PEARSE
COMMISSION
Govt
forest
policies
criticized
at
hearing
by
ELI
SOPOW
Citizen
Staff
Iteporter
The
provincial
gover
governments
¬
nments
legislation
of
wood
chip
prices
and
forest
service
policy
regarding
timber
cutt
Ing
tenure
fell
under
fire
Tues
Tuesday
¬
day
on
the
last
day
of
the
Pearse
Royal
Commission
into
Forest
Resources
hearing
In
Prince
George
A
120
page
brief
presented
to
the
commission
by
Northwood
Pulp
and
Timber
Ltd
of
Prince
Geroge
also
criticizes
forest
service
policy
regarding
definition
of
sawlog
merchan
merchantability
¬
tability
interpretation
of
the
Pulpwood
Harvesting
Area
PHA
and
timber
utilization
The
brief
presented
by
Northwood
president
Adam
Zimmerman
says
the
legis
legislated
¬
lated
chip
price
of
35
per
bone
dry
unit
NDU
set
in
January
by
the
government
as
a
base
price
for
chips
sold
o
pulp
mills
should
be
eliminated
During
the
years
before
the
price
was
controlled
pulp
companies
operating
In
the
interior
experienced
profits
which
were
below
those
that
could
be
made
by
investing
in
government
bonds
The
price
paid
for
waste
wood
chips
were
all
that
could
be
afforded
at
the
time
A
legislated
chip
price
introduced
inflexibilities
which
are
working
to
the
detri
detriment
¬
ment
of
both
pulpmills
and
sawmills
the
brief
says
It
says
much
of
the
wood
designated
in
Pulpwood
Har
vesting
Areas
as
a
guaranteed
source
of
wood
to
pulpmills
has
been
allocated
to
sawmills
The
PHAs
are
in
fact
being
utilized
by
sawmills
Which
in
turn
are
selling
the
resulting
wastewood
chips
to
the
pulpmills
This
policy
was
brought
about
by
continued
pressure
from
the
sawmilling
industry
for
Increases
in
allow
allowable
¬
able
cuts
the
brief
says
In
clarifying
the
situation
the
brief
says
that
soon
after
the
first
PHA
agreement
was
signed
by
Northwood
the
gov
government
¬
ernment
realized
there
was
unallocated
wood
within
the
PHA
boundaries
The
government
realized
that
if
this
wood
was
processed
It
could
add
to
provincial
revenues
and
began
promoting
the
use
of
this
wood
in
saw
sawmills
¬
mills
the
brief
says
It
says
granting
of
unal
unallocated
¬
located
wood
to
sawmills
was
okay
as
long
as
timber
was
within
standards
of
utilization
in
force
or
developing
at
the
time
However
the
brief
says
much
of
the
wood
allocated
was
small
and
unmerchant
unmerchantable
¬
able
or
produced
a
preponder
preponderance
¬
ance
of
single
dimension
lumber
which
hindered
mar
market
¬
ket
values
Government
intervention
with
such
policies
as
chip
direction
stating
chips
from
a
certain
sawmill
are
to
be
sold
to
a
particular
pulpmill
and
the
Timber
Products
Stabiliza
Stabilization
¬
tion
Act
which
froze
the
price
of
chips
at
a
base
level
only
Greater
control
asked
for
firms
A
brief
presented
by
the
Chetwynd
division
of
Canfor
Ltd
on
the
final
day
of
the
Pearse
Royal
Commission
into
Forest
Resources
hearing
Tuesday
calls
for
greater
con
control
¬
trol
of
timber
land
by
private
corporations
The
brief
presented
by
Canadian
Forest
Products
Ltd
president
Peter
Bentley
says
private
land
tenures
pro
produce
¬
duce
maximum
incentive
and
therefore
the
best
results
Canadian
Forest
Products
is
an
affiliate
of
Canfor
Ltd
both
of
which
are
privately
owned
by
Canadians
resident
in
BC
The
Chetwynd
division
saw
sawmill
¬
mill
is
located
195
miles
north
northeast
¬
east
of
Prince
George
at
the
village
of
Chetwynd
At
present
about
95
per
cent
of
timber
land
in
the
province
is
owned
by
the
Crown
and
leased
to
forest
companies
under
a
variety
of
tenures
The
remaining
five
per
cent
is
privately
owned
timber
land
generally
considered
to
be
of
above
average
quality
Bentley
told
Dr
Peter
Pearse
sole
member
of
the
royal
commission
he
was
sin
sincere
¬
cere
in
