Dear Editor: In a speech on free trade, Kim Campbell claimed that without NAFTA, we will lose access to the Mexican market. The point she missed, however, is that British Columbia stands to lose far more to the Mexican mar- ket than we stand to gain from it. What we stand to lose is milling and processing jobs for our wood and processing jobs for our fish. For decades now we have had various export controls to ensure that the lion’s share of our wood is processed here in our mills. Wood supply is supposed to be regulated to sustain our mills and the coinmunities they support. These mills are already under pressure from the declining supply of old growth forests. Because we are running out, we are going to have to get more jobs out of less wood. NAFTA, how- ever, is going to prevent us from doing this. _ _ Instead of getting more jobs by processing our wood further, we are going to be forced to sell “squared aff logs to the highest Jaidder. _ [Raw fog experts are exempted ‘from NAFTA, but how do you “define a raw log? Is it still. raw after * being “debarked or would the wood have _ to be squared off into ‘‘cants’’? a ‘nightmare’ for -_jabor and environmentalists No matter what, once the wood is squared off we will lose control of this resource. if a Mexican mill pays its workers far less, then they will be able to bid far more for our cants of wood than we can and will have a right to do it under NAF- TA. So what will end up happening is a nightmare for both labor and environmentalists. The trees that get logged will not even stay here for processing, created even more unemployment in the forest indusiry and therefore more pressure on the resource, What Campbell and the Tories have done is sold out our right to the resources of British Columbia which we have grown to depend on, right at a time when they are . most sought after. Unfortunately for us, the Tories, including Campbell, may end up eliminating more jobs from the forest industry than technological change and the en- vironmentalists put together, And with NAFTA, Campbell's projection that there will be no relief for the unemployed until after the turn of the century will be right. : Our ability to do. anything about it will be greatly curtailed. Our only hope to stop NAFTA Shipbuilder clarifies comment ‘Dear Editor: With regard to the article on «Liberal votes leading to ship- ‘building contracts for the North : Shore Shipyards, 1 wish to make it “abundantly clear that 1 was mis- quoted. © __ LT was vinterested in what Mrs. Jaffer and Mr. Axworthy had to say about shipbuilding; however, I ‘did not comment that we had to vote Liberal. . My recollection is that 1 told :Surj Rattan that we had to vote - FORA FREE IN-HOME | CONSULTATION Orr VE the Conservatives out of office. 1 have ‘been perfectly candid with Jaffer since we met concern- ing my political affiliations. She was well aware that I was not prepared to make any com- mitments; regarding supporting the Liberal Party. I trust that this has clarified the matter. ; Bob Docherty Murine & Shipbuilders Local 506 North Vancouver , FULL HOUSE BEAL Ask about the additional savings you'll receive On most blind orders for & windows or more J tire ‘sélection ot RTCA SELECT. Verticat Blinds: NORTH VANCOUVER 2226 Riarine Drive is to vote the Tories out now. The U.S. :will then have no choice but to renegotiate NAFTA and even if they do not, we will still have our resources, technology and an in- telligent labor force with full autonomy to decide for ourselves what is best for Canada. Paul Hundal West Vancouver Mailbox policy LETTERS TO the editor must .be legible (preferably typewritten) and include your name, full address and tele- phone number. Due :to space constraints the North Shore News cannot ‘publish .all letters. Published letters may be edited for brevity, ‘clarity, accuracy, le- gality and taste. Letters can be faxed: to 985-3227 but still must be signed and fully ad- dressed. | sa, ey een Now there's a carpet that will stand up to the daity beating your kids (and adutts) are likely to put it through. 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