The most difficult decision Kitimat Oil Port Inquiry Commissioner Andrew Thompson may have te make in the next week is the role Kitimat Olt Pipeline Company will take in the formal hearings to be held later this year. At Wednesday afternoon‘s preliminary session in Kitimat, controversy flared over whether the company should have “to fake the lead in "WE WON'T TAKE THE LEAD’ presenting evidence to the inquiry. Company Counsel Francis Saville said that while the oil consortium was prepared to make its findings and its pegpie avaltable to the inquiry, “we do not want fo take the lead.” But Marvin Storrol, counsel for the Kitimat Oll Coalition, the largest group fighting the proposal to locate an oll port in Kitimat, contended that -’the Kitimat. Plpeline Company must in every Instence produce its evidence first.’ Storrel argued that the hearings had come about as a result of the company’s application to the National Energy Soard and that the onus was on Kitimat Qi) Pipeline to justify its position. Following the afternoon session. Or. Thompson con- ceded that ihe role of the pipeline company was of major ; importance, but sald that he wanted te hear more arguments before making a decision. He promised that the issue would be resolved by the end of the preliminary hearings next week. The inquiry was also teld Wednesday that the provincial government's Energy Tran-' sportation Task Force would submit copies of Its documents to the commission. thé herald é THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1977 Serving ierrace, Kitimat, the Hazeltons, Stewart and the Nass TERRACE, B.C. \ CHANNEL 632-4721 369 Guy Centre KITIMAT “DEAL WITH THE FRIENDLY FOLK’ Doucias | REALTY LTD. 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Ferry strike looms — a , But legality | is questioned VANCOUVER (CP) — Li- censed ferry officers will pro- ceed with a sirike today until the British Columbia Labor Re- jations Board rules that it is it- legal, union spokesman Peter Marshall sald Wednesday night. Marshall said the ficensed of- ficers will be represented at a board hearing today, and if the strike is ruled illegal, it will be cancelled, Earller, labor -beard chair- man Paul Weller sald that John Fryer, general secretary of the B.C. Government Employees Union, ‘which represents Il. censed and. unticensed ferry workers, had assured him there would be no walkouf under . terms of.an agreement reached at a meeting Wednesday set ‘up by the board. Marshail replied that If. Fryer “made such a ‘statement, there "Wasa torimunications break: down. Marshall sald that Fryer * was at a union executive meet- ing fate Wednesday which de- cided there would be a strike because the B.C. Ferries Corp. refused to negotiate improve- ments to a concillation report. ‘Fallowing the closed meeting, Weiler said that the board, the ferries corporation and the gov- ernment employes union had agreed that such a strike would be illegal. “We're not making any offi- clal rdling teday,” Weller said Wednesday, “because there’s mw ’ disagreement between the par- © ties about the legallty of the strike vote, “Everybody agrees that ‘a strike can’t be legal right now." NOT AT MEETING Representatives of the 500 of- ficers refused to particlpate in the meeting. ; Licensed officers voted 89 per cent in favor of the strike, and filed 72-hour strike notice Mon- day. Validity of the action was thrown Inte question last week when the labor board ruled that the 500 officers and 2,000 unli- . censed employees, which pre- viously had bargained as sepa- rate components withip the BCGEU, would become the same bargaining unit. Labor Minister Allan’ Wil- llams said in Victoria that the government wauld not order a 90-day cooling-oft period if the officers went on strike, because Acts of press chided OTTAWA (CP) — A special Commons subcommittee wres- tles with *he. final versian of a report on federal prisons today; including whether to use names of Individuals and angry with the press for reporting any names contained In a prelimi- nary draft. At a closed meeting Wednes- - day, Jacques Lavole (PC—Mon- trea! Hochelaga) was to explain to the other subcommittee members how the draft fell Into the hands of reports Tuesday. Lavole sald earlier In.an in-. ferview that he left the docu- ment on a bench outside the Commons on Tuesday, forgot it “and the [ournatists took it.” doahn Reynolds (PC— Burnaby- Richmond Delta) and Stuart Leggatt (NDP—New West- : minster} bath said the privi- leges of the press in Parllament ‘ may be jeopardiz.d as a result. Reynolds said he may ralse a -question of privilege ‘‘against the media" when the Commans meets today. CRITICAL OF REPORTERS He would not confirm the ac- curacy of the report but sald re- porters were ‘totally Irrespons- ible’ In using any names of in- dividuals contained In it. Leggait sald that if Lavoie’s copy,’ makred ‘‘confidentlal,’” was taken by a reporter, mem: bers of the parllameniary press gallery may face a loss of privi- leges. He said he wouldn't comment on the accuracy of the news re- ports but added: “|t’s been my position right along that the subcommittee _ Should not name names.” Leggatt sald about 600 per. sons would have to be named if faults’ found durino a cross: country tuur of .ci.o78 during the winter were assigned to 'n- dividuals. TROUBLES AT MILLHAVEN One chapter in the draft re- port went into details on trou- bled Millhaven penitentiary °5. mues west of Kingston, Ont. The -chapter recommends - thai 54 Canadian penitentiary serv- ice employees, most of them guards at Millhaven, be dis- missed or retired. ARAB AP AR PPR APR PPR EDERAL Weather Yesterday’s temperatures: High 12 Law 3 Today’s temperatures: High 15 Low] Weather Outlook: * Warmer, Sunny with a few cloudy periods the strike would be illegal and sucha ruling can only be made ' ‘in a legal stcike. He said he expected the labor board wauld issue a cease-and-_ - desist order. Marshall said that ihe govern- ment has only angered the offi- cers and has not set the proper atmosphere for negotiations. | -GOVERNMENT WATCHING “The government [5 con-, cerned that the ferry system continues to function,” said Wil- Nams. “It is ‘essential for the tourist industry and the normal flow of commerce between Van- couver Island and the Mainland the Mid and Narth Coasts. “The government cannot stand idly by and allow a strike when there are other avenues.” He said the government fer- ries corporation and. the -nton, would be offered every. fori df. on assistance available under Ais. including. ministry, special mediators and fact-t nding teams. “We will ensure the parties have all the taols they require,’ Williams said.- He sald there was no doubt that the economy and welfare of the province would be af- fected by a ferry.strike. _ The minister said news sto- _ftles of the strike possibility have already had an effect. Williams sald he talked Wednesday with a Victoria ho- tel operator who sald the strike threat has Increased the num- ber of cancelled reservations. ’ Union spokesmen were not available to comment on Wil- liams’ statement, AIR CANADA Low rates are too successful OTTAWA (CP) — Alr Can- ada’s cheap charter fares for flights within Canada have met with such overwhelming re- sponse they've created a public relations headache, say com- pany. officials. The airline is placing ads in | newspapers across the couniry today explaining that all char-. ter seats for this summer and this Christmas season have been sold out, hoping to turn off requests for bookings that have continued ta pour in. TOO SUCCESSFUL “We've been too successful, darn it,’ sald Norm Garwood an Air Canada spokesman. on eetcecnannit etiarheatlatalaaneniestites Robert Edwards, a lawyer for the Attorney General’s department, reveated that the Task Force - made up. of representatives of the Attorney General, the BC Energy Commission, the Environment and Land Use Secretariat, and the ministries of Energy, transport and Communication. and Econemic Development - had been formed fast December following Kitimat Oil Pipeline’s application fo the National Energy Board. Edwards sald that the Task Force had been studying ‘the broad questions of oll movement, on the west coast." Edwards also told the Inquiry -thaf while the provincial government is “not par- ticlpating tosupport or oppose a particular proposal ... we reserve the right to do so.“ ‘He pledged that the province would co-operate In every way possible and that government employees would be available to testify. Over thirty organizations were represented at the preliminary session, which is belng held to determine the timing, scope and procedure for the formal hearings. ; Most of the groups at foday‘s session were opposed to the oll "port proposal. A Kitima? ‘realtor who said he represented the Citizen's Codlition for the Pipeline, was- booed by thase present. . ‘In Kitimaat Village Tuesday, Heber Maitland, tribal chiet, told the commission that British Columbia Indians are putting their fand claims before an-oll port for Kitimat or a Pipeline fo. Edmonton. Commissioner Thompson said he would accept any briefs dealing with Indian land claims, as they pertain to the north coast port, but he Is