CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 1, 1983
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tet of onan oagotaons in

The frat round began Sat-
urday, and the industry has

Forest industry digs
in for hard bargaining

representatives to one from
jce- each company that owns a»

already indicated it will be tal

demanding year coo:
tracts with a wage freeze in
the frat year from members
ole provise thee fort
Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday

as S000 pal
this week od rr

tod himber workers expirein
June.

Saturday's bargaining ses.
sion involved: roprenntaives
of the pulp indus

Pa

1,500 pulp workers

The other two unlons en-

Union represen about
a

8.

‘The IWA has tentatively
set May 16 as the date for its
frst :

recovery dent apply to
i ar Industry,

manager
resigns

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Dees bron caer fn beoanag fc for many of
the 180 Kootenay Ny Yoest Products plywood plat one
Blezwes, who jlaed the ranks of the unem ‘unemployed last

jane when [BC Timber permanently shut down the
Na i

[al Maglio, a member of the two-person comm
ssp lop ind je nape vee
many of no

‘younger ones

Mucs Gas loved Neteer eerie

‘And as a result they are seeking out other trades or
careers,

sant Ss 8 laid enistant industrial relations
manager from BC Timber in Nelson and represents BC
Tal Sa emake,

‘until their unem-
pepmest insurance benefits run out at the end of this

"To ip these thee suamplayed tnd joe, « Supeme
conmbative
so porn Ese cota anda by BC
federal government who contribute
‘pproximataly $4000 each.

ed alter seven
plywood worker, says the program has been

permanent taluine foe And theese
ities for another 10 to 14 employees that Lightfoot says
pany

‘As well th. service has had 91 of the 160 forme
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comy bestia, winth coetiae approx:
inaely $1000 for So
Lightfoot,

It's a new beginning

fot says he and Maglo have app ached TB

‘The two coordinators aro now branching out to
haga ood Tad oboe erat oe epiegg

Lightfoot adds that he has no qualms about
a ‘out into other areas which have their own
‘unemployed community.

mse real that There ree rel
Nelson, Castlegar and Trail are a single entity,” he says,
boing tat you singly av oak ate ghana
a.m. inthe morning, which are th people

“The nly separation between the tren (ot te is
geographical. We are all in the We
sevalisiog through the same ‘hig together, Lghtost

ils tat theron socaes tat the prod
lant will re-ope
dd may there is oneteath of one per cent
chance of:the plant reopening in the near future,” he

when a company like BO Timber sees ft to pay
severance for that many people, it's a pretty good
indieation.”

As another means of trying to find jobs for the

‘The avenlry inde catoorcng of sil of the
‘employees past and present.
Magi moles at sany ofthe euplevoe pesos
other ail fom machin
employee
‘one or two years of college or university education, she
pointed

Lightfoot says the average worker is only about,
soared and for some, the ppwond plat ste oaly ft
they have

fs that it's a problem for some, but the
malority ofthe workers are using their spare tine to
‘upgrade their skills.

Lightfoot has been
ponitive. Many are interested In helping out, but are
hiding off hiring an adaltional person because mney is
Light, he says,

However, he izles that many businesses are
expecting signs of in the onat neath and
may be Teady to hire at later date,

as

requiring counseling can be put in ouch with counsel
lor right at the
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CASTLEGAR NEWS, May 1, 1963

ELECTION ‘83

r

CANDIDATES
ATA
GLANCE

UBERAL
lives in Trail and has been
working towards a political
science

*Offersanaiternative ot

the centre.

phase
sales tax.

¢ Would encourage the
establishment of a Future

‘see a small percentage of
forestry revenue placed in

Insists
ol federal funding for cap.
ital works programs

of Mich he

should be shared by all and
that social services

© Says temporary jobs

should be created to help

the unemployed even if ii
at

cept party. In his campaign
speeches he has said:
He's angry at the
fusal of the leading BC
political parties and the
federal government to es

pervant the destruction of
forest resources.
‘¢ Would like to see edu:
cation fending equaled
@ province so that
petal ind administra.
tion costs would be com:
parable in each school dis

iggests school tax.
out of

Wants “cherp power”
the only way to encour.
age industry in the West
Kootenays.
Would introd sce a pri

election campaigns

¢ Advocates a fouryear and
‘out of provincial

there is plenty is

ould
not bare the brunt of cats, be

is campaign inues have
«© Abolishment of water

tion of the Keenleyside
power project.
says B.C. Hydro should be
forced

obliga
establishment of a
hatehery.

