Page 2 Cassiar Courier November 1989

Little Owl Goes First Class

Carole made arrangements for

Province of
British Columbia

It's interestin to note ; =
that in this csumatalarized civ- "he owl to go by mail truck with Ministry of Forests
ilization we live in, there are 0" Loverin to Watson Lake.
still some people who care. There Pauline Lund saw _ to PUBLIC NOTICE

It's even more interesting it that our little feathered
and heartening to know that some eebocoat tua 2 put on Time Air to Pursuant to the provisions
of these caring people live in At Vancouver airport the |/°f Section 45 of Chapter 355
our own community. One of the bird was picked up by the Refuge "Range Act", notice is hereby
things they care about is a Jtise¢ and taken to Burnaby. The |given that all horses, branded or
Little ‘owl. people there have promised to junbranded, owned or claimed by

The little owl was’ found in keep Carole informed as to the jfany person or persons, must be
the early morning on the mine bird's progress. removed from Crown Range within
road by John Slana. When he Carole, who is an animal and |the Cassiar Forest District on or
stopped to see what was wrong bird enthusiast, said she was before the 15th day oFs November,
with it, he started a chain of zed and pleased with the way the year 1989, and must be kept
events that will not be completed re of therefrom until the Ist day of

people responded to the needs

for months. ittle owl. June of the year 1990.

Upon taking the owl to the che tee the readers could have | All horses which are author-
mine garage, it was determined seen him being packaged at the ized pursuant to SIE ey 3 of
that it had a broken wing and Chapter 355 "Range Act" are ex-

post office, I am sure they would

would likely survive if treated. owl fiempt freom this notice.

have agreed that the little

Len Moth and Debra Williams ul. Any horses found running at
became involved by contacting “** AS EGE large on the Crown Range during
Carole Whiteside and bringing the this period may be seized and
owl to her place. sold or otherwise disposed of

Carole made a number of without further notice to any
phone calls to a number of dif- person as the undersigned may
ferent places including a_ veter- direct pursuant to Section 45v of
inarian and the wildlife offic- the said "Range Act".
ers. Foliowing expiration of the

She finally contacted the ahove closure period no stock nay
Wildlife Rescue Association who be placed upon Crown Range with:
operate a wildlife refuge in out Eirst obtaining a permit Lo
Burnaby. This is a private oper- do so under the provisions of the
ation which receives no govern- "Range Act" and Regulations.
ment funding. They will take in DATED at Dease Lake, 8B.C.,
all kinds of wildlife and agreed this 17th day of-October,. 1989.
to look after the owl until it
can be returned to Cassiar for Ministry of Forests

release. If it is unable to fly, General Delivery ©
they will use it to raise young Dease Lake, B.C.
owls which would be shipped to voc 1L0

Cassiar for release.

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The View

Jim Fulton,
M.P.

Environment

Minister of
Lucien Bouchard and the federal
Conservatives have insulted Cana-
dians with their recent decision
on the Rafferty-Alameda project.
(On the borders of Saskatchewan,
Manitoba and North Dakota, USA).
The problem is, they seem hell
bent on trashing Canada's envizr-
onment.

Mr. Bouchard. re-issued a
license for the construction of
the Rafferty-Alameda mega~-dams
without the completion of a fuil
environmental impact assessment.
In the words of my colleague Bill
Blaikie, MP for Winnipeyg-Trans-
cona, "Mr. Bouchard has thrown
his commitment to the environment
out the window...It's obvious to

me that he wants to approve this
project without a full environ-
mental impact study as a favour
to his friend Grant Devine (Prem-
ier of Saskatchewan), before
bringing in legislation which
would have forced him to hold

those hearings this fall."

"AN OPINION _

‘JACK J: KEMPE
MLA FOR OMINECA

Since the staggering turn-
around of political tortunes in
the September 20 by-election in
Caribou, many theories have been
projected as to why it happened.
t would like to give my brief
interpretation.

Firstly,-let. me say that it
came as absolutely no surprise to
me. The writing has been on the

‘wall for over a year and probabiy

began to emerge clearly when
Grace McCarthy and Brian Smith
left Cabinet. The present admin-
istration is not Social Credit.
49.32% of British Columbians went
to the polls on 22 October 1986
to elect Social Credit. What
they really got was something
completely different. S

Although the Cariboo by.
election will go down in the his-
tory books as a milestone = in
British Columbia politics, it may
not be for many of the reasons I
have heard given. The people of
Cariboo Saw very clearly during
the hectic high profile campaign
what had become one of the once
proud, once grass roots people
and voted accordingly. This, as
long as the present administra-
tion, Wleh, bus. ulitra=right. wing
big business oriented philosophy
exists, will happen all over the
province. ‘

The present Government is a
Bill Vander Zalm government, © not
Social Credit, make no mistake
about it. As such it is foreign
to those who’still hold the Real
Social Credit philosophy, of
grass roots, home, church, the

famrVy and" AemoCrat ic“ process; ah SlSClable ” Tres. enterprises.

dear.