not ina posilo eem. He saida separate hearing for @ pipeline will be carried out by the National Energy Board and other land claims In the North should be brough. before that hearing in August. . Members.of the indian community said thelr entire way of life could be destroyed SSSR VANCOUVER (CP) — The royal commission investigating British Columbia Railway. will have to consider whether the- continued operation of any por- tion of the railroad's far north- ern extensigns can be justified, commission counsel Martin - Taytor said Wednesday. Taylor told the commission- ers—Mr. Justice Lloyd Mack- enzle, Dave Chapman and Syd Welsh—that they should ask whether the operation of any of the northern routes can be “Jus- tifled by traffle to be anticl- pated fo and from any point up fo the present end of steel.“ Taylor said theee major. de- velopments had affected the rallway since the cammissian’s appointment by Premier Bill Bennett in February: release of new financial data: signing of 6 mew federal-provinclal agree- ment of ‘railroad construction cost-sharing; and an- nounced lay-offs at Railwest, a sub. sidiary freight-car manufac- turing plant. RASS etetetete eterna ha neeeenn teen Tada Oat tahahahaaiastaly! ipeline company plays down r role by a single oll spill In Douglas Channel where the village is located. Thompsen said the purpose of - : the hearing was to find ovt what is at stake and what can be down to protect it. Some members of the com- munity suggesied that the } hearing will be a waste of tlme and money as politicians will trade off Ill effects of the port for benefits reaped by easierners, "That's what they are,’ Thompson sald. ‘‘Tradeoffs. That Is how a pollticlan makes his decisions.’ He sald all they could do was feed Information fo cabinet and twt them Know the hazards and the way people felt about It. One person sald If he could show everyone in B.C. was against the port the government would say the need for oil in Ontario is great so-go ahead. Thompson sald In cases like this H would make if very dif- ficult for the government to make a decision. “This is what makes a country,’ he said. ‘One region respects the wishes of another,’ Thompson, who told. the meeting that much of his background had been In law and energy, said he is an en- vironmentalist and is working with environmental taw. Asked what the government Is doing about environmental faw, he siad If the project: goes ahead, chronic spilis caused by loading ar unloading or dum- ping bilge in water can be dealt with by legislation. Spills caused by grounding or collision are a different matter, he said. Thompson sald he is galng fo . Olfawa May 1) and hopes to announce by the end of the week _what money will be available to finance adversary briefs. He assured the meeting that there Is no doubt that peopie who live on Douglas Channel wil! quallfy for a grant. Formal start. is too early _ Kitimat residents Wednesday got their first opportunity to voice concerns about a proposed oll port Im thier city. At a preliminary hearing of the tederal - inquiry three major particlpanis submitted one common request: postpone the start of formal sessions. Both the Kitimat Ol Coalition and the United Fishermen and Allled Workers Union said the July 31 starting date suggested by commission cousel left in- sufficient time for the preparation of submissions. They asked that formal talks not start until Nov. 14. Archie Patrick, representing ° the Union of 8.C. indian Chiefs, See OSE ana SE ES ALON OA a __ .BCR MAY SHELVE | S EXTENSION NORTH Taylor said he had under- taken to define specific issues now to give guidance to the varlous Interested parties ap- pearing before the com. mission. . "Are the rallway’s rates as high as they tan be without loss of a significant volume of com- pensatory traffilc?'’ Taylor asked. ‘It Is obviously important that no part of the losses ab- sorbed by the public shovtd con- stitute a hidden subsidy ta In- dustries which use the rail- | way." Taylor said the commission should also consider the [ustifl- cation for subsidized industrial transportation in central B.C. The commissioners decided fa continue hearings In Vancouver _ until May 27, Starting June 4, the commission will travel to the communities served by the rallraad, using the B.C. Rall dayliner whenever annie Seabtietes erateteotatateatetata! IN DUEBEC said his group is opposed to any decision belng taken on this or any ather pipeline proposals until Indian land claims are settled. Or. Andrew Thompson, inquiry commissioner, made no tmmediate reply fo the requests, Earlier, he sald one of the