Classifieds 986-6222 Office, Editoria! 985-2131 Night Lights Display Advertising 980-0511 Loca Distribution 986-1337 eynolds resigns WV-Howe Sound MLA quits Cabinet over conflict with premier VICTORIA — Already reeling from a grassroots revolt against its leader, the Social Credit Party suffered another blow Monday with the sudden re Minister John Reynolds. The West Vancouver~Howe Seund MLA announced his resip- nation ata Monday morning Vic- tora press conference where he was to have announced the tovehest pulp mill operation regu- lations in Canada. Reynolds instead told reporters that he did not have the support er confidence of Premier Bill Vander Zalm, who on Saturday had overruled a Cabinet decision agreed to last Wednesday to pro- ceed with the regulations, Reynolds said it) showed “weakness for the premier to “give in to pressure from big business’ te Kill the poficy two tnadion of Environment By John Pifer Contributing Writer days after the ensiranment minister: had informed his ministry and senior industry chie’s. “Ay ao omatter of principle, ft cannot continue in my position... and [ therefore have no option but to tender my resignation,” he said in a hastily-prepared state- ment. But other called Reynolds's disguised bid to cash in on the current assauit by more than 17 constituency presidents on Vander Cabinet uiinisters move oan all 13 RSV TEMIT ESBS Zaim’s leadership. Finance Minister Mel Couvelier suid Reynolds had ‘tmanufac- tured’ the issue because of his leedership aspirations. At the oress conference, Reynolds said he fully supported the poties to order secondary treatment of pulp mill effluent, first introduced in’ May of 1989. sx months before he became minister oF the environmen. He said that an June of Chis year he had told the chief executive of - ficers of BoC.'s 23 pulp niills thar the poxerament “cunnet com. promise its commitment to protec: ting human health and the en- vironment.” In resigning, reporters, “Its time we touvh with the pulp mills, sere being tough with them. told were We We Reynolds COMPLETE WEEK'S TV PCPS Raa were turning around the problem, and [dent think that hig business shotld be dictating to the gov- ernment." “Tothink t's the people of this province who should be telling WEDNESDAY _ | theatre duo storm the stage North Shore Now: 27 Photo Mike Waketleld arbor. On Friday evening the annual holiday boating-singing event attracted a large turn-out of North Shore resi- dents. Local choirs sang at the event and donations were made to Christmas food banks. post one to make, “but | have co make Gt). That's leadership, isnte it?" He ducked questions of whether forest industry leaders had threat- ened to withdraw cumpaizn con- tributions if the dioxin-reduction See environmental polluters hit-Hst. page 4 them what's acceptable,” he add- ed. Reynolds said the policies he had planned to introduse at the press conference Ttwere clearing up the problems we've had in B.C. for too long. “PE don’t see any advantage in weakening those policies One iota, and that’s why Joam not there (Cabinet) any more.’ Vander Zaln said) his decision to delay the order was not an cass schedule contained in) the new pulp mill regulations were made law. The premier said he could not tisk jobs and foss of ingome for forestry and pulp mill workers. “lowant to do things rationally and reasonably, and see these pcaple employed,” he said. A senior industry executive told the North Shore News that the See Resiunation paste 4 Ce SEES LISTINGS: 42 LRT ARN A Et PRN One waste caneebaaanacsrerabd amas Lato ners