SOCRCD
POLICY
CONFLICTS
WITH
EXISTING
LEGISLATION
Crunch
coming
soon
for
by
NICK
HILLS
Southnm
News
Service
VANCOUVER
-
One
of
the
NDP's
few
monuments
to
good
government
is
In
danger
of
being
torn
down
by
the
new
Social
Credit
administration
of
Premier
Bill
Dennett.
In
fact,
if
the
premier
Is
as
good
as
his
campaign
word,
the
foundations
will
go
and
that
will
almost
certainly
be
equivalent
to
total
destruction
The
matter
at
issue
is
the
preservation
of
farmland.
It
Is
not
that
the
Socreds
don't
want
to
preserve
land
for
farming,
rather
that
they
don't
like
the
way
the
NDP
went
about
it.
But
in
this
case,
a
little
tinkering
would
probably
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Thursday,
April
8,
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CONTINUING
DECLINE
NEWS
ANALYSIS
tlons
of
elected
regional
boards."
All
very
fuzzy",
which
Is
to
be
expected
In
a
political
campaign,
but
very
shortly
the
new
administration
will
have
to
stand
up
and
be
counted
and
the
NDP
may
regret
a
certain
provision
of
the
original
legislation.
At
the
time
the
act
was
Introduced
there
was
considerable
uproar
because
it
did
not
allow
for
proper
appeal
procedures
This
was
changed
and
the
change
applauded
but
the
other
contenious
part
of
the
law
remained,
giving
cabinet
the
final
say
in
The
latest
outbreak
in
B
C.
occurred
at
the
Wiseman
ranch,
25
miles
southwest
of
Burns
Lake.
That
outbreak
has
also
been
traced
to
cattle
sold
from
the
River
Ranch
The
Spahomin
Cattle
Company
and
the
Shulus
Cattle
Company
near
Merrltt,
B
C,
have
lost
another
850
head
to
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BRUCELLOSIS
OUTBREAK
Cattle
disease
hits
Vanderhoof
Britisn
Columbia's
worst
outbreak
of
brucellosis
In
30
years
has
been
traced
to
the
River
Ranch
near
Vanderhoof
The
disease
is
a
bacterial
infection
that
causes
cows
to
abort
their
calves.
Dr
Bill
Seymour,
of
the
federal
health
of
animals
branch
in
Vancouver,
said
in
a
telephone
interview
today
that
the
outbreak
appears
to
be
under
control
TODAY
$evfefc&
bring
down
the
whole
edifice
At
the
moment,
there
Is
well
over
300,000
acres
in
the
Fraser
Valley
which
has
been
'frozen'
through
regulations
of
the
Land
Commission
Act
Virtually
every
single
acre
in
this
preserve
must
go
to
crops
or
grass,
no
matter
how
much
a
developer
might
want
to
build
on
it,
no
matter
how
willing
a
farmer
might
be
to
sell
The
Social
Credit
Party
strongly
opposed
the
legislation
back
in
1973
when
it
was
Introduced
And
significantly,
the
man
who
today
is
agriculture
minister,
Don
Phillips,
was
the
Socred
backbencher
who
led
the
filibuster
against
the
measure
some
three
years
ago
1976
ftsfi
Inflation
rate
trimmed
to
it
He
said
a
"considerable
number"
of
infected
cattle
in
the
province
have
been
traced
to
sales
from
the
River
Ranch.
The
River
Ranch
was
found
to
have
cattle
infected
with
brucellosis
in
December
and
about
1,200
cattle
have
been
slaughtered
there
since
January
Seymour
said
it
has
never
been
determined
where
the
cattle
bought
by
the
River
'A
.A..Achoo!'
Phillips
has
not
been
given
the
land
commission
in
his
portfolio
It
has
gone
instead
to
a
former
radio
'hotliner',
Jim
Nielsen,
who
stunningly
was
made
the
province's
first
environment
minister
even
though
he
admitted
himself
he
knew
little
about
the
environment,
On
top
of
this,
when
Premier
Bennett
was
on
the
campaign
trail
last
fall
he
suggested
he
would
give
the
power
to
designate
farm
land
back
to
regional
authorities.
The
party's
campaign
brochure
said
this-"Prohibit
the
non-agricultural
use
of
farmland
but
make
the
P.C
Land
Commission
responsive
to
the
recommenda-
InCijtizen
OF
FOOD
PRICES
Springtime
and
a
skipping
rope
have
this
fivesome
up
in
the
air.
Erica
Forsberg,
left,
Gordon
Forsberg
and
Trevor
and
Joy
Aubichon
skip
In
unison
while
Travis
Ranch
came
from
because
.of
difficulty
in
back-tracking
sales.
