Last Thursday Skeena MP
Jim
resignation of federal fisheries
minister Tom Siddon, alleging
that Siddon had interfered in the
justice system by dropping
charges against Frank Beban
Logging and ITT Industries for
destruction of fish habitat in the
Queen Charlotte Islands.

~ Reform campaign

Fulton called for the

had acted with “negligence or ir-

responsibility” in not pursuing
the charges, laid in connection
with a landslide that blocked
Landrick Creek on Lyell Island
after the area. had been logged.

Siddon denied the charges,

Saying that the prosecution was

stayed by the federal Depart-

'--ment of Justice.
» Fulton claimed, that Siddon

A Department of Justice.

spokesman, Julius . Isaac, ‘told
the Terrace Review ‘that
deparmental lawyer Brian Purdy
of Vancouver recommended the
charges be dropped because the
information in the case was
‘stale’, referring to logging in-.
cidents that occurred in the late
1970’s, Isaac said the depart-
ment feared a Charter of Rights

challenge based on the length of

‘time it took the case to get to-

begins rolling

Don Buckland

Senate reform is one of the
prime targets of the Reform Par-
ty of Canada, according to

Skeena Reform Party candidate

Don Buckland. During a recent
visit to Terrace, Buckland said

fair representation. of Western
interests will be denied until an.

. elected senate representing the
diverse regions of Canada
replaces the existing senate of
political appointees.

Buckland says that the two
most recent examples of
*‘Bastern patronage’ were the
National Energy Program, in-
troduced by Pierre Trudeau and
Mare LaLonde which funnelled
80 billion Western dollars into
Eastern. pockets, and the reloca-
tion of the $180 billion CF-18
maintenance contract which
transferred 600 potential jobs
from Winnipeg to Montreal.

“Senate reform is crucial to
. regional representation,’ says
Buckland, explaining that the
present system of political
§*life’?
government of the day to what

he calls the ‘‘old boy’s club’? is -

patronage in its worst form. He
says that the Reform Party of
Canada is seeking an elected
Senate based on regional

appointments by the.

populations with veto powers —
similar to- what exists in
Australia and the United States.

Buckland says that his party
envisions an 80 to 100 member
elected senate which fairly rep-
resents Western concerns. He
says that such a system would be
based on population and
senators would be elected to
four year terms. This would
mean there would be about six
senators representing B.C., he
explains.

Buckland spent the past week
“‘on the campaign trail’. He
says he started the week with a
well-attended All Candidates
Forum in Queen Charlotte City
on Nov, | and a similar event in
Masset on the following day.
Thursday, Nov. 3, was a busy
day in Prince Rupert which
began with a “‘rousing’’ All
Candidates Forum at the senior
secondary school in the after-
noon, followed by another spon-
sored by the Prince Rupert
Labour Council at the Perform-
ing Arts Centre that evening.

Last weekend, Buckland says
he met Prince Rupert residents
by mainstreeting in the down-
town core and by making door-
to-door rounds before returning
to Terrace on Sunday for a
meeting with his campaign
manager, Art Goodwin. Mon-
day he participated in a taped
debate at CFTK Television in
Terrace, and Tuesday Buckland
joined other Skeena candidates
for an open line radio show in
Smithers. For the balance of the
weck he says he will be knocking
on doors in various locations in
the riding and meeting with
voters while touring the -down-
town cores of Northwest com-
munities.

Today, Buckland is joining
the four other Skeena candidates
talking to Caledonia Senior Sec-
ondary students,

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; court,

Isaac said he asked for com-
ments from the Department of

Fisheries and Oceans legal -

counsel, and after waiting for
three weeks and receiving no
reply, he dropped the case.

Isaac also mentioned that one
of the defendants, Frank Beban,
died of a heart attack during the
intervening period, and the area
in question has since become a
national park.

All DFO personnel contacted

Terrace Review — Wednesay, Novembs ner

Fulton calls c down Siddon for dropped prosecution —

by the Terrace Review said they
were utider instructions not to
comment on the case.

Fulton is campaigning in Ter-
race today, speaking to
Caledonia Senior Secondary
students, and he’ll travel to

Hazelton tonight. Thursday”
he'll be in the Nass Valley and ©
Kitimat. Friday he goes to
Prince Rupert, Saturday he’ll be
back in Terrace, and Sunday
he'll visit the small communities
on the mainland coast. ,

Brophy targets porn

Tom Brophy, Skeena Chris-
tian Heritage Party (CHP) can-
didate, said that there is much
voter dissatisfaction regarding
the government’s failure to pass
either of its anti-pornography
bills. . ;

“It is obvious that the govern-

. Ment could not stand up to the
pressure of the lobby groups,.in-
cluding the worldwide billion
dollar industry,’’ said Brophy.

“*Canadians are united in their
efforts to protect women and

children from sexual assault, a a

problem that now is present in
nearly every neighborhood,”
says Brophy. He said the CHP
policy states: ‘‘We advocate
stringent criteria and- penalties
pursuant to the import, produc-
tion, sale, and distribution of
obscene materials.”’

Brophy is in Terrace today,
talking to Caledonia Senior Sec-
ondary students, and tonight he
will meet with the Terrace Pro-
Life group.

Legion bartenders Judy Lambright (left) and Lorraine Trask had a busy night last Saturday
during Branch 13’s “Grand Re-Opening” celebrations designed to celebrate their “New

Look” —

recent weeks painting and renovating their building.

the building was filled to capacity by 9 p.m. The Legion spent close to $10,000 in

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