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By KEITH ALFORD
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TERRACE—~A ferry service iti Kitimat. ae
and every four. months a’ visit? throughout’ s
the riding, are the two carripaign: promises eh
Socred MLA’ caiididate Joanne Monaghari Ae
is making. -
“With the coming of : the’ ferry servide
P would: be the hotsprings development," -
: Monaghan says, “I’m not: indicating either:
' ‘that: something. cannot: happen: at® the”
|. hotepriigs - before that, but® what? I'm’
P sayling. is that the. entire developmient of.”
: that “whole: hotsprings: area..a@8° an.'.
international. type: situation (depends! ‘on:
the ferry).” ” ;
“If the people : of Skeena.,send me, to.
Victoria, and. the” ‘present, government .
remains in power, that by the time of the:
next the election is called aferry: would be ve
: put ins place in, Kitimat.’ > she clarifies, :: u
Other Monaghan coricerns. also include .-
transportation. She finds it “ironic”! that:

two airlines. serve-the area and theré are... :

only two flights, iit per day. Ste also finds mr
_ it “ironic that. to get to: Edmonton, * ane”?
. portherners ‘must First . fly. ‘south to:
 Vancotver.-- “

She: pledges to continue: to fight for a
Yukon-Kitimat connection, Her’ campaign -
manager Gregg] Lutz points out that means -
paving the existing: Nasa-road completely,

. the first 32 miles. of which are already «
> being done;-
CN upgrading “bas always been one: of

mills: and woods work. |

“changes in’ the school’ a¢t to grant local ’
_ boards more autonomy. “I feel that local
; ‘Boards should set up their own budgets,’”.
«she gays.”
. people: for ‘how they spend the: money,"
Monaghan adds. >

~ She would also like to see a. ‘different

. Painting out that currently the area funded ~
‘- includes front the Queen Charlotte Islands
to Smithers and is the area ‘served by

Northwest Community College, she notes
‘local school boards within that area have
7 different needs. She adds that Terrace has

“does -not as one area of difference,

- When asked for her reactions to Premier
-Bennett's~” recent announcement ‘of.
proposed changes to. labor: regulations to

“ eoutiell.:
‘in_both areas,-1 would not resign, pending *
“how olten‘I-would.be away,” she'says, “it-

a pipeline into Vieloria,””.’

‘that. Sotrhd..cainpalgn
adquatters {rt Victoria? Wants, to: keen
‘sending wp material via ‘Loomis: and. hé

jn cve Rourigmg fs, andber..188 ne Bag
i” gandidate si att for.” The ‘ferry “a i
; hotsprings development would help. that...
area, She also has been working “for well”
over a year” ona. totem trail concept that
would include: the- -historical:, ‘and. Le
atchological sites in’ the. area.
A “basic campaign concept. that I have’ 7
vould be to: create “an. encouraging ..
environment. within’ (the “ riding). where
jobs could -be created: and’ could be a
_ developed," ‘Monaghan Lt a

“The most ‘obvious long term job
situation in our area would be in the field of
natural resources," she" says.: Forestry, . ;
miniig and: industrial processing. are.
included,

“Something I've been trying to fight for,
for ‘a long time would be the industrial
corridor which is coming into its own,” the
Socred nominee says::: ‘She also ~~.
understands ‘‘there is a coal’ development’, ° i
going in by Smithers that would take about"
300 people and that would be tang-term," "
Monaghan says,

According to Lutz, “within the week" :

that,

‘educate them...it’s not really. their fault

‘noticeable with the many Socred cabinet -
ministers that -have visited the. area"

“ situation," he says, ' ” ministers recently

“distances v we're talking about.” .

: Monaghan, who several months | ‘ago .
-, denied ‘that- she would run when’ a |
_. telephone ‘survey of potential: appeal “of
r Socred' candidates was ‘taken, states she

changed her mind the: Monday, before her.
party’s nomination convention. “I had-a
: lot of people coming to see me with their
concerns saying ‘we want a voice in the’
* north’. [had done that alreadyon a-local:
‘level, ‘enjoyed doing it. and I thought,
- yeah, I will.” "

Ve ‘she will be informed of “the final and’
accurate schedule” for the restart of area ,

Monaghan ‘states she would: ‘Took al ~!

