that my support is not as all-encompassing as they might wish."’ the pro-life movement. Brisco said he is in favor of abortions for fetuses such profound developmental abnormalities in simple medical that have *' to be grotesque and/or non-viable; terms as defined by Dorland’s Medical Dictionary, a monster . . . “What kind of a person and what kind of a system would insist that a woman had to go through a full-term pregnancy with an encephalitic fetus without a brain, or system. drug addicts. else the medical coverage would not pay for the delivery?'’ Brisco asked, referring to the U.S. medical “This is the kind of cruel and unusual, and indeed in my view unethical, punishment that has surfaced as a result of an imperious and sweeping abuse of what may have been well-intended policy,”’ Brisco also said he supports abortions for pregnant he said, “The baby of the crack-addict mother has no sucking reflex, cannot feed on its own, does not and cannot cry, doesnot freely move and is probably seriously mentally handicapped . . . moral obligation to the fetus heref Is it abortion or is it a short life in a dark void of misery?” Where lies the And Brisco said he would support abortions in cases of incest or rape. **] would make an exception in those cases. Clearly that places on the mother a degree of stres: anger, and a host of other emotions that go far beyond the normal experience of those would normally be able to offer support." In addition, Brisco said he was ‘‘shocked"’ to hear an avowed pro-life suppo ter in the U.S. declare that “*We have to provide the kind of environment that encourages the unwed mother to carry her baby to full term, that provides a system which would allow for the of her i adoption with a minimum of trauma to both the natural parents and the baby.’’ and that provides for Brisco pointed to Canada's shrinking population, one of his group's first federal deny medical age fo was to ilies receiving federally social assistance. He unacceptable and discrimin- He called the move However, Brisco said he would like to see more ions as opposed to undergo a By CasNews Staff The famed sternwheeler SS Moyie has been saved. The historic vessel, the last sternwheeler to carry passengers and freight in Western Canada, will be restored thanks to a $175,000 federal grant and a $100,000 provincial lottery grant The total cost of the restora- tion will be about $350,000, with the remainder coming from the Kootenay Lake Historical Society. The society has raised more than $82,000 to date for the ship’s restoration HISTORIC VESSEL . . . The famed sternwheeler SS Moyie will $350,000 restoration that will ensure its future, thanks in large part to a $100,000 provincial lottery grant and Kaslo sternwheeler saved Kootenay West MP Bob Bris- co said Canada Parks Service ar- chitects have already started work on the design, and actual restoration could begin as early as September. Brisco announced the federal government's $175,000 contribu- tion to the project at a special ceremony Saturday in Kaslo, where the historic ship is beach- ed and used as a museum. Brisco said the cost-sharing agreement was signed July 25, and under the terms of the agreement, the Canada Parks Service will contribute 50 per © $175,000 federal grant. The Moyie, now docked at Kaslo, operated on the Kootenay Lake from 1898-1957. cent of the $350,000 preservation costs. “The money will be distribu- ted over two years — $70,000 has been allocated for 1988-89 and the remaining portion of $10S,000 in the 1989-90 fiscal year,” Brisco said in a prepared release. Meanwhile, Nelson-Creston MLA Howard Dirks announced the $100,000 provincial lottery grant on Saturday. Together with the more than $82,000 raised by the historical society, the grant will help cover the remaining 50 per cent cost of the restoration project. Dirks said the Provincial Sec- retary Elwood Veitch initially agreed to a $40,000 grant, but Dirks managed to increase it to $55,000. However, following an April visit to the Moyie by Tour- ism Minister Bill Reid, the grant was increased to $75,000. Later, Municipal Affairs Min- ister Rita Johnston visited the Moyie and convinced Veitch to raise the grant to $100,000. The federal government had agreed to provide $175,000 only if the community raised a match- ing amount. ny COURT continued from front page said. ‘‘All we need to do is convince a judge that the decision to close the ferry was wrong and he will simply order its i highway within the meaning of the Highways Act But the group has Premier Bill Vander Zalm on tape saying the ferry Dalton said the government has to prove the closure of the ferry was not against the public interest, which he said will be hard to do because there were no public hearings. “The law says that when the public interest is involved, you have to give notice, you have to hold hear- ings . . . any number of things,"’ he said. ‘Absolutely none of this was done and I don’t believe the gov: ernment is going to seriously argue that any of it was done at all.’ Dalton said while the committee's challenge is far from airtight, the group has some definite advantages. He said the Ministry of Highways phoned the committee and said the group's challenge would not be successful because the ferry and the stretch of water it crosses is not a is an of the highway. ‘‘Apparently Mr. Vander Zalm himself said that he agrees that the ferry is an extension of the high- way,’’ Dalton said. ‘‘That’s critical evidence that I don’t think the gov- ernment is aware we have."’ Dalton also cited a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision which says you can only claim cabinet privilege if you can show that is in the public interest not to reveal the information. “*I will be serving a demand for all documents relating to the closure of the ferry,"’ Dalton said. ‘‘Including memorandum, minutes, everything that took place in cabinet."* Dalton wants to see the minutes because he believes cabinet never made a decision on the ferry. In- stead, he suggests the decision came from the premier’s office. He's also recruited former attorney general Brian Smith, who has‘taken a sudden interest in the ferry issue. “We understood that Brian Smith was going to raise the issue of the Robson ferry at the Courtenay cau- cus,"’ Dalton said. ‘‘The significance that I see to that is that I don’t feel that Brian Smith took part in the decision to close the ferry on April the 2Sth. If he had taken part in that decision, I don’t think he would be now asking to help us.”” Dalton said Smith is asking for material that was supposed to have been discussed at the April cabinet meeting. Dalton argues that if the material was brought up at that meeting, Smith wouldn’t be asking for it now. The ferry stopped operating April 26 because of low water levels on the Columbia. On May 11, the provincial government officially announced it had ceased operating the vessel al- together. Kemano dam to proceed VANCOUVER (CP) — The Alum- inum Co. of Canada is going ahead with the $600-million Kemano hydro- electric expansion project in north- western British Columbia, the com- pany announced today. Power ftom Alcan's Kemano proj- ect can be used for additionai aium- inum smelting in the region, de- pending on market conditions, the company said at a news conference. In addition, under an agreement reached with B.C. Hydro, electricity would be sold to the poration. Crown cor- Alcan vice-president Bill Rich said no new dams will be built but a 16-kilometre tunnel will be blasted about 650 kilometres northwest of Vancouver. The agreement follows an out-of- court settlement Alcan reached last year with the federal Fisheries De- to ensure of fish through the to link ‘the Kemano River with the electrical powerhouse. Energy Minister Jack Davis said the project will create about 1,000 jobs. More than 2,000 people now work at Alcan’s smelter in Kitimat, in the Nechako River system. Hydro chairman Larry Bell said the agreement is a cheaper route for the Crown corporation to take than build- ing the long-proposed Site C dam on the Peace River in northeastern British Columbia. Amnesty asks for probe LONDON (AP) — Amnesty Inter- national urged the Indian govern- ment today to investigate what it called increasingly credible charges that Indian police have killed scores of Sikh activists in staged encoun- ters. In a review of alleged human- rights violations in India in the last 18 months, the London-based organ- to Ameri fam- year 2000," d that by it noting: ‘Canadians need to be reminded that even with a high birth rate and a high immigration rate, our actual growth will still be only one per cent by the instead of abortion, the country could ‘‘add to the sum total of our national talents."’ Society has a ‘miracle of a baby’’ ‘‘moral obligation” ‘to allow the to occur,"’ Brisco said. .S. house approves free trade By JOHN VALORZI WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the proposed free trade agreement Tuesday, with one con- gressman saying ‘‘the ball is now in Canada’s court.’’ By a vote of 366-40, the House backed U.S. legislation to implement the trade pact, which removes tariffs and other barriers to about $200 billion Cdn in annual trade between the two countries. The vote by the lower chamber of Congress, long viewed as highly pro- tectionist, pushed the trade agree- ment a step closer to reality. But before it can go into effect next January, the accord must still be ratified by the other body of Con- gress — the U.S. Senate — as well as the Canadian Parliament. The 100-member U.S. Senate is expected to easily approve the trade agreement, possibly later this week. During Tuesday's three-hour House debate, more than three dozen i and D i urged the deal be approved because “the United States doesn’t have closer friend and ally than Cana Florida Representative Sam“ Gib- bons, chairman of the house trade called the the beginning of ‘‘better economic, political and social relations for the people of North America.”’ But even the staunchest free trade supporters worried about the deal's uncertain future in Canada. Liberal “Leader John Turner plans to use his party’s majority in the Senate to block the Canadian free trade leg- islation until Prime Minister Brian Mulroney calls an election, expected this fall. “Our only hope is that the Can- adian government recognizes the need for this common bondage and that the Senate in Canada will find it necessary to pass this legislation.”” U.S. concerns over Canada are not misguided. Canadian governments have negotiated for free trade with Washington three times in Canada’s 121-year history. Bat the initiative 8 men praised the bill. They said it would benefit both countries, spur U.S. exports and create jobs while lowering prices for U.S. consumers. “We have a bill here, in short, in which everyone gains and no one loses,” said Republican William Frenzel of Minnesota. Congressman John LaFalce, a New York Democrat and staunch free trade booster, said ‘‘the ball is now in Canada’s court."’ TRADE WAR? “Should this agreement be de- feated (in Canada), I think it is almost inevitable that there will be a major trade war between our two countries,’’ LaFalce said. “The consequences could be catas- trophic for the United States and Canada and also for the world.’’ Dan Rostenkowski, chairman of the powerful House ways and means committee, called the agreement ‘‘an historic achievement in international trade negotiations.”’ It ‘plants the seeds for free trade throughout the world.’” Democrat Dante Fascell of Florida each time ‘over Canadilin concerns the country’s economy couldn’t survive open competition. This time, too, Canadian oppon- ents of the deal, including the Lib- erals and NDP, have warned of wide- spread business failures, lost jobs and lost independence if U.S. com- panies move freely..into Canada’s market. Tourist alert VANCOUVER (CP) — Tourist Alert issued Wednesday by the RCMP. The following persons, bel- ieved travelling in British Columbia, are asked to call the person named for an urgent personal message: Gordon Bradley Ryley, Richmond, B.C., call Geraldine Ryley. Sandra Taylor, White Rock, B.C., call Shar- on Black. Nick Berekoff, New Den- ver, B.C., call Louise Perepolkin, Laura Brown, Mission, B.C., call Sandra Pughe. Annegret Kelin, Gro- uard Mission, Alta., call John Klein. Interment camp victims honored By The Canadian Press KASLO — A plaque to honor Jap- anese-Canadians interned during the Second World War in communities in southeastern British Columbia was i Sunday to hailed an izations also an investi- gation into an alleged police mass- acre of 80 Muslim villagers at Utter Pradesh in May 1987 has been kept secret. ‘Amnesty also said in a 26-page report it has received reports of dozens of prisoners dying in police cutsody across the country after being tortured. Amnesty blamed police excesses, arbitrary arrest and proionged de- tention without trial on the removal of key legal safeguards in security laws and ‘‘official failure to clamp down on lawlessness by Indi tional and state-security forces. “Many victims were involved in violence themselves and have killed civilians and security personnel, no- tably in Punjab,” Amnesty said in a statement accompanying the review. “But action “taken against them has transgressed international hu- man-rights standards." The was sent to Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in June, but he did not reply, Amnesty said. “opportunity to make am “I dedicate this plaque ir, honor of the Japanese-Canadians who were interned in the Kootenays,"’ said Kaslo Mayor Jack Morris, his voice shaking with emotion. ‘‘It’s rare in life that we get an opportunity to make amends, This is for all the Japanese-Canadians who come back here every year. “We wouid like to pay tribute to the courage, grace and fortitude of those Japanese-Canadians who were interned here."" A pi located ese-Canadians Citizens Association Redress Committee, attended the dedication and said he believed Kas- lo was the first Canadian community to make such a tribute. “It's a marker, a kind of gener- osity,’’ said Mil “Perhaps other ities will be d to do something similar (former internment) sites. He said Vancouver city council had supported the committee in the erec- tion of a plaque, ‘‘but that was a federal initiative, and it’s been going on for three years, and the plaque still hasn’t gone up yet. There have been a lot of hassles over the wording.”’ The U.S. Senate in April voted to give erspel tax-free payments to with other in the rugged Selkirk Mountain range, about 400 kilometres east of Vancouver, Kaslo, nearby New Den- ver and other small ies in icans sent to ieteenneat camps after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. the Kootenay region became home to some 12,000 Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War. They were among about 22,000 Japanese-Canadia: who were up rooted and interned by the federal governmunt because of the war. ‘Roy Miki, chairman of the Japan- The has of- fered a $12. million community fund but has rejected individual compen- sation. “Even if our present government continues to stonewall, to deny com- pensation to individuals, we know that essentially we're on the right track,” said Miki. ~ , SANDBLASTING . . . Shaen Pettyjohn and James McLenan were sandblasting the CP Rail bridge in Castlegar recently. Bridge im- Castlegar News TREET TALK IF YOU'VE NOTICED the traffic signals at 6th and 17th streets have been flashing yellow since late July there’s a reason — the lights at 17th stopped working properly so the city decided to put the lights at 6th and 17th on amber flash mode. “‘We had a problem with the controller at 17th and Columbia,”’ a city official told the Castlegar News. ‘‘We shut the one at 6th Street off as well and advised the RCMP that we were going to try flashing lights for a month.”’ That month is rapidly ending and the official said there will be a review of the flashing lights at the two Columbia Avenue intersections. The con- troller has been fixed and the lights may be changed back to normal although there haven't been many complaints about the flashing lights at the two inter- sections. “However, when school is in it’s a significantly different situation,”’ the official said. ‘‘The school buses need those lights at certain times during the day.” ~ provement will include new ties and a coating of special protective paint underneath. CosNewsPhoto by Bone Morgon. KASLO’S GREAT RACE is all set to go Sept. 3 at 1 p.m. The Great Race? It’s a boat race — but one the likes of which you've never seen before. Sponsored by the Kaslo and District Chamber of Commerce as part of the fund-raising drive to preserve the historic SS Moyie sternwheweler, the race involves 5,000 boats. But not just any 5,000 boats, They will be Moyie ‘replicas measuring 3% inches by 1% inches by 1% inches. Kaslo wook- worker Steven Anderson has made all 5,000 of them and they will shoot the rapids of the Kaslo River from Southfork on the New Denver highway seven kilometres downstream to Kaslo. Moyie supporters, can get involved by buying a lottery ticket which ‘Will correspond: to ‘numbers on the boats. Prize money is $1,000, $500 and $200. The first three boats to successfully navigate the river and cross the finish line will be declared the winners. Tickets for the Great Race are available at Kootenay Savings Credit Union branches. NELSON’S Chahko-Mika Mall has a new store. It’s called The Two Sexes and features fashions for men and — you guessed it — women. Mike Murillo manages the store. IS time for . A number of businesses around town have spruced up their premises, among them Mohawk gas station and convenience store. Mohawk has a new sign and has completely painted the interior and exterior. TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Library gets funds ° By BONNE MORGAN Staff Writer Johnston, Minister of Municipal Af- be carefully examined in the future, A libraries task force recommend- ation is responsible for the Castlegar and District Public Library receiving more money than it might have this year. The provincial public library grant of $11,043 is the same amount the Castiegar library received last year when it’s jurisdiction had a smaller population. “Grants to icti of will not be affected by the “implem- entation of new census figures,’’ Rita \. libraries located in magan 0c. to cenwen 3007 CAS = CASTLEGAR, NEWS fairs, Recreation and Culture, said in a release. “‘A grant floor, equivalent to last year’s grant, has been established for each library."’ In response to another ion of the New App Task Force, 25 per cent of the per capita grant to libraries serving fewer than 6,500 people has been made recom- according to Johnston. 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