re WER POLITICS y ERIC HAMOVITCH GRANDE-2, Que, (CP) The James feat. of human engineering, went into service Saturday amidst a very human flurry of politicking, Electricity rate hike protested NELSON, B.C, (CP) — Four B.C. communities have attacked proposed rate in- credses by Weat Kootenay Power and Light Co. aa Unjust and unreasonable. rates, as proposed by company, would “subject wholesale customers to ‘undue —_— prejudice and dvantage,"’ says a brief prepared by counclis in Nelson, Grand Forks, Penticton and Summerland, The ‘brief la to be presented Tuesday at a B.C, Energy Commission hearing on the proposed increases. . relatlonshlp between Cominco Ltd. and West Kootenay Power, ita wholly- owned subsidiary, ls a major target in the brief. ; The communities claim that, with one firm con- trolling the other, in- terchangeable directors and joint,.use agreemeents be- tween the two, Cominco has insured it will be supplied with power before area realdents. ex for pretit and if shortfall occurs here, more expensive power will have to be bought from B.C. Hydro for resale at higher prices to Kootenay realdents. Gil Laycock, a West Kootenay Power spox i sald Sunday that only power not needed in Canada ls to the U.S. "The brief calls on the com- mission to put West Kootenay and Cominco. under its jurisdiction as public utilities or place them under the scrutiny of the provincial government. “Ttis submitted that (West se erat ale. y er ‘el oni . rates,” the brief says. 2 -Stage.,......,,tha ts tal” care Pa eat: possible” cata’ Male ceeee? ee The principal actora were Premier Rene Levesque, who linked Quebec's growing energy prowess with his yearning for Quebec in- dependence, and former bu premier Robert Bourassa, who launched the power project in 1971 ond wanted share of the credit, © it was Levesque who pulled the switch at 3:35 p.m. EDT Saturday which sent ‘tons =of icecold water cascading through the firat of 16 giant turbines which eventually will produce 5.9 biliton watts of electricity — enough tokeep 171 million 60- watt lightbulbs glowing. And it was Leveaque who gave the key speech at a sumptuous buffet luncheon attended by more than 2,000 James Bay workers and special guests from as far as China and the Ivory Coast, “Our environment is suf- ficiently diversified, our own resources abundant enough, and economic currenta numerous and natural enough for Quebec to be able to choose, in complete serenity, its energy orlent- ations as well as its political future,” Levesque sald, He was applauded with shouts by of “oul,” the rallying cry of supporters of the Parti Quebecois sovereignty-association option in Quebec's in- dependence referendum next epring. But it was Bourassa who got the loudest cheers and who had the moat to gain from the public exposure, Levesque praised the . Project as “a monument to the glory, the know-how, the daring and the dynamism of -those who built it’ — a switch from the days when. he attacked Bourassa for - mortgaging Quebec's future ‘in hydroelectric power. The coat of phase one of the ane Ay We gl power plants which will produce enough energy to replace 300,-000 barrels of oll a day when work is com- pleted in 1985; diversions of three separate rivers to augment the flow of the mighty La Grande; and more than 5,00) kilometres of transmission lines to southern Quebec. About $750,000 was spent to ers, throw a lavish ODONIDR coi oel James Bay Hydro opens feast and produce special books and films. An hour-long . live televistan special brought the event Into living reams, t when it was tme for Levesque to pull the switch, somebody in the Radic- Canada control room forgot to ‘his, As a result, viewers saw singers and dancers Instead of the historic moment. The wrath of the ancient Cree spirit Mittao was suggested as a possible cause of this gaffe. The ceremony was boycotted by native leaders, who disapprove of the project which has flooded traditional hunting grounds, and by labor leaders angry about fatal work accidenta. Bourassa held a news conference Saturday to repeat his proposals for accelerated. work on the future phases of the project, which would generate surplus electricity for export to New York. His plan would have the resulting profits plowed into an Alberta-style heritage fund to finance future in- dustrial development In Quebec. But Hydro-Quebec president Robert Boyd said dro-Quebec’s mandate Ls to produce energy for Quebec. He sald exports will ‘continue mainly on a seasonal basis. VICTORIA (CP) — Three ‘Canadian destroyera and U.S. Const Guard vessels and alr- erait were searching the seas 1,650 kilometres northeast of Hawali Sunday for a Canadian sailor reported missing from the destroyer HMCS Quappelle. -S@arch