He
said
most
herds
now
under
quarantine
are
in
the
Vanderhoof
region.
Seymour
said
his
department
has
placed
nine
herds
in
that
district
under
quarantine,
representing
about
1,000
head
of
cattle.
Another
60
to
70
herds
have
been
tested
in
the
Cariboo
and
Vanderhoof
regions.
FEATURED
INSIDE
)
College
of
New
Caledonia
student
Bob
Stur-ney
is
only
one
of
the
many
mature
students
who
have
returned
to
school
to
change
their
lives.
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Home
and
Family,
26,
27,
Garden
column,
14,
Nicol
column,
38,
Horoscope,
38,
International,
5,
Local
and
Provincial,
3,
6,
11
,
National,
2,
Sports,
15-17,
Television,
37
NDP's
farmland
freeze
)
many
cases
as
to
what
land
should
be
left
frozen
for
farm
use
only.
If
a
British
Columbia
municipality
or
regional
district
wants
land
excluded
from
the
agricultural
reserve
it
goes
straight
to
the
cabinet
The
cabinet
will
notify
the
land
commission
before
taking
action
so
that
it
can
present
its
views.
All
a
land
developer
has
to
do
to
get
his
case
before
the
cabinet
is
to
convince
a
municipal
council
or
regional
board
The
former
Barrett
government
gave
this
ultimate
Aubichon
cheers
them
Freeman
Street.
Students
favored
Rummer
jobs
for
VICTORIA
(CP)
-Students
will
be
favored
this
year
over
unemployed
adults
for
seasonal
summer
work
in
British
Columbia
Labor
Minister
Allan
Williams
said
Wednesday.
He
said
that
however
many
jobs
are
created,
the
first
choice
will
be
given
to
students.
Asked
if
that
decision
was
not
discriminatory
against
a
young
man
on
unemployment
insurance
but
look
power
to
Trie
cabinet
because
it
was
felt
it
could
withstand
regional,
commercial
and
political
pressures
better
than
an
individual
council
Many
land
experts
agreed
that
local
governments
are
much
more
vulnerable
to
these
pressures.
However,
the
Social
Credit
Party
apparently
felt
If
It
doesn't
still
feel
this
was
another
act
of
Bfg
Government'
that
was
taxing
away
local
and
Individual
initiative
and
responsibility.
There
are
now
at
least
three
cases
that
will
test
the
intentions
of
the
new
government
The
Delta
municipal
council
lJ
on
record
as
wanting
its
entire
secondary
farmland
reserve
excluded
from
con
CltliM
photo
by
Dav
MUno
on
from
the
sidelines
on
ing
summer
work,
Mr
Wil
liams
said
a
"decision
had
to
be
made
somewhere,
and
that's
the
decision
we
made."
He
insisted
that
all
the
funds
available
for
temporary
or
seasons
staff
would
not
necessarily
be
spent
on
students.
Last
year
the
government
earmarked
$20
million
in
extra
funds
to
permit
various
government
departments
and
businesses
to
hire
almost
14,000
students.
THE
WEATHER")
A
series
of
weather
disturbances
moving
into
the
Central
Interior
today
were
expected
to
bring
clouds
and
a
few
rain
showers
to
Prince
George
The
weatherman
predicted
clouds
with
sunny
periods
for
Friday
The
high
today
and
Friday,
15C
the
low
tonight,
1C
Wednesday's
high
was
15C,
the
overnight
low
was
-3C
The
high
for
April
8,
1975
was
10C,
the
low
was
-8C
Temperatures
page
2
trols.
That's
about
14,000
acres
or
40
per
cent
of
agricultural
land
In
the
Delta
reserve
In
Richmond,
council
Is
supporting
a
controversial
application
for
a
450-acre
industrial
park
on
farmland
The
land
commission
has
advised
the
Bennett
government
to
stand
firm,
but
it
will
be
up
to
the
cabinet.
In
the
Fraser
Valley,
the
municipality
of
Chilliwack
is
drawing
up
a
long-range
plan
to
deal
with
a
six
per
cent
growth
rate
and
provide
for
a
population
increase
from
38,000
to
as
high
as
90,000
Planner
Dick
I
lay
ward
says
the
area
has
no
place
to
grow
except
onto
farmland
The
NDP
has
been
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OTTAWA
(CP)
A
continuing
decline
in
food
prices
held
the
rise
in
the
consumer
price
index
the
most
widely-used
measure
of
inflation
to
four-tenths
of
one
per
cent
during
March,
Statistics
Canada
said
today
The
increase
in
the
cost
of
living
as
measured
by
the
index
was
nine
per
cent
for
the
12
months
to
March.