recommending
a
sub
substantial
¬
stantial
increase
in
private
for
forest
¬
est
lands
We
believe
to
increase
private
forest
holdings
offers
the
greatest
incentive
for
max
maximizing
¬
imizing
forest
potential
within
the
province
for
the
benefit
of
all
concerned
he
said
To
illustrate
his
point
Ben
Bentley
¬
tley
drew
an
analogy
between
private
home
ownership
and
renting
He
said
a
person
who
owns
his
home
will
maintain
prop
property
¬
erty
to
a
higher
standard
and
proceed
with
greater
confi
confidence
¬
dence
when
making
improve
improvements
¬
ments
A
person
leasing
a
home
will
be
hesitant
to
upgrade
the
pre
premises
¬
mises
because
of
the
uncer
uncertainty
¬
tainty
of
lease
renewal
and
because
of
a
higher
rent
being
charged
on
the
basis
of
improvements
Bentely
said
the
provincial
government
should
re
renegotiate
¬
negotiate
their
arrangement
with
the
federal
government
regarding
the
share
of
revenue
accrued
from
resource
industries
The
present
situation
of
the
provinces
trying
to
take
their
share
by
various
forms
of
levy
against
the
industry
before
a
profit
is
generated
is
putting
an
unrealistic
burden
on
the
Canadian
resource
industries
he
said
Bentley
said
if
forest
tenures
are
to
be
made
renewable
there
is
no
certainty
the
fores
forestry
¬
try
improvements
will
be
to
the
benefit
of
the
present
occu
occupant
¬
pant
Even
if
the
tenure
is
renewed
future
changes
in
stumpage
and
other
tax
levies
may
erodeor
totally
negate
the
purpose
of
the
initial
added
effort
and
Investment
he
said
Glen
Patterson
Canadian
Forest
Products
vice
president
of
northern
opera
operations
¬
tions
told
the
inquiry
that
Chetwynd
faces
unique
prob
problems
¬
lems
in
timber
harvesting
Most
of
our
trees
are
in
a
steep
mountainous
terrain
and
we
have
a
heavy
cost
factor
in
the
lack
of
reliable
rail
trans
transportation
¬
portation
Also
we
are
subject
to
climatic
extremes
and
a
labor
turnover
of
between
120
and
300
per
cent
he
said
Patterson
said
rugged
ter
terrain
¬
rain
has
precluded
accurate
sampling
of
timber
stands
by
the
forest
service
and
most
estimates
are
taken
from
the
road
or
from
aerial
studies
The
issue
of
increased
private
ownership
of
timber
land
was
questioned
by
Pearse
who
asked
if
the
forest
indus
industry
¬
try
in
its
present
economic
state
could
afford
to
buy
the
land
I
dont
think
the
industry
in
its
present
state
could
afford
to
buy
much
of
the
province
Too
few
companies
would
be
given
the
opportunity
With
the
high
initial
investment
required
how
could
there
be
a
return
on
that
investment
he
said
A
Thought
for
Today
Four
keys
to
success
are
You
must
be
willing
to
sacrifice
you
must
be
enthusiastic
you
must
believe
in
what
you
do
you
must
be
able
to
recover
from
adversity
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as
a
Public
Service
Every
Day
by
Schultz
Pontiac
Ruick
Ltd
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0271
augmented
difficulties
the
brief
says
The
brief
recommends
that
while
the
three
PHAs
in
the
Prince
George
region
are
in
effect
chips
should
not
be
directed
to
any
specific
pulp
mill
However
should
the
holder
of
a
PHA
become
short
of
chips
it
could
call
on
the
gov
government
¬
ernment
to
direct
chips
to
its
mill
in
lieu
of
relying
on
Its
con
contractual
¬
tractual
guarantee
Before
any
chips
were
directed
the
government
should
take
Into
consideration
the
amount
of
pulpwood
pre
presently
¬
sently
being
utilized
from
the
PHAs
held
by
respective
com-
panies
affected
by
proposed
chip
direction
The
company
whose
chips
were
directed
should
have
the
option
of
relinquishing
its
most
expensive
chips
to
direction
reserving
its
cheaper
ones
for
its
own
use
As
the
chip
direction
policy
stands
presently
one
