Ad - Friday, October 19, | TEASE QAI a B.C. attitudes. The small, tough indepen- dent loggers, the real Sometimes-A-Great-Notion guys, invariably blame Bill Bennett tor selling out to the big forest companies like Noranda (1 mean, MacMillan-Bloedel). And betore that, they blame Bill's dad for bringing in Tree Farm Licences in the first place Gordon Gibson Jr, (son of Sr), complained in 1978 when the Forest Act) was pushed through by the Socreds that “*this sellout in- volves the perpetuation of the monopoly position of a few large companies."" Oddly, Jack Munro didn't complain. The IWA, in fact, welcomed the consohdaton process As one unionist put it’ We would prefer that everyone were part of the large companies © Right Big unions and big com panies understand each other So while Munro ratls against the loss of yobs as the big outfits slimmed down their statf by probably 1S to 2D per cent in the last two vears, it remains that the IWA fundamentally agrees that the large companies, tak ing advantage of Tree Farm Licence tenure rules that eliminate competitive bid ding, have managed the forests under ther control better than anyone else No boats 1984 - North Shore News Strictly personal by Bob Hunter Trees, not politics HE DEBATE about the future of forestry in inevitably flushes one of three main Writing in a recent issme of Equity Magazine, forest in- dustry spokesman Grant Ainscough makes the claim that the current forest tenure system “brought huge capital investMent in new processing plants, inereased com- mitments to forest manape- ment and improved stability to Many communities in the province." (Of course, tell that to the unemployed loggers in places ‘“‘We have the big union/big company cabal vs. the independent logger.”’ like Port Alberni, company torest industry Shutdowns have practically brought the economic life of the communttey toa standstill") So owe union biz versus the gers, with home oat where bip hase the bip company cabal independent lop Vitoria as the big rs beautiful philosophy, despite all the talk about backing the lttle guy Gawd. no wonder our forests are in trouble! Then there is the pure eco- freak posiion, of course. As enunciated by the Green Par- ty in the federal election, it 1s basically to create yobs by a serious retorestation — pro- pram that would be labor- intensive, re, a kind ot Johnny Appleseed job corps Which isn’t a bad tdea at all But who are the Greens? Okay So those are the three main schools of thought. Obsiously, there's no easy common pzround bet- ween the need tor jobs, the need for healthy balance Sheets, and the need to con- serve and rebuild But a new idea ts surfacing inthe murk of our parochial thinking } was taseinated. | admit. to hear NDP leader Bob Skel- I. Suggesting in) Kamloops that B © ‘s torests should be controlled by an independent bods “Tan arm's length trom government © My own think ing has similarly been runn ing in the directlon of a “BO Forest Trust’? ot some kind, a CRITIC of the umbertands Mavbe that's an untor- tunate example. depending on how sou teel about the CRIC. but don’t forget we are talking here about 4a pro vincial organization, and therefore something choser to the grassroots, not Ottawa The gist of Skelly s version ot the idea os that the aon dependent board compasca of Should be PEPPCsenealis es of both industry and labor To that | would add all groups with a legitimate stake in the use of the forests, in- cluding ensironmentalists Setting up an extra- parliamentary body with a mandate to defend, develop the regenerate our dwindling forests might not be quite the same thing as the Socred no- tion of ‘* privatization,’ but | believe that some such move holds out the onty hope of turning the situation around Obviously, as the numbers make clear, government isn’t doing the job. Industry, whether small and fiercely in- dependent or simply gargan- tuan, isn’t doing the job, etther And the conservation movement so far wn't mak- ing much of a dent. } think Skelly’s proposal should be listened to. Never mind ideological bagpage, this provsince’s priceless heritage of magniticent forests 18 LOO Important to be lett to the vagaries of politics. They should be, literally, on a pedestal. Not a stump. SUNSHINE BOY?? Maybe not, but if you need service tn buying or selling Real Estate, | can help! MAITTEN REALTY LTD BARRY CUMMINGS 988-1175 (off.) 988-1414 (res.) 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