© D'Arcy says et

the
Stabilization Program,
says cqsts more

mental protection and
‘modernization of industrial
plants,

‘early startup of the prop:
osed Murphy Creek dam
which he says will create
jobs in the area,

se edit Ut water
licence fees on loca
dowtry might be 6 bate
steep but he says he has
spoken to Finance Minister
Hugh Curtis on the matter

‘creases and get a rollback
if possible
‘© Supports the Soered
restraint program and says
it is only temporary,
Would work hard to

Promote tourism in the
area and says business
ot government will get
the provinee back on the
ad ry.

Barrett claims ‘dirty tricks’

PENTICTON (CP) — New Democratic Party Leader
Dave Barrett says a four-page publication on B.C. Place

1
After the 1979 election, which the Socreds won, it was

Where to vo

By CasNews Staff
nce ay ty th lowing pling ain wi
bbe open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.
onl”, canter, reife Tad one at the Castlegar
ait comple. Rabon residents can voto at Robson
tlementary schol and Blsberry Grek sca will be open
for residents in that area,

lary school, and Oasis voters at Oasis

Elsewhere in the Rossland-Tra
polling stations will be open; Montrose ty Hall for
Beaver Falls and Montrose residents, ‘Trail “Sei
lumbia Gardens for Columbia Gardens resi-
dents Fratval ‘elementary school for Fruitvale residents,
Gominco Arena or Tal esident, and Warfield Community
Hall for Warfield reside
Reaienta should bring the registration card they

ral lng, the folowing

disclosed that party olfiils had urged members to write
publication,

‘cut back ie schools, in hospitals, they're still guing to spend

and Speer Me NDP.
told to use fictitious names, or the names of
prominent NOP eepperers, A amuber ef tuch Intense
Published In newspapers i
jour money,” he said,
bang ‘8 copy of the glossy cvething vaplement,
for by the citizens of British Columbi

“PU ter Uaromgh the c

te Thursday

received in the mail or saint identification in case there
is any question of ident
enen fron the Registrar of Voters office in

own capris while they

Indy'ifaseraineer quests aa you... don’t think they'll
hae you away if you don't have your (registration)

cards were mailed out by the registrar's
office aie the lotion call to advioe voters thet. they were
‘on the ve If you did't get a card, you're not on the
list.

Voters in the Rossland-Tr
election day, But they abou pree
LUfieation
live.

ail riding ean register on
nt two pieces of iden-
At posible, a ullty bil to prove where they

“Voters must rogister in the division ware they live —
for example in Robson,

ballot will then be mailed to the correct poling station
for the final ballot coun

y Fight at the end of
‘an election campaign.
RF UL PICTURES
British Columbia Place:
includes colorful pictures of
the stadium at B.C. Pace and sketches of the development
to be built on the shores of Vancouver's False Ci

id
reaped by Expo, Vancouver's wor ra ansprtation and
commanistion

weather coeiiiiad during the rally in the riding
of irdan ‘South as a high overcast opened up during the
morning, producing bie sky, saltered clouds and sunshine
for the brief stop he
Barrett algo asvured the crowd in this predominantly
agricultural area that an NDP government is committed to
retaining tho Farm Income Assurance Program.
ie said one of the reasons so many farmis have gone
bankrupt or let ther farms in Ontario because there is no
similar plan
“Por the lat five Year, we've seen this government
slowly erode the Agricaltural Land Reser said.
red the very foundation of this Okanagan
More and more pressure on farm land to
it from active product
He said three monthe go. Agriculture Minister Harvey
Schroeder made a speech attacking the income assurance
Pe

rogram.
“The major saving factor for family farms in
_frovnce was the NDP party policy ~ the Parm con
ince Program," he said so applause and shouts of
poesia

Green Party to
field candidates

he Green Party is the party ofthe future, says party
president, Adriane
“Neither the ite tof the right can solve our problems.”
“They ar re

emi
| Bocreds are arguing over wt clot

“Ther rosa baat ne ‘And there is. It's with
the Gene Party.”
Party was formed less than three months ago ai
now boaals more than 1,300 members inthe peed

the May

Carr aaid that even though the B.C. Greens ave in their
Intaney, there i 8 iene ‘amount of enthusiasm and
rapport tee

World peace, nuclear and | general di
sea so mare nut, non-wasteful, pollution

free communities just begin now. B.C. can be an example to
the world she sai

‘Tt will not take a eration the rejection of capitalis

oF a total disruptior

ireen Party is not officially connected
e Green Party of West Germany.

spending on stvectinng trnveliog ‘expenses, equipment
and office furniture.