pulpmill
could
conceivably
be
inun
inundated
¬
dated
with
directed
chips
while
another
suffered
a
severe
shortage
the
brief
says
The
brief
also
calls
for
the
formation
of
one
largePHA
incorporating
existing
pulp
pulpwood
¬
wood
guarantees
existent
within
present
PHAs
In
brief
the
Northwood
pre
presentation
¬
sentation
also
recommends
the
following
modifications
to
existing
forest
policy
Modification
or
replace
replacement
¬
ment
of
existing
end
product
sttimpage
appraisal
systems
Amalgamation
of
tenures
relative
to
Tree
Sale
Licences
and
Timber
Sale
Harvesting
Licences
Increase
in
tenure
of
cutt
cutting
¬
ing
rights
The
establishment
of
six
regional
branches
of
a
forest
land
resource
service
that
would
be
an
expanded
version
of
the
present
forest
service
The
resource
service
would
be
responsible
for
originating
co
ordinating
and
executing
forest
land
resource
manage
management
¬
ment
and
all
it
embodies
in
the
province
The
commission
also
heard
a
proposal
from
Mark
Lepetich
a
Quesnel
rancher
who
said
that
encouragement
should
be
given
to
private
own
owners
¬
ers
of
land
to
manage
and
con
conserve
¬
serve
small
stands
of
timber
He
said
it
was
not
in
the
best
public
interest
to
have
all
timber
resources
in
the
Cariboo
area
controlled
by
three
or
four
large
companies
I
believe
the
best
interest
of
the
province
would
be
served
by
setting
aside
a
cer
certain
¬
tain
portion
of
the
allowable
harvest
of
timber
to
indepen
independent
¬
dent
loggers
farmers
and
native
Indians
he
said
Doctor
shortage
still
exists
here
There
is
still
a
shortage
of
doctors
in
Prince
George
in
spite
of
a
BCTV
news
report
to
the
contrary
according
to
local
hospital
board
chairman
Allan
Husband
The
report
aired
twice
Tues
Tuesday
¬
day
implied
a
program
by
the
College
of
Physicians
and
Sur
Surgeons
¬
geons
to
provide
doctors
for
northern
BC
had
virtually
eliminated
the
shortage
in
some
centres
including
Prince
George
The
part
that
bothers
me
is
the
patients
will
think
there
are
enough
doctors
Husband
said
today
I
dont
think
the
situation
has
changed
notice
noticeably
¬
ably
The
way
the
story
came
across
it
left
the
idea
every
everything
¬
thing
was
great
now
The
local
medical
associa
association
¬
tion
has
been
attempting
to
attract
more
physicians
to
the
area
although
advertisements
placed
in
medical
journals
and
through
personal
contacts
Papers
sold
well
McBRIDE
You
couldnt
buy
a
newspaper
here
Tuesday
and
could
not
read
one
unless
you
were
a
subscriber
Bob
Craigue
the
local
phar
pharmacist
¬
macist
bought
up
all
available
copies
to
save
some
embar
embarrassment
¬
rassment
Craigue
had
been
quoted
in
a
story
by
a
reporter
of
one
of
the
coast
papers
saying
he
has
been
advertising
for
mail
order
brides
for
himself
and
about
20
friends
The
story
was
carried
by
The
Canadian
Press
and
subsequently
printed
by
The
Citizen
I
bought
all
copies
Is
there
anything
wrong
with
that
Craigue
said
today
when
con
contacted
¬
tacted
by
The
Citizen
In
the
original
interview
Craigue
stated
it
was
difficult
to
find
women
in
that
commun
community
¬
ity
of
658
people
Our
biggest
problem
is
finding
women
who
can
stand
a
degree
of
isolation
Sometimes
they
tend
to
get
cabin
fever
Craigue
was
quoted
I
wish
I
had
never
talked
to
a
reporter
Craigue
said
today
after
being
asked
why
he
purchased
all
newspapers
in
his
store
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for
boys
and
does
still
more
for
the
community
Through
your
efforts
aims
and
Ideals
they
can
become
a
better
citizen
Volunteer
to
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now
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phoning
963
7295
Robert
McGimpsey
of
the
highways
department
