A2 - Wednesday, October 27, 1982 - North Shore News TWO OUT-OF-TOWN stories-I covered this summer stand out in my mind even though they involved battles that were eventually lost. In June, I travelled to Moncton, New Brunswick, where 3,000 nuclear fuel bundles were being packaged for shipment to Argentina, In ‘all, they were worth $4.2 million. An alliance between environmentalists, the New Brunswick Federation of arguments against sending A-bomb material to military tyrants, the fact remained that jobs were being created. ~ That seemed to be the bottom line. There were recurring rumors at the time that the Canadian -government - had been offered $1 miillion by Argentina if some way could - farce in South America, courtesy of Johnny Canuck, Not very long after getting back in Vancouver, I went up to Port McNeil to cover a rather similar type of story— an attempt. to stop. a big industry in its tracks. In this case, Hanson Island,. 15 miles south of Alert Bay, was about to be logged by Crown: Zeller- bach. Protesters had so far - -succéeded_in- stopping” the- loggers after only a few trees ‘had been cut. * Labor, - and the Longshoreman’s Union resulted in a ‘declaration that the fuel bundles were “hot”. As you will recall, the Falklands war was raging then. It seemed peculiar for the Canadian government to join in Britain-inspired sanctions against the military junta in Buenos Aires, yet carry on with a shipment of nuclear material giving Argentina the capacity to build The Bomb. Even by Ottawa stan- dards, that seemed like a mean piece of back- _ stabbing. In New Brunswick, the unemployment. rate is around 40 per cent. You can imagine how intense- this ‘makes most people about jobs. So ; whatever the INCLUDES: © 32 watt Amplifier © AM /FM Tuner Turntable PACKAGE - © Dolby-Metal Cassette Deck © Belt Drive Straight Arm © 2-Way Loudspeakers * Audio Component Stand be found to get the fuel bundles past the longshoremen. A question about this was going to be raised in the House of Commons,but the ‘evidence wasn't quite strong enough. Until—~a month later--most of the fuel bundles were suddenly trucked up to Montreal and loaded on a plane ,bound for Agentina. Planes are a lot more ex- pensive than boats. But the Falklands war had ended by then and Ottawa was eager to get back on a business - as-usual footing with Buenos Aires. So [m afraid I have to report that the good guys lost. Ottawa made its dark deal-with the dictators.:Soon..... there will be a nuclear strike their logging operation until Forests Minister Tom Waterland had a chance to review ‘fundamental’ complaints “Taised” “by” the © Indians. -It_all_-turned_out, to be bafflegab. Scarcely two weeks later, -Crown Zellerbach moved back onto Hauson Island in force and levelled a huge tract of foreshore area. Well, you lose some. And - you lose some more. Still. In both cases, fora . moment there, the vast machinery came to a halt. In both cases, it started _ up. again and crushed its op- position. Yet what can be stopped once can be stopped again. Maybe at another time, another place. Don't mind me, I’m incurable. _ ANNI VERSARY SALE Oct:'30-Nov.6 —— IMPORTED BRASS, COPPER, CHROME, CERAMIC MIRROR PLANTERS. + -FROPIGALINDOOR PLANTS. - 1489 Marine Drive, West Vancouver "925-2285 10-30% OFF “nt F- ‘ ‘Feeling Fit Means . Feeling Good’’ My classes run on.an ongoing basis on the North . Shore. . Join : a—monthly payment: program.~is | At the. risk of sounding xenophobic, I must point out that the company building the fuel bundles in New Brunswick was a subsidiary of an Ameican outfit. Crown Zellerbach, of course, is . mostly American-owned. 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