Socred restraint program, but
restraint begins at
Di

tion Stabilization Program cali

sgcvernment’s Cor

lid on wage increases by
tov. stance at the bargaining table.
government restraint program should take into
I cases instead of making arbitrary
increases, be sai
"the Compensation Sie
‘atl Program does, bat I does clumsily,” D’Are;

ny ‘Arcy later said that rather than reducing the size
of the civil service, the government should make an

attempt to reduce the paper work. This would allow

DOWN TO

And lite the tat two preg a oe
two-way contest, even though it may be a two-man race.
Liberal candidate Sergio Cocehia and Independent Labor

lidate Jim Peitzsche have thrown a smail wrench into
the works with their entries

say just who wil lose votes to those

-y or Siemens, Cocchia could very

well take the tnddattberend votes that might
mally go to D'Arcy. Or he could take the free

strange mixture of mostly
‘conservative policies, as evidenced by his membership in
the Western Canada Coneej
Siemens managed to
sepals was the apperen
dlsorganisation of he constituency when the wr
dropped in Ite Mar
ial" Credit
meds bes tas
Announced and Siemens dda really get his campaign
Posters and signs up until one-third of the wa) imo the
campaign.
‘But his organization has felled since the early going
and now is operating smooth
or Ns past, Shmang” hee taken the

cranes hed
3 befor

positrse”

_ CANDIDATES UNDER FIRE

senior government workers to get back out into their
field of expertise.

“I don't believe the civil service is inefficient. If itis,

1nd not the employees,” he com:

‘ment Committee, and the candidates were asked to
outline how they would promote economic recovery in the

mented.

The Socred candidate was asked to take a stand on

Light tororklealatnn in relrene to the present gov
‘ernment’s plan to revamp the BC. Labcr Code.

studied the matter very

he atid the issue has been blown out of

“L think it is the same as any issue, a small minority
making @ noise and everybody thinks it's a real
problem.
Noting that instituting rightto-work legislation
would be “a lot simpler said than
there is a need for change in the Labor Code. But he said
righ tomerk Inition probably won' bo introduced.
Jointly by the Castlegar
Unempeyed "Action Centre aad te Economie Develop:

THE WIRE

approach to  fghng the NDP incumbent. He refuses to
slam D’Are;
dos the Socal Gre MEA tor Ress

ver, some observers feel
cooogh — that Siemans should be harder hitting when it
comes to D’Arcy's record,

Tn aot aking after D'Arcy Siemens has given upone
of the major advantages that a challenger haa over the
incumbent — the fact that a challenger can promise to do
a better job,

tooust the NDP and one the NDP is ung hi tne ta
bid to gain control of the legislatu:

D'Arcy, meanwhile, bas also rus a smooth eampaigo,
focussing on local issues when they scemed to matter,
while slaraming the Social Credit government as a whole
for the state of the provinee.

S'Arcy has also made it clear ier be sane ca
almost every issue — even though that may not always
seem to be the same as his party’. For instance, 3
restraints D'Arcy has called for restraint but not Social
Credit type of restraint. Whether Dave Barrett and the
NDP would say that is their policy is uncertain,

ln the ond, the 1969 provinci. tistion in
Sacha Tred tee ‘BOL
to whether Wall Siemens, or Chris D'Arcy lathe better
choice to represent Rossland:Trail, but to whether the
voters want an NDP or Social Credit government

federal capi
work programs are the ks; to getting area unemployed
back to work. He said there is lots of federal money
tvalable fr lel projects but “the problem i, no ones
been asking for

Ceccls aid the poverumest shall ere

rep
sho, would ead the politica “toad” between the Soca
Credit and

a
Peitasche condemned the NDP and the Socreds for
their refusal to come up with reforestation program
because it “doesn’t buy vi
With « warnog that spruce budworm tod other
ts could destroy the Valhallas, Peitzsche said that the
foonn aes spend more money on silviculture

Tim! inher accountant aio pledged to ight fora
fah hatchery inthe aren and he guaranteed that ifthe
mw Lakes were fled with Tah, turien sd other
industry would fallow
“I haven't got a solution for everything, but I think
ced an independent MLA to tell the government
what ite doing wrong.” he fun ed up, noting that he
sould vote forthe policy pipers party if elected to
the legisl
Siemens Teilerated hi stand that only a Social
Credit government would encourage investment in the
province.
nd he aid he had a number of programs up hi
sleeve which would promote tourism. He suggested, for
example, that a tourism course could be established at
Selkirk College
D'Arcy said his priorities included Sighting fran end
to water licence fees increases and he said that proper
management of the B.C. Resources Investment Corp
‘might lead to modernization of the BC Timber's Celgar
op#rations
The pulp mill is managing on 25-year-old technol
ogy.” he noted.
‘Arcy also said he would like to see samediate
leyside powerhouse projet. Bu
jn ¢ forced to accept some
contractual obligations
D'Arcy singled out s fish hatchery as on obligation
that was never fulfilled by B.C. Hydro,