counts
occupants
of
vehicles
crossing
the
new
Fraser
Bridge
The
occupancy
count
is
part
of
a
continuing
survey
by
the
department
to
keep
tab
of
the
number
of
people
using
the
roads
into
and
out
of
Prince
George
A
highways
spokesman
said
the
figures
are
used
to
measure
traffic
growth
in
the
area
for
planning
SCHOOL
BOARD
Lighting
the
answer
Street
lighting
apparently
will
be
improved
along
West
wood
Drive
as
a
result
of
com
complaints
¬
plaints
from
area
parents
that
the
road
was
unsafe
for
use
by
school
children
travelling
to
Peden
Hill
school
in
Sep
September
¬
tember
A
report
to
the
District
57
Prince
George
school
board
received
Tuesday
said
the
city
has
initiated
action
to
have
street
lighting
installed
along
the
route
which
has
been
the
subject
of
heated
controversy
The
road
will
be
used
by
33
children
from
the
Westwood
subdivision
who
will
be
forced
by
a
school
boundary
change
to
attend
the
Peden
Hill
elementary
school
Westwood
parents
protested
because
of
Vote
costs
rise
A
school
board
election
in
November
1974
and
a
trustee
byelection
in
June
1975
cost
a
total
of
7052
according
to
figures
released
Tuesday
by
the
Prince
George
school
dis
district
¬
trict
The
total
was
1000
more
than
the
amount
budgeted
by
the
board
for
the
expense
Finance
Committee
chair
chairman
¬
man
Jim
Ellis
said
the
board
can
project
the
cost
of
future
elections
will
continue
to
increase
A
request
from
the
Prince
George
Society
for
the
Hearing
Handicapped
for
space
in
the
King
George
V
school
and
a
request
from
the
College
of
New
Caledonia
for
use
of
the
Longworth
School
were
refer
referred
¬
red
to
committee
for
conside
consideration
¬
ration
The
school
district
will
ask
for
public
tenders
for
seven
vehicles
no
longer
in
service
These
vehicles
all
have
mileages
varying
from
70000
miles
upward
and
are
in
vari
various
¬
ous
conditions
a
finance
committee
report
said
The
oldest
is
a
1964
panel
truck
and
the
newest
is
a
1970
pick
up
The
Prince
George
school
district
approved
a
request
from
the
Smithers
school
dis
district
¬
trict
to
withdraw
from
the
Col
College
¬
lege
of
New
Caledonia
Each
of
the
five
participat
participating
¬
ing
school
districts
must
approve
the
request
before
Smithers
would
be
allowed
to
withdraw
in
favor
of
the
new
community
college
at
Terrace
District
57
secretary
treasurer
Mac
Carpenter
said
it
would
increase
the
districts
share
of
college
expenses
from
65
to
69
per
cent
However
the
actual
cost
to
the
district
is
not
expected
to
increase
the
hazardous
state
of
the
road
and
because
of
Peden
Hills
proximity
to
John
Mclnnis
Secondary
school
One
parent
complained
of
dope
bad
roads
and
speed
speeding
¬
ing
at
the
secondary
school
and
described
the
situation
as
dangerous
The
report
admitted
the
main
trafficgeneratoron
West
wood
Drive
was
the
secon
secondary
¬
dary
school
but
said
the
smaller
number
of
Grade
10
students
may
result
in
a
lower
number
of
student
drivers
The
traffic
problems
will
depend
on
the
enforcement
of
traffic
laws
and
continuing
public
education
in
safe
driv
driving
¬
ing
habits
it
said
Bus
route
changed
Students
from
Miworth
located
west
of
Prince
George
on
the
Nechako
River
will
no
longer
be
bused
over
Cran
brook
Hill
to
attend
school
District
57
Prince
George
school
board
Tuesday
approved
additions
and
mod
modifications
¬
ifications
to
bus
scheduling
which
will
give
the
Miworth
Otway
area
a
separate
bus
Earlier
Miworth
parents
had
complained
the
bus
used
to
transport
their
children
was
unsafe
They
charged
the
route
taken
by
the
bus
over
Cran
brook
Hill
was
dangerous
and
asked
the
board
to
provide
a
separate
bus
for
the
Miworth
area
However
school
district
management
reported
the
bus
had
no
more
