AG - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 1, 1993 UL Ati ee SU BUSINESS .EVIEW Code dismissed as sham Giants will _ still control THE FOREST Practices Code is simply a public relations ploy and - will do nothing to improve-of the industry's small operators. : That was the charge’ levelled. by :¢ Kaeleen Bruce’ # she staged a one-woman demonstration at last week's open” “howe: on | the ‘pro- posed code...’ In announcing the. ‘proposed legislation, the provincial ‘govern- ment emphasized” the. increased enforcement: of « logging. regula- tions that would’ follow. its enact- Ment. oe. But Bruce predicted it will be only smail* businesses ‘who’ will feel the cffect, the ‘regulations being applied more stringently to - them than .the-big companies, “itll be business as usual,” she maintained, .:charging: the- Forest ministry and big: compani¢s were in league with.cach other -<° Why, for example,.cid small } logging companies. haye to ‘pay, ’-. triple the stumpage. rates: of ‘the. forestry plants? Bruce also painted ta the exam- ple of Orenda and -its: northern forest licence. - That had .been gianted on. the understanding. Orenda.” would build a milling operation, Suggesting. that mill will never materialize, she noted: in . the meantime the company. had. te- corded a. $1,4:. million. profit gained in: part from. exporting logs from that licence. - She said the Forésis ministry should be actively encouraging forestry small businesses: Psiority in allocating cutting - rights should also‘ go:to those'log- ging operations which had the ex- perlise to log in.an environmen- tally sensitive fashion. And comminities should have a their area should be used, However, she said the provin- cial government did not have the political will to change the status: - quo. The provincial govern- ment does not have the political will to change the ‘Status quo, — Bruce also used the open house “aS an opportunity to make public _ the. 10-year battle cher. husband’ has had. with the Forest Service, . " one'she said had brought the fam- ily to the brink of financial'ruln, - é st ndash Ut FOR THE BIG ap PoweRr PMUTHER FOR SHALL BUSIHIESS '- trying to make an honest living,” geid karslnghand had been Bruce suid, 9p. Changing the \ we Maflage i forests, Tou gh elcome charged with ‘trespass and: fined triple the stumpage value of the trees he, had felted. , : The dispute basically. revolved around the site the trees had come - from, the Forest Service ‘claiming one’ ‘ thing ..and Bruce « ‘insisting they. were wrong. " Because of the dispute, the fine had gone unpaid and the ministry had therefore put a tien on ‘the Bruce’s home. . Protesting what she. déseribed as abusive treatment over, the matter, she said the bureaucrats i in the Forest Service Had no 'concept Of the, realities faced by. small businesses operating in the bush. “They (small operators) are just “AA” CELL §'C” CEI 10- 49 4- 99 At PKG. e1s-10 3? PKG 329 PRG, 299 FEL} 8H 4 LIFETIME GUARANTEE ee pe. Professional fo. 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