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day concerns and reflect instead on the region in
which we live.

The West Kootengy is a vibrant, active region
serving tens of thousands of residents. But
sometimes we forget just how fortunate we are.
We tend to take for granted the incredible natural
beauty at our doorsteps that p i 1

Ily d of the Interior”, Nelson is actively pur-
suing other film ventures after two movies were
filmed there tin 1986: Roxanne, starring Steve Mar-
tin and Daryl Hannah; and Housekeeping, with
Christine Lahti.

¢ like Trail’s home of champions promotion
where the Silver City will play host to thousands of

opportunities year-round.

We forget, too, many of the good things that
have happened here over the last year.. That in part
is what the Review is about: Taking. stock of the
progress we have made and what it means to the
region's residents.

We have worked hard to bring you up-to-date
information about our major industries: Forestry,
mining, education and tqurism, and of business in
general — both large and small.

And: we are impressed by what we've found.
Ths region is brimming with confidence, optimism
one -*husiasm. But it is level-headed optimism.

West Kootenay residents recognize that 1987
won't be a return to the heady economic times of
the 1970s, but we are confident the coming 12 mon-
ths hold good things for us.

And that’s another aspect of the Review; by
looking at where we've come from and where we
are, it allows us to better prepare for where we're
headed.

And we're headed for bright things:

@ like the $150 million Cominco lead smelter
modernization project that will not only mean con-
struction jobs for hundreds of West Kootenay
residents, but will secure the future for thousands
of workers.

© like the proposed $6 million enclosed mall in
Castlegar. The mall will add greatly to the com-
munity's tax base and help build on Castlegar's

visitors ding dozens of sports events. It means
the rebirth of that ctty’s tremendous sports
heritage.

And we haven't even touched on other won-
dertul things happening in the region, like the
$445,000 Castlegar library already under construc-
tion; the Trail Junior High auditorium which will be
transformed in Selkirk College's Trail campus; and
Nelson's Capito! Theatre renovations which will
restore that heritage landmark to its original gran-
deur.

It takes something like a Review issue to pull
all these diverse elements together to give us a
clear, coherent picture of the region.

Most of all, the Review issue shows us that the
West Kootenay is an active, thriving region full of
optimism and enthusiasm.

We hope some of that optimism shines through
in these pages and a bit of that enthusiasm rubs off
onyou. It has rubbed off on us.

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to mind is First Canadian
P located in Trail. This
company was just getting going when it ran into a roadblock.
It had started building high quality vintage reproduction
automobiles, but before going any further it wanted to make
sure its cars met all the specifications of the Canada Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards Act. This had never been done
before, and it would take time and money.

With the support of the minister of transport, and with
the help of an interest-free federal government loan, First
Canadian Specialty Automotive is now well on its way to

i the first in Canada capable of
supplying domestic and foreign markets with certified
vintage reproductions.

This initiative promises to create jobs in Kootenay West
and set ds for the rep bile industry
across Canada. It is a shining example of what can be

lished when local ity is bined with federal

new and technol has been loped
for the’ benefit of Kootenay West and all of Canada.
‘Another fine example of the federal government's
ongoing commitment to Kootenay West and to the
development of new technology, is the recently announced
project jointly undertaken by Celgar Pulp and the
Vancouver engineering firm Sandwell Swan Wooster. These
firms, with help from the federal Department of Energy
Mines and are pi logy aimed at
inereasing the pulp mill's energy efficiency, while at the
same time reducing odorous and acidic air emissions.
The federal Industry Energy Research and Devlopment
program will contribute $1.5 milion to the total $3.8 million
cost of the three-year project. This initiative will ‘have a
lasting effect on Kootenay West; a cleaner environment, a
ae bk

“more efficient pulp mill, and new inter

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local expertise.
the federal

moving into its third year,

spent oni backlog reforesta

management in Kootenay West. This year another $1.75
million will be spent in our local forest districts. And that
figure will continue to increase in the next two years of the
agreement.

Another aspect of the FRDA agreement, and one that is
entirely federally funded, is the program to assist with
research and-demonstration, and private lands forestry
projects. Westar Timber has initiated one such project and I
am optimistic that others will follow. The federal
government is also ploring the p: ibility of
more forestry research in Kootenay West, on a permanent
basis. Late last year I was pleased to be able to announce
that a study will be done to seek out the need for more
research in the interior and to look at the possibility of
locating a research facility in Nelson. This initiative further

Ottawa's i to improving the health
and quality of our forests and recognizes the forestry
expertise which currently exists in Kootenay West.