mechanical
prob
problems
¬
lems
than
other
buses
on
similar
runs
The
board
also
decided
to
provide
bus
transportation
to
Allens
Bottle
Depot
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Ave
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to
5
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secondary
students
in
the
newly
developed
lower
Col
College
¬
lege
Heights
area
The
development
is
more
than
three
miles
from
John
Mclnnis
Secondary
school
which
the
students
will
be
required
to
attend
Since
there
will
not
be
enough
secondary
students
in
the
new
area
to
fill
the
bus
the
bus
will
travel
along
a
desig
designated
¬
nated
route
taking
students
who
live
closer
to
the
school
until
the
bus
is
full
However
no
bus
will
be
pro
provided
¬
vided
if
there
are
less
than
10
students
living
outside
the
three
mile
limit
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YOU
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THE
CITIZEN
Prince
tf
eorge
Wednesday
August
20
1975
3
NEW
BUS
DEPOT
Hotel
plan
scrapped
Stage
Inns
Ltd
has
cancelled
plans
to
build
a
12
storey
hotel
above
a
new
Greyhound
bus
depot
In
Prince
George
11
B
De
Wynter
vice
president
of
Greyhound
Lines
of
Canada
Ltd
said
in
a
telephone
Interview
from
Calgary
today
that
Greyhound
hopes
to
get
started
building
a
bus
depot
before
winter
To
the
best
of
my
knowledge
Stage
Inns
has
withdrawn
he
said
Representatives
of
Stage
Inns
In
Coquitlam
were
not
available
for
comment
Bids
for
the
Greyhound
depot
came
In
higher
than
the
estimated
1
million
cost
De
Wynter
said
the
company
is
now
reviewing
Its
plans
but
expects
to
make
a
firm
decision
on
the
project
within
the
next
two
weeks
Stage
Inns
Ltd
had
proposed
to
build
a
120
room
35
million
combination
hotel
and
bus
depot
at
Vancouver
Street
between
11th
and
12th
Avenues
The
building
would
have
been
the
highest
in
the
city
Health
ministers
seek
conference
VICTORIA
CP
-
Provin
Provincial
¬
cial
health
ministers
urged
the
federal
government
Tuesday
to
hold
a
national
conference
on
health
and
finance
before
the
end
of
September
Dennis
Cocke
British
Columbias
health
minister
who
was
chairman
of
the
two
day
session
of
health
ministers
at
the
BC
legislative
build
buildings
¬
ings
said
the
meeting
should
be
held
within
the
next
six
weeks
if
standards
of
health
care
in
Canada
were
to
be
maintained
The
request
for
a
summit
meeting
with
federal
officials
was
forwarded
to
federal
health
minister
Marc
Lalonde
in
a
telegram
The
telegram
said
every
pro
province
¬
vince
was
seriously
alarmed
by
the
Turner
budget
of
last
June
which
trims
federal
provincial
health
cost
sharing
and
if
implemented
will
cost
British
Columbians
alone
170
million
over
the
next
five
years
Provincial
ministers
of
health
meeting
in
Victoria
one
month
earlier
than
planned
unanimously
oppose
the
unila
WooAwtAi
LS
teral
decision
of
the
federal
government
to
cut
back
the
percentage
of
financial
con
contributions
¬
tributions
for
health
services
the
telegram
signed
by
Mr
Cocke
on
behalf
of
all
minis
ministers
¬
ters
attending
stated
Arts
organizer
named
for
area
Jane
Shaak
of
Prince
George
has
been
appointed
regional
arts
organizer
for
the
Cariboo
area
to
establish
a
regional
arts
panel
The
panel
will
be
elected
by
area
citizens
interested
in
arts
and
will
make
recommenda
recommendations
¬
tions
to
the
provincial
govern
government
¬
ment
on
arts
policy
Ms
Shaak
is
currently
employed
as
curator
of
Gordon
Galleries
and
has
been
involved
in
Arts
Council
activities
for
several
years
The
Cariboo
area
was
one
of
four
regions
selected
to
set
up
a
regional
arts
panel
as
a
pilot
project
for
the
province
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