-They.have to answer to the.

“funding formula for education budgets. © "

"high. school, busing: costs - while Kitimat o&

allow. unions to form and disband easier, .
Monaghan says, aT nm Still working on that .

There’ is no rule that says that if. she is

- elected: she must resign ‘froin. Kitimat. 4
“If found that I could be active” ”

- radio station.

would-be.an asset because for. the. first” ;
“time ‘Kitimat council would’ have a : direct: wo

Monaghan is .alsg concemed aboiit the no

keeps telling, them it takes three pedays ts do” ‘gen

Monaghan says, “ think vie have’ to!

‘ - they’ re ignorant. ” Lutz says i its even been ©

: -Tecently.: While :“‘it’s - a fly: In, fly: out .

‘foaded it and got some kind of idea‘of the ,

| election campaign,

the same. red -underwear.”?

' At-an NDP. rally Tuesday night iin: Port
Alberni,” an elderly man. suggested to. party -:
leader’ Barrett that Premier Bill Bennett. had.

made the Statement.”
But Barrett: said it was ‘Human ‘Resources

1973 byelection.
W. A. C, Bennett had held: the seat since 1941,
but resigned after the NDP. swept to power in

1972, ending his: 20-year Social Credit: ‘govern:
ment. ;

"Standing in the a7-seat house at dissahiton .

was. Social Credit a, NDP 26.

ra

Relaxed, ‘and: ‘at ease before: his. hometiwn

audience of more than 500; Bennett accused the - . ;
’ NDP .of: organizing . demonstrations” to’. em--
. barrass his overninest, and of using the plight

New. lobbyist. named in Mackasey case —

ked by: reporters and campaign _
ame. under: a bf of an attack Thursday morning —
when he showed up far hi§ open line appearance,on a local.
Not only’ ‘was he shouted at. and. shouted
(see below), but he was pelted

ig
facing them it the May 3 Provincial. :

Who first said: “Dave Barrett’ ™ wear. "7 a
pinstripe suit, but underneath he’s stillwearing

. tee
coh ets pM cA teh 5. ara atte mod OL lnm et shai or omg?

nd Barrett ay over

of: the unemployed. iri its quest for power;
‘In -Nanaimo Wednesday morning, Barrett:;

"said that his. party ‘would Work :co-operatively .'
with, the mining’ industry: ifitiselected. = = «

The ‘former - NDP government : offended

: mining companies wherit brought in a royalty-
- based system of taxation during its three-year

term. .
Barrett, saying there ‘would be no return to

- that system, “also. said ‘the. sparty has been _
. working hard for. three years with the mining ©

‘Minister Grace. ‘McCarthy, “one woman : ‘who ; : industry, a claim disputed by the president of

* will neve see my underwear.” 9. Le
Bentiett got’ into the’act at. his nothination: —
‘meeting. ‘Wednesday hight in Kelowna, saying
* they’ both: were wrong: the’ phrase originated,
"with Seiénce Minister. Pat McGeer. <7.
"AS expected, ‘Bennett,’ who turns 51 today,
was acclaimed ‘Wednesday: hight as the Social -
‘Credit candidate for Okanagan South,‘a seat he’
has held since taking over from his father in a

the.B.C. and. Yukon Chamber. of Mines. _
‘The NDP met. with the Industry:for the first

‘time only. three weeks 80, sald. Richard

Cathro,. < .
Aluncheon speech i in Vancouver to ‘about 0

people at the Mining Exploration Group gave -.

Bennett the opportunity’ before a warmly
receplive.audience to’ respond’ ‘to Barrett's

. mining policy. statement::

“It shouldn't take Th years after: a disaster to
comeup with a mining policy, especially on the

. eveor in the middle of an election campaign,’” 7

“he said.

