4 — Sunday, February 5, i “nv 1995 — North Shore News ron entalis: state religion “Those academies in Victoria never had any rain in their lunch. buckets. That's why they are so keen on conservation.” — Mayor Gerry Furney of Port McNeil. IT SEEMS that everybody — well, almost everybody, is happy that the Kemano II project is down the drain, including this newspaper. But Kemano sends a message to the world’s investors: stay away from B.C. Don't go near the place. Try Russia. Try China. It also reminds me of that old cry, “What about the workers?” But the labor bosses are keeping their lips buttoned. They don't want to rock the NDP boat. Their message to their people should be, “Never vote for thuse white-wine socialists. Stick to the beer drinkers. Try Reform. Try the Rhinos.” The Kemano catastrophe is a classic. We all want to save the salmon. But it was by no means certain that the fish stocks would suffer. Expert opinion was divided and Alcan was legally bound to maintain them, The company had a firm agree- ment that is now a broken agree- ment. Dictators do that sort of thing, too. Harcourt went with the “greens” because they are the biggest cabbages in his govern- ment — starting with Forests Minister Andrew Petter, another academic who has never had any rain in his lunchbucket. Harcourt’s calculator told him the cabbages could deliver more votes. For the time being, anyway. Will the taxpayer have to fork out half a billion dollars to com- pensate Alcan? Who knows? Who . cares? Not Mikey. And not his fel- low fuddlers. Alcan and Kitimat were tossed to the wolves. Hence his bitter oug Collins ON THE OTHER HAND reception up there. Well, what about the workers? And why does the B.C. Federation of Labor cling to the NDP’s coat- tails? The NDP is anti-labor as well as anti-capitalist, while pretending to be in favor of both. Consider: The huge Tatshenshini-Alsek district known as the Tat was made into a park and declared a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is twice the size of Prince Edward Island but no development of any kind can take place there. Thanks very much, said UNESCO. We love Mike. He even got a pat on the head from Al Gore, Slick Willie’s vice-presi- dent. ; But the pat for the Tat involves a potential loss to the provincial economy estimated at $40 billion, not to mention 2,000 permanent jobs and provincial taxes that would have amounted to $40 mil- lion a year. In return, we get tourist activi- ty worth all of $1.2 million per season. 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On Vancouver Island there was the big Clayoquot blow-up and the plan to exclude logging from 13% of the island. Another black eye for the forest industry and its employees, The international Woodworkers ’ of America reckoned the jobs {ost there would number 1,185 directly and more than 2,000 indirectly, In the Clayoquot it would be 450. Don't worry, boys, said Mikey. I"tl put you to work pruning and planting. (Or maybe knitting?) And to make that possible I'll squeeze the industry for $2 bil- lion. It’s only money. The Financial Post said the NDP wanted to drive its forest industry down to Chile to join the miners. Good point. Then there’s Kitlope, another huge area that has been rendered untouchable. And forest workers have been screaming that Mikey's land-use plan for the Cariboo-Chilcotin would cost 850 jobs. Site C up on the Peace River has also been cast into the memo- - ry hole. More cheers. Have a nice day, you engi- neers, dirt movers and others, What does it all mean? 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