Purposes of the preliminary hearing was te obtain suggestions from interested parties on such questions as the location and timing of formal hearings. More than 100 persons, in- cluding representatives of the B.C. government, Kitimat Oil Pipeline Co. Ltd., Trans Mountain Pipeline Co, Ltd, _ trade unions and environmental . ‘groups |” ‘were “present” at “the” afternoon ‘session: ; ea . The meeting opened with 3 a statement fram Or. Thompson, outlining the purpose of the inquiry and appealing to governments, corporate of- ficials and the publle to listen’ with open minds’ to the evidence, Russell J. Anthony, com-. mission counsel, outlined his recommendations on procedure and the funding of participants, and sald his was an independent role and not that of “ the government's lawyer.” The federal government - called the inquiry into the proposal for a deep-sea oll port at Kitimat, connecting with a pipeline ta Edmonton, but will tot be a formal participant in the hearings. Francis Saville, lawyer for Kitimat Oil Pipeline Co, Ltd., which is proposing the port, sald itwas Ottawa's responsibility to present facts related to tanker operations on the B.C. coast, and not the company. Language vigilantes to enforce new law QUEBEC (CP) — If Quebec's proposed language. legislation becomes taw, any firm which provides Inadequate French, service is inviting visits from government inspectors and fines of up to $5,000. IGNORED MEMBERS — GET TRANSCRIPTS ‘VICTORIA (CP) — Tran- scripts of the hearings of the British Columbla tegislature's committee examining the prov- ince’s food industry will be made available to twa MLAs left off the committee. > Len Bawtree ($C—Shuswap), commitiee chairman, sald In a news release Wednesday that “because of the interest shown by the leaders of the Con- servative and Liberal parties in the work of the committee... 1 have asked that Hansard make the transcripts. . . avall- able to them.’ Liberal leader Gordon Gibson and Progressive Conservative 5.5, leader, Scott Wallace were not allowed to sitan the commiltee,; despite unanimous opposition pressure on the government. Neither Gibson nor Wallace were available on Wednesday for comment. ; Bawtree also sald that a pre- liminary list of hearing dates revealed Monday "should hot be considered factual.” : -"The only hearings an- nounced to date are on May 10 and 31 In the Island Hall, Park- sville,* he sald, adding that newspapers in each. area, as well as the consumer and pro. _ ducer organizations, will be no- tifled 30 days prior to any hear- ings, whenever possible, ane etuunanoietaibnat detente - The French language charter will require firms te commu- nicate with their employees, suppliers and customers in French, and will require some of the larger outfits to advertise In French. These and other provisions af- fecting -business will forced by a commission for sur- velllance of the French lan- guage, a government body with the power to summon witnesses and have them testify under path and to seize documents be-. lieved to be incriminating. Any Quebecer complaining about the inadequacy of a cer- fln firm’s French service can set off an investigation. If, on investigation, the com- - mission determines there has been a violation of the language law the commissioners inform the aitorney-general who de- cides whether to press charges. Firms violating the law can be fined between $50 and $1,000 on their first offence, and be- tween $500 and $5,000 for 4 sec: ond infraction. SIMILAR TO OLD LAW Articles in the PQ language bill concerning the survettiance commission ressembte sectlons be an-- of the Official Language Act re- garding inquiries. The government [5 In- troducing the language charter to replace the Officiat Language Act, sametimes known as Bill 22, The wording of most of the. articles in the two laws con- cerning Inquiries is identical and there are only minor changes In others. Bath laws provide for appoint- © ment of Investigation commis. sloners and inspectors, But under the proposed lan:’: guage charter, the Investigators ° only have furisdiction in the section of the law covering the Francisation of businesses, In the old taw,. Investigators could jook Into Francisation » Programs but in addition could | Study contracts to assure that” they conformed to the law. They could also refer com- plaints about preducts which did not meet French-language requirements to the attorney- general and fines up to $5,000 coutd be imposed by the courts, After an irvestigation under the ald law the French Lan- guage Board, composed of nine commissioner's, wauld hold hearings.