An Duncan, Barrett said that the NDP would
- be prepared to enter into a ‘joint venture with
_ forestry -Biant MacMillan . Bloedel Ltd. to

construct a new s7-million sawmill tn nearby

‘ Chamainus. |
- We would be brepared to take a ‘percentage
position on an equity ‘basis on Joint Fventurini,”

Gazette’ _ ‘and denied in the

‘by engs thrown by an. ‘unidenitified miscreant in a passing
car. Some af the demonstrators chased the egg-pltcher
away, but not before Berinett took refuge Inside the office.
Bennett, who turned 51: today, travelled to Stewart and:
~ Kitimat this ‘afternoon...

ned shorts

an 1 sigs eres ‘pteiee se yer ecm pele ata
Barrett told reporters and party Supporters at
campaign office,’

‘MacMillan Bloedel announced last month

that i€ was closing. the 56-year-old sawmill,
resulting in the’ permanent layoff of 600 —

workers who had been off the job for 10 months

: when market conditions forced the mill to shut:

last June.
And Barrett. continued to ‘pound the health -

-care issue, telling an evening ‘nominating

meeting in Victoria that ‘Social Credit's con-

’ ~ sideration of means testing for chronic-care

patients. was the most devastating. part of

.. leaked Health Ministry documents. *

Barrett acknowledged Bennett's denials that
the documents are-government pollcy, but said
that .“as recently as March 8, they were con-

. templating such moves,”

He alsa told the 600 people jammed into’ a’
small church hall that an NDP government
would provide $11 million to Victoria, in“ two
equal’ installments by January, 1h for a

convention centre,

Bennett repeated in Vancouver. that “nothing ~

in the (Health Ministry), document is’ our

government’s policy, nothing it it has ever been

_ considered by the minister himself, let alone

cabinet."

And he. repeated his charge that the NDP |s
‘Tunning & éampaign : of fear by - continually
referring . to the.. documents, made. ‘public
Saturday. me,

_ -treal
. president Robert Harrison
said today. _

* Joly, not’ former ‘cabinet.
Minister: Bryce Mackasgey,

was the ~ controversial
lobbyist for a now-bankrupt
Montreal - company, Mon-
‘Board * of Trade

identify the third party:

_ OTTAWA ° (CP) ~~ But there was a “third
' Prominent. Quebec party"’ involved in a $400,000
businessman” ; Christian Joan ‘alleged to have. been

- part of ‘the deal, Harrison -

told... the Commons

privileges and. elections

committee: - “He. did ‘nat

- The committee is in-
vestigating allegations

: published in the Montreal —

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school children, paraded up and down in front of the TK offices this
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Commons: by. Mackasey —

-that the Liberal MP. was a
paid lobbyist-in violation of
federal law. ’

Mackasey has sald he will
resign his seat in the House

if the committee does “not

clear his:name,
“Harrison denied’ under

oath Wednesday that he.
“named Mackasey:.as..the «
‘ lobbyist ‘at a . Montreal
bankruptcy hearing . - Last

fall.

. The allegation, published,

in The Gazette, is ‘absolute
garbage," he said. -

Harrison -testified: today _

there were only two owners
of 105608 Canada Ltd., the

. firm said to have: ‘been:

established ‘to. cover the
identity of the lobbyist hired

to get government contracts °

for Les. Ateliers d'Usinage

Hall Ltee, the now-bankrupt
“company. . ‘

Harrison told the com-
mittee he was:'the fitet .

second. oe

“under ~

However, the board of
‘trade . president ‘admitied
Her ~ questioning”
Liberal MP . Claude-Andre
Lachance that there was a
third party involved in’ the

~by”

- $400,000-loan. -

Lachance, who represents

“the Montreal riding of
‘Rosemont, :

m asked. if. ‘the
mysterious third party had
taken out the loan.

Hostage held -

' SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. (CP) —
“their shifts ata Stelco Inc. plant in this community just east

Workers arriving for

o: Edmonton today had to work around police and reporters
asa hoatage-taking incident which began Wednesday night-

continued.

Plant security called ihe police at about 11:2 Pp. m. local
‘time .Wednesday when a ‘year-old man, wielding a
shotgun, took five people hostage in. a lunchroom at the

“One hostage was released shortly'after they made that

‘phone call with a short-list of demands,” Const. Ray

Boudreau of Sherwood Park RCMP” told reporters at the

plant gate this morning: .

Police established'a cornmunication link with the hostage ;

taker-at about 2 am.

“From that time. there hasn't been any change,”

Boudreau said. “I would have to deseribe the incident as

calm right now. |e

‘We're just. nitting back and walling to: nee what we can

ty"

‘Police would not reveal the demands although | Botidreau
owner ‘and Joly - was - the gat he would not claas ‘any of them a “imposalble to

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