Cassiar Courier November 1989 Page 3

Last June the Mulroney Gov-
ernment said it wanted to see a
full environmental impact study
of this scheme. Not only is this
turnabout a slap in the face to
Canadians, whose environment the
conservatives are dangerously
toying with, it is a punch at our
courts as well. Back in April of
this year the Federal Court of
Canada quashed an earlier license
granted by Mr. Bouchard's’ prede-
cessor, former Conservative Envi-:
ronment Minister Tom McMillan.
The Court ruled that the earlier
license should not have been
granted without a proper environ-
mental assessment.

Mr. McMillan's original
blunder unleashed a storm of
protest from Canada's 1800 plus
environmental organizations and
ied to the resignation of his top
policy advisor Blizabeth May.
The controversy mushroomed util
the last election when Mr. McmMil-
tan was not able to hold his seat
and Mr. Bouchard was’ appointed
the new Minister of Environment.

What does this mean to you?
How does this affect us in the
Northwest? The short and Simple
answer is: our environment, our
ability to sustain our economy,
Our resource base, and our child-
ren's Tivelihvood, has been and
continues to be, traded away just

SO a few ‘people can imuke some
fast bucks. Period.

We have reached a turning
point in history. No longer do
we aS residents of this Earth

Unfortunately there exists a
fear of yet another blood bath in
the Social Credit ranks. Fear of
a recurrence-of <the-in’ -fighting
which took place at Whistler a
littie over three years ago,
Which prevents the Caucus from
doing what inust be done in order
-for the Social Credit Party to
Survive. Because of that it will
be most interesting to see what
happens at the Vander Zaim Party
Convention set for late October
in Vancouver, when Liberal Bill
Vander Zalm parades his Slightly
Shop-soiled "fresh start" team.

The question of course will
be, how many delegates will once
again have been hand picked and
how many will actually be Social
Credit?

Province of —
British Columbia

After much thought and de
liberation and, following a meet-
ing with the Premier, we believe
there is a need to openly assess
the results of the Cariboo by-
election - and other past events.

It is our intention to re-
search and assess the facts as
they pertain to the future of
Social Credit.

Members not only have a
responsibility to the Party but,
in the great tradition of Social
Credit - spanning more than 30
years of governinent - we have an
obligation to the citizens of
British Columbia to provide an
electable free enterprise alter-
native. To the extent that we
can, we are committed to ensuring

choice.

have the luxury of playing petty
games involving our ecosystems.
Forces have already been unleash-
ed by human activities, carried
out in ignorance of Earth's laws,
that will test: our very ability
to survive into the next century.

The Greenhouse Effect and
holes in the ozone are real and
manmade ! The Rafferty Project
dams were planned when far less
was known. about the Greenhouse
Effect than we know today. Now
we know that the area they are
being built in may dry out more
and more with every passing dec~
ade until the region becomes a
desert. Sure, some farmers in
the United States want Canada to
build the dams so they won't have
to experience the periodic floods
that have occurred historically.

The sad fact is, those farmers
days are numbered if we pursue
these kinds of projects. Sure
there will still be some floods.
But the general trends are for
drying. Chances are the reser-
voirs will never fill up, and any

water they contain will become a
big expensive evaporating puddle.

The danger now is that the
lunacy can be repeated every time
a major decision about a megapro-
ject must be made.

Mr. Bouchard's promises of
environmental impact assessments
have the same ring to environmen-
talists as Brian Mulroney's
sacred trust does to Canada's
pensioners.

We are resigning Caucus
making our intentions known
all. This will provide an avenue
for open discussion among other

concerned Social Credit. M.L.A.'s,

Party members and
this province.

We are very concerned
the future of British Columbia
and the likelihood of an N.D.P.
government after the next general
election. We want to make it
clear that we in no way desire
the fall of our government but,
through an open and realistic

Citizens: of

for

assessment of the Situation
today, the Social Credit Party
can remain strong and responsive
to the people of Brilish Colum-
bia. We ask those of you who
have similar concerns to share
them with us.

One does not take a step
like this lightly. Ene Lacey eerait

is one of the most troubling
decisions each of us has had to
make and we Know many of our Cau
cus colleagues are also concerned
with the current situation.
Through many decades of
dividual enterprise, we
brought British Columbia to
1990's. This decade will
to British Columbia and British
Columbians. Let it continue to
be a province that is built upon
the fundamentals of indivudual
enterprise. iho Gis eS a0 UyaenO rly:
objective in taking this action.

in-
have
the
belong

Graham P. Bruce,
Duane Crandall, M.L.A.
Dave Mercier, M.L.A.
Doug Mowat, M.L.A.

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wise

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