From forestry to tourism, the commitment continues.
To help increase our tourism potential, the federal
government is making & substantial contribution to

proving our air travel facilities,

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Editor's Note: Thomas d’Aquino,

international lawyer and an ese

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believe that free ord adie 5 :
trade is not in Canada’s interest, but’

one anada’s best but

and the United States has some “disturbing
free trade debate that occurred in 19}1,
D’Aquino, speaking to a group of 7
accountants and financial executives at the Hyatt Regency |
described the 191

ones...

D'Aquino said that the House of Representatives
approved the agreement 268-89 and the Senate by 53-7, but
general op to the agr started to

“In the end . . . the agreement was defeated by a
coalition of nationalists and protectionists,” he said. * ‘No
truck or ‘trade with the Yankees,’ they cried, and the
alarmed voters listened. _

“Never again in the 20th century did the issue dominate
the national agenda until now,” he said.

But d'Aquino maintains that Canada is a country built
on trade and there is a “critical link” betwéen trade and jobs.

D'Aquino said the tariffs raised against U.S. imports in
the 1980s by Canada should serve as an example of
protectionist dangers.

“The hard lessons of the '30s should have taught us a
great deal, most importantly, that blind pi jonism is a

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Canada would benefit the most, he said. A mere one per cent
increase in the U.S.’s “government procurement market”
said to be worth some $750 billion and closed to Canada,
“would result in 76,000 new jobs in this country.”

D'Aquino also said that improved access to the overall
U.S. market would make us address our manufacturing
efficiency problems.

“We would see the benefits of this improved

dead-end street,” he said. “To give into it is. to accept
bh it and, in time, moral

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impoverishment as well.”
But d’Aquino insists that he and the members of the
Business Council do not support an immediate move to
unbridled free trade. Free trade, he said, must be achieved
gradually, with minimum disruption to jobs and production.
“But the uncompromising protectionists reject outright
such a notion,” he said. “They do not believe in trade
i! ‘ion. They ad instead on ic system
based on barriers to foreign commerce.”
According to d’Aquino, trade in goods between the two
countries this year will exceed $165 billion. If services such
as travel, shippi i nd

Pp in very te ways,” he said. “The prices
of many of the things that we buy would fall. The incomes of
Canadian households would rise. So would consumer
spending and investment.

“In the wake of all of this, jobs would grow,” he said.
“As a nation, we would have a better chance of remaining
among the world’s leading economic powers.”

D'Aquino also dispells what many Canadians see as the
end to Canadian sovereignty.

He said that many Western European countries already.
have a free trade agreement, and he-points to New Zealand
and Australia who only recently concluded a free trade
agreement.

“They do not bra the js of i

a
engineering were included, the amount would probably
exceed $190 billion.

“This two-way relationship is much too big and much
too important to be left to chance,” he said. “The time has
come to encompass it within the rules and discipline of a
bilateral agreement.”

D’Aquino said a free trade agreement would deal with
measures such as subsidies and countervailing duties,
dumping and anti-dumping duties and emergency safeguard
actions. He said the dismantling of existing tariffs may
simply be phased out in order to allow more time for
workers and industries to adjust.

He added that discriminatory go

ion,” he said. “And there is not the slightest
evidence that these agreements have eroded the political
ind di or the ig: of the that have

signed them.”

On the other hand, d’Aquino agrees that care must be
taken to ensure that Canada’s cultural industries —
periodical and book publishing, records, film and video — be

“Foreign investment and competition in the cultural
sector should be controlled’ to ensure that this important
area of our national life is not sacrificed in the quest fora
more competitive Canadian economy,” he said.

Finally, d'Aquino believes open discussions between

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practices would be addressed and so might the “complex
area of trade in services.” Also, an effective “dispute
resolution mechanism” for dealing with trade conflicts
would be included.

“Recent experience has taught us that in the absence of
a formal agreement, we in Canada are seriously vulnerable
to American protectionist actions aimed directly at us,” he
said.

