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“ rental:. fees) ‘applied to “the

Critica! Industries Commission

to get better rates? What we're.
talking about is electrical rates.

‘We have a program to make our
“mines and our forest companies

— where there’s a partnership
of labour, the local community

and management: and govern:

ment working together. — com-
petitive. And one of the things
-we put.on the table: is hydro:

And they can t say that’s a pro-

blem.

BEYER: The Critical Industries
“commissioner,.. you. say, will
_ definitely look at any mine that

can say ‘‘we have touble.’’.

BENNETT: What they’ve got

to do is bring about.a partner-

ship, because the resolution is
- not just government. It’s not a
handout. It’s labor. and
-management,:. and: we. have a

“numberof successful conclu-»

sions that have done that.

= . We’ve got the Granisle Mine,

we’ve got Brenda Mine, we’ve
got -Victoria. Plywood. What
--they’ve got.to do is get together
and say, let’s be part of the

~ solution. It’s a partnership and

“it’s. working... Some of them
« have been hesitant to apply, but.
“-T-know: that” we're on the right
track.

BEYER: I'll tell them that.

BENNET: Sure.

” BEYER: Speaking of ‘power, = wind-mills and what they call”
that
came. on’ at: high” prices. They |

-what about site chy Ol ae

| BENNETT: Site ous is:'a:pro-/
“ject that: takes” advantage. af: .
~ BEYER: Are negotiations ‘with
_-on the Peace River. It takes ad-»
_ vantage of the Bennett Dam and
“Williston Lake. The engineering
-with™

ED ‘water storage already developed

~“has‘been done, the publi¢ hear-

- Wwe. were’ coming | in’ ‘toa surplus

: Sot

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ings have been held: The only.
“qualification was. “markets, as.

of our’ own energy. which we e

bas

“+ Dining Room: Suites

BEYER:: Some © people have
‘warned -that if we develop Site

we’re going to sell a lot:
cheaper to the U.S. than we
charge our own people here...

BENNETT: No, that’s nutty,
and. the. people.-who ‘say. that

-don’t understand the values in
“the marketplace down. there.

We would sell at much higher
prices into. their system. “What
we would. do: is get. them to
finance our dam-which would
be there forever. I mean, they
are permanent fixtures. .They
give us flood control; they give
us fresh water. sporting; they
give us power. It’s the cleanest,
most. acceptable
energy. It doesn’t create. acid

- rain; it doesn’t create the fear of »
nuclear disaster. If we can get -

them:to pay. the type of money.

~ which allows us to bring on Site
a One early, we can bill:them.ina °

time frame. which we. need: to

continue to provide construc-—
-tion ‘jobs. And the public will
get more attractive prices for.
their hydro. That’s the only way -
If we had to
finance Site ‘‘C’’ as part of the.

you can do: it.

power pool, only again dividing

power in. B.C. at the rate we.
‘charge the people, it would be...
very difficult. And we.can’t go.

for some of the nutty proposals 7

that-haven’t worked elsewhere.
California is trying to get out of

co-generation — projects

became tax dodges. ©

‘California i in progress now?

vindow of opportunity.

a eo erale

(electricity) ©

source. of |

’ BEYER: Noure a

BENNETT: |
BENNETT: Well, sure, listen, ro.
started. (talking): over a year ago’ *
the” California ‘utilities.
-They’ve . been holding’ public.

‘hearings in the State, an.evalua-" ©
‘tion of, the power needs over thes:
next | five, -10,°20, where it would a
be: generated. “Now? we. have. au

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- VALUE Where else but

tation to the ambassador. of the
U.S..and I have an argument I
think he’ll have a difficult time
answering... You. talked about

free access of trade, of products ©

going back and forth across the
border. That’s where. we count
on the highway. system and the
railway system to. deliver™ the
products. Now, how can you

through a federal authority, the

Bonneville Power Administra-
tion, refuse to carry a product
for which. we
already havea short-term con-
tract with Los Angeles Power
Light, and you’re refusing to let
it. go. through. your... carrier,

which happens to be a hydro.

line? How can you refuse that?
What would you say if we said
we don’t want. American pro-

ducts coming in to compete with:
‘what we produce and. we won’t

let. them travel. on our. roads?
New Brunswick sells power to

‘the U.S. Quebec, is selling not
‘only their‘own power, but New-.

foundalnd power. Ontario sells
power. Manitoba signed a con-

_tract-to sell power. We want the |

‘same opportunity. ;
s00d
salesman

BENNETT: I’m not a good
- salesman.

You just have to
know . what you’re. talking

about: Not :all- our politicians :

know what their talking about.
BEYER: I have one more ques:
tion. Guess what?) °
BENNETT: ‘What?
“BEYER: When are you going to
call the election?
‘it’s: not on: my

* greater

ee an ne aaa

We’re in’ a- second. year. of
growth. The growth of the pro-
vincial economy this year will be
higher than the finance minister

predicted in his budget. We fac-.

ed. the international! : recession.

We. did what had'to be done. It™.

was a tough thing to have to do.
It was the right thing, and we’re
earning the dividends now. We

could not have cut taxes if. we ©

handn’t made these tough deci-
sions.

BEYER: That’s a speech, not a
answer to my question.
BENNETT: Those who work in
the system, ‘their. jobs are
secure. We’ve made the adjust-
ment and now we are in a period

of having an affordable public -

service. We. can make sure that
all the dollars go to services and

not. to: more people than we -

need. to deliver them, or to. un-
due salary increases.

BEYER: So what’s that got to
do with my question?

BENNETT:. That’s.-got

everything to do with it, because

every day, every week, every
month and-:every year, as we

“move along ‘now, there’re peo-

ple who understand that better,
and -I think: they’ll have. even
confidence in the
government: Time has. proven
us right. Time has proven us
correct. Retrospectively, people
will say. that we had courage. If
I wait until 1988 we might geta

: sweep. . F
BEYER: ‘Thank you ‘Mr.

. Premier.

“ BENNETT: | “We “might

: every seat.

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