6 Terrace Review —- Wednesday, February 19, 19925 0° * We’ 1 be different next week . Change is the lot of all things, nore. certain than death or taxes cither one, but often more subtle-and less obvious: than, those: two standbys of. inevitability. Newspapers, though: ‘accused a rather frequently of being the cogs in some radical and system- atic: plot, are actually among the most conservative of organi-.. zations and: rarely change anything:substantial about themselves - without a lot of angst, self-examination and stress, “We're going to change next week, not because we have to, ~ but because’ we think it’s. good idea and we want to do it. This - ‘is the: last ‘of the Wednesday Terrace Reviews, We publish next - on: Feb: 28, and from then on. this will be a Friday publication. vy We're changing the. appearance: of the. Terrace Review, and we’ te going to make some changes in the way we present the news. Our idea of what is news and-how it should be covered, how- ever, is not going to change,. except perhaps to become more. substantial and more concise. It will be the same staff ‘with the. - same set of “commitments, ‘searching out and presenting: the information: and. images, we believe our readers require to remain: - : co fully involved in this, our- home community. “See e you on. the 28th. What goes around... phe ‘sudden urgency being attached to approval of the “Orenda pulp and paper project seems slightly amusing to a — detached observer. Mayor Jack Talstra appears to have spent most of his annual lobbying ‘yisit to Victoria pressing officials \ - ‘and Cabinet ministers on the need to get things moving, 4 situ- - ; ation that must have been occasion for some laughter in Stewart. » Although Tertace city council was not openly smug when Orenda decided to relocate their Shadowy project proposal to our area, it was clear. that local government felt some sort of coup’ ~ had been achieved. Stewart, unfortunately, ¥ was left i in the ureh, bat, hey, that’s life. ~ “" Now the ‘econo 7 to be getting the jitters — or wish to be seen doing something constructive — and the process just isn’t moving fast enough. In retrospect some lobbying in regard to the process a-couple of | - years ago, getting it done properly to begin with, could have _- > ‘gaved them some of that present anxiety. Now that the native | “interests. in the area, who made it clear they wanted to be heard last year, “have gotten t their hearing, further delays are likely. It - was an easy matter to see last year, and a bit of effort on behalf of the Tsimshian and Haisla thet would have made a consider- able difference. Bt oo yemriea CIRCULATION oe * Emablished May 1,1985 | . ‘The Terrace Review is published _gach Wednesday by Close-Up ' Business Services Ltd. Second-class mail registration No. 6896 Al rmaterial netuding original artwork) appearing In the Terrace Review !s mle interior under Canadian Copyright Registration No. 362775 . cannot be reproduoad for any reason without the perrrineion of the publisher, : ls accepted and omissions . on on ihe ond ootten that in the evant of a Bion Apaitin error, that ofthe advectakig the charged for, bul the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rele. 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The’ Seo titer roserves tho Fr to condanee and oc Shab not Hhecesaattly those of: . et oes ~ AAAS aA = SS ae oo ‘The view w from - Victoria we by John Piter | - _ 1 smic development enthusiasts on ‘council seem. VICTORIA —So what can one make of the resignation of Peter Dueck from the ranks of the few remaining Social Credit Party - MLAs? - Obviously, Mr. Dueck's deci- _ sion to reduce to the surly six the not-so-magnificent seven. Socreds, . was not a spur-of-the-moment: one. The former health minister had "made it plain for months before — _ the election, and on several occa- " sions since, that he was not a happy camper within the tattered tent which housed the remains of tlie once-proud party. . On more than one occasion, he condemned the party executive for | its lack of cooperation, and for failing to listen to, or to respond to, tlie concerns of its members. — By resigning to sit as an inde- pendent, Mr. Dueck appears to have brought a wellspring of hope to just about every political group- _ ing in B.C.... except for the, dying Socreds, that is. Frinstance: © Those who envision a new cen- | tre-right party rising to fill the void left by the Socreds, and who feel the Liberals under leader . Gordon Wilson are just too, too leftish, are rattling their sabres. They hope that a New Coali- tion may arise which will attract Liberals, former Socreds and even _ some right-leaning N New | Democrats. . Advocates for a new party fear ‘that a Harcourt government will _ be there for at least two terms if such a coalition does not evolve. ‘Even Mr. Dueck said there were others out there looking for a right-leaning party to support. «Not surprisingly, the New . Democrats weleoine talk of yet Sucerra ss ee eset a eT Hee . another panty’ to split the free- enterprise vote. ‘They know that their 40 pers cent of the popular vote will. _ remain firm regardless; and with - the remaining 60 percent split "three ways instead of only two, the NDP can start planning right now for its second term, As for upsetting some of their further-left colleagues because “Premier Harcourt is too much of a - moderate small business kinda guy, thé figuring seems to be: ‘So _ the lefties are upset. So where else - can they go with their vote?" _» And the Liberals see Dueck's ~ defection as an ideal opportunity ‘to bury the Socreds once and for all. sidered a genuine nice guy (so whatinhell is he doing in politics of all things?!), his political out- look is seen by some as being somewhere to the right of Genghis Khan. : Therefore, it is tough fo imag- ine him agreeing to link up with the Liberal centre-left view of life which Mr. Wilson appears to be staking out, But, hey, politics do indeed make strange bedfellows, so don't ° nile it out. And if the alleged death throes of Social Credit lead to a broader- appeal Liberal party, itmay° become the New Coalition itself. On the other hand, there are those among the Socreds who ° maintain that reports of that party's ” deniise are greatly exaggerated. In fact, the new president of the .. party, Dave Mercier, who was it Cabinet for about an-hour-and-a- half in 1991, has announced that. “another positive step in the rebuilding of the panty" will occur | Even though Mr. Dueck is iscon- ~ distinct advantage i in the leader- ae ‘on March 7; The "positive step" “wil be. the election of an interim leader to replace former premier Rita John- ston, who basically washed her" hands of the whole mess after the humiliating election defeat. . Mercier told me this week that there is nothing in the party’s con- stitution to prevent the interim. leader from being a contender. "when they finally get around to holding a full leadership conven- ‘tion. You may recall that Mrs. John- ‘'ston was propped up in the pre- mier’s chair as interim leader, and | still was allowed to be a candidate | . for convention. "Many believe that gave her a a. ship race, which she won by the hair on Mel Couvelier's chin. Unless the Socred board and its six caucus members change thatat the March 7th meeting, it could be deja vu all over again! Parting Thought: If you | _, thought the interest in B.C. poli- tics had waned somewhat with the election of the businesslike, boring uncharismatic Mike Harcourt and of the businesslike, boring, etcetera Gordon Wilson, consider this. When the Liberals advertised for an executive director of the. - party, which now firmly is‘Her . Majesty's loyal Opposition, guess how many applications they received from generally qualified people? — Fifty? One hundred? Two hun- dred? Would you believe it was more than 325! Amazing.