D'Aquino points to the softwood lumber tariffs as one
example of how American protectionism can threaten the
province's economic foundations.

D’Aquino claims that quotas, surcharges, anti-dumping
and countervailing duties in recent years have, “in one way
or another, affected over $6 billion of Canadian exports to
the United States.”

“Yes, we are enormously vulnerable to United States
protectionism,” he said. “And an agreement would reduce
that vulnerability.”

D'Aquino said the benefits of frée trade for Canada are
enormous.

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members, sup} by two
municipal staff and one public
servant.

‘The detachment serves an
area population of approx-
imately 15,000 on a 24-hour
basis. Approximately ' 1,000
square miles are encompass-
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China Creek to the south,
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and the power lines-at the top
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Ci ‘on the free trade issue is vital to a complete
understanding of the potential of a free trade agreement.

. “In the coming months, the debate will rage on,” he
said. “We in the Business Council on National Issues
welcome this debate. We see it as helpful in fostering a
better understanding of how vital international trade is to
Canada's political and economic well-being.

“The object of these negotiations is to explore ways in
which the two countries can trade with one another more
securely,” he said. “It is to find ways to avoid costly trade
disputes before they arise and to solve them quickly when
they do. It is to strengthen our industries, expand our job
opportunities and improve our standard of living.

“It is to reach out and ensure that Canada remains a

ifi ic power in a i iti

world,” he said. .

“But no Canadian I know advocates an agreement with
the Americans at any price,” said d'Aquino. “The Prime
Minister (Brian Mulroney) has made his position clear on
this. He has stated that if an agreement cannot be struck
that is in Canada’s best interests, there will be no
agreement.

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‘The decision not to spend the funds that had beon set
aside for sivileulture forestry is the most important Issue.
British today, according to long-time

right now,” says D'Arcy.
D’Arey says CP Rail's proposed closure: of
serious threat facing

CHRIS D'ARCY
;.. applauds Celgar

done on a new highway link to the Okanagan.”
D'Arcy says Selkirk College should be commended
for providing quality education while at the same time

, being strapped for funding from Victoria.

the ‘highway network,”
He adds that he is

“The college is very important to the people of the
West Kootenay and especially ,; Maintaining the
quality of programs and the variety of programs in the
face of fiscal restraint by government has been a fine

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levices. .
“All of us in Castlegar can rejoice at that apparent
willingness.”

D'Arcy says he is encouraged by the lead
modernization project at Cominco in Trail and the
“modest recovery” of base metal commodity prices.

Another area D’Arcy is encouraged by is the high

pulp prices.

” — “Tt’s almost a windfall situation. We don't know how
long that’s going to-tast. Right now we're very high into
the scale of the market and overall it's a much better
picture from what we had last year at this time,” D'Arcy
says.
He adds that he is happy to hear that the Ministry of
Highways is going to complete the mn of
Highway 22 which would bypass the Cominco smelter and
the smelter: hill.

On another highways matter, D'Arcy says he will not
let the provincial government forget that the Pass Creek
Road needs major improvements.

“That road should be completely re-constructed from
Raspberry to Crescent Valley.”

He adds that the NDP will remind Premier Bill
Vander Zalm of the commitment he made to tie the West
Kootenay into the road connectors Jeading to the
Coquihalla Highway.

“Pm not exactly sure what routing he (Vander Zalm)
meant when he said that but he did say that. e
going to insist that at least some preliminary work be

sa) ‘Arcy.

He adds that “things could be a whole lot better” but
Selkirk College has done a great deal with very little.

D'Arcy says the provincial government has a
responsibility of providing more long term care beds for
the Castlegar and District Hospital, adding that the issue
is serious.

“I certainly hope to push the government and work
with the Castlegar hospital in having an additional
extended care wing built at the “hospital,” says D'Arcy.

He says that there is a long waiting list of
“legitimate” Castlegar long term care patients who have
already been judged eligible for long term care and are

government for increased

system, saying the

been doing a’ good job with the little funding that they
have, but more money is needed.

“tn our schools we not only have more students in
any given class but we have more students with learning
problems and disabilities. I think it's very important that
the government recognize the high degree of profession-
alism that has been shown by teachers in British
Columbia can only be stretched so far before the system

starts to break down,” says D'Arcy.

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