and rescue said Arthur Stanley Campbell cnguestitg a marine engince m c, was discovered missing early Sunday during a routine muster check, Pepper said he was last seen while on watch at SEARCH ON FOR SAILOR . with . Mackenzie and HMCS Lieut, Dick Pepper of ° about 7:10 a.m., just before he was to make a scheduled equipment check, He would have been wearing a lifejacket at the time, Pepper said, The Q'uappelle, along the -BMCS Saskatchewan, were on a long-range navigational training crulse. They were headed to San Diego, Calif., - from Hawali when Campbell was reported missing, . Pepper said the search was belng conducted in light seag, but the veasels’ movement was being restricted by merchant shipping debris. Bridge workers walk VANCOUVER (CP) — A construction crew working on the damaged Canadian Natlonal Railway bridge across Burrard Inlet walked off the job Sunday because the workers believed the atructure was unsafe. - About 20 men, members of the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Wotkers, refused to work when they discovered a shim under the northeast leg of the bridge's north tower had come free. A shim is a metal wedge used te joln larger pieces of iron. CNR spokesman Al Menard said the workmen, employed by Canron Inc., feared the tower had moved overnight, dislodging the shim and making the tower unsafe, He said Canron engineers inspected the structure Sunday and ‘found no evidence the tower had moved or shifted, The engineers will report their findings to the union to- gree day, but it Is not know if the warkers will return te the i The bridge was knocked out of service two weeks ago The Herald, Monday, October 29, Wo) Page 65 He’s just one of us By DOUG LONG CALGARY (CP) — There are no government jets waiting for Pierre Trudeau - a8 he travels the country, Neither are there throngs of well-wishers, beaming municipal politicians or hordes of reporters to greet his arrival at local airports. Instead, the 60-year-old former prime minister queues up shoulder to oulder with hundreds of other travellers, Juggage in hand, as he movea from check-in counter to baggage carousel, Life and lifestyle have changed for the Liberal party's most prominent politician, just five months after being turfed out of office, , Gone are the phalanx af officiala, stern security officers and motorcades of sleek black limousines. They have been replaced ty startled glances | fom low passengers, ni handshakes and station wagons that crawl through rush-hour traffic. But the mercurial Trudeau appears to take the tran- sition In stride. When a reporter aldied up at Calgary's airport to needle about the scarcity of adoring female admirers to t hia arrival, Trudeau shot back: ‘Yeah, only crumbs like you.” Although still protective of his privacy, Trudeau _ willingly signed autographs, posed for pictures and pumped hands during his two-day visit ta Edmonton and Calgary last weekend. While alrport onlookers did double-takes, Trudeau hammed it up for the cameras, hopped on moving baggage belts and joked with airline personnel, Wearing a wide-brimmed western stetson, he appeared to enjoy the relative anonymity and freedom of movement that marked his fund-raising visit to the province. Trudeau once outraged MPs in the Commons when he told them they were Five die By THE CANADIAN PRESS Five members of one family killed Sunday in a house fire in Powell River were among at least elght persons who died ac- cidentaily in British Columbia during — the weekend, a survey shows. The other three died in traffic accidents. Police said the house fire in Powell River, 190 kilometres northwest of Vancouver, was started by a faulty heater. A pipe leading from an vil space heater caused a wall to heat up and ignite. RCMP said the bodies of Carl Douglas Kingsbury, 34, his wife Margaret Rose, 33, and children Paul, 5, nobodies 50 yards off Parliament Hill. The -sight of him and principal secretary Jim Coutts jostling for ceats on a packed alrbus here from Edmonton may _ have brought that realization home to observers, But Trudeau is unlikely to recelye much sympathy from two veteran travellers who have logged months in and lineups. Prime Minister Joe Clark and Ed Broadbent, leader of the New Democratic Party, would only weleome hlin to the club. in fire Laurette, 3, and Carl, 1, were found In one room of house. The five are belleved to have died from asphyxiation. Sidney Norman Brown, 58, and his wife Francis, 58, of Langley, were killed Saturday in a two-vehicle crash in Surrey. James Robert Smith, 41, of Mission, was killed Saturday when struck by a truck es he was pushing a bicycle across Highway 7 in Mission. 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