This
was
the
smallest
rise
for
any
12-month
period
since
January,
1974
more
than
two
years
ago
when
it
was
also
nine
per
cent
The
March
index
rose
primarily
because
of
higher
costs
for
owning
or
renting
a
home
and
for
transportation.
Prices
for
clothing
and
appliances
were
also
up
The
agency
also
singled
out
increased
electricity
rates
and
local
transit
fares
in
some
Ontario
centres
and
higher
automobile
insurance
rates
in
some
western
provinces.
Food
prices
were
down
in
March
for
the
fourth
successive
month
and
this
was
again
attributed
primarily
to
meat
products
Beef
prices
declined
6
1
per
cent
and
pork
prices
dropped
1
9
per
cent
last
month.
Prices
for
fresh
vegetables
and
soft
drinks
for
home
consumption
also
were
down
notably
Partly
offsetting
these
declines
were
increased
prices
for
poultry,
fresh
fruit
and
restaurant
meals.
Food
prices
account
for
a
major
portion
of
average
household
expenses
measured
by
the
consumer
price
Index
and
were
largely
responsible
for
pushing
inflation
rates
into
double-digit
ranges
in
the
last
two
years.
The
decline
in
food
prices
also
has
been
largely
responsible
for
the
recent
moderation
in
the
over-all
index,
which
has
posted
12-month
rises
of
less
than
10
per
cent
for
four
successive
months.
The
index
rose
10
8
per
cent
for
the
full
year
of
1975.
The
government
has
so
far
refrained
from
attributing
the
over-all
moderation
to
its
selective
wage
and
price
control
program
introduced
last
Oct.
14
However,
the
anti-inflation
board
which
maintains
its
own
food
price
monitoring
system
last
week
claimed
some
credit
for
lower
food
prices.
The
board
said
domestic
supplies
and
international
markets
were
Important
factors
but
added
there
was
evidence
that
consumers
have
benefitted
from
compliance
by
food
companies
with
price
and
profit
regulations.
The
controls
program
does
not
control
food
prices
at
the
farm
level
but
large
processors
and
distributors
and
bound
by
the
price
and
profit
rules
.
Much
of
the
decline
in
food
prices
follows
strong
price
gains
last
year
Pork
prices,
for
example,
were
at
record
high
levels
late
last
year,
Statistics
Canada
said
the
consumer
price
index
in
March
would
have
increased
eighttenths
of
one
per
cent
instead
of
the
actual
four-tenths
if
food
prices
had
been
excluded
The
over-all
index
lauded,
and
rightly
so,
for
its
agricultural
policies
because
It
not
only
sought
to
protect
the
four
per
cent
of
land
in
B.C
which
is
arable,
but
also
introduced
guaranteed
Income
programs
to
keep
the
farmers
on
the
land
What
the
Barrett
government
didn't
do
was
seriously
reduce
the
financial
problems
of
local
governments.
This
meant
that
pressure
to
develop
land,
and
collect
increased
taxes,
simply
grew
In
this
time
of
austerity
it
is
unlikely
that
the
Bennett
government
will
be
able
to
do
much
financially
for
the
municipalities
right
away
so
the
pressure
to
chip
away
at
the
agricultural
reserve
will
intensify
15
if
British
Columbia
m:
Price
index
OTTAWA
(CPI
-
March
con
sumer
price
index
compared
with
January
and
a
year
ago
CONSL'MLR
PRICE
INDEX
Mar
Fro.
Mar
1978
1976
1979
All
items
146
2
143
6
134
1
Food
25
165
I
166
3
154
7
Housing
31
144
I
143
3
129
6
Clothing
11
130
3
128
9
124
2
Transportation
IS
140
R
139
0
124
3
Health,
pnl
care
S
141
0
140
7
123
4
Recreation,
reading
7
133
7
133
0
123
Tobacco,
alcohol
6
129
2
128
S
122
4
Figures
after
group
indicate
their
percentage
weign
in
all
Items
.ndex
Oil
company's
hike
cut
back
OTTAWA
(CP)
-
The
federal
anti-inflation
board
has
cut
a
petroleum
products
price
increase
sought
by
Canada's
largest
oil
company,
but
will
allow
a
one-cent-a-gallon
increase
in
the
wholesale
price
of
gasoline
and
home
heating
fuel,
a
board
source
said
today.
Imperial
Oil
Ltd.
of
Toronto
had
sought
a
per-gallon
increase
of
1
5
cents
to
cover
the
increase
in
refining
and
marketing
costs
over
the
last
year,
but
the
board
decided
this
was
not
justified,
the
source
said
The
one-cent-a-gallon
increase
allowed
would
apply
to
all
petroleum
products
at
the
wholesale
level.
It
was
not
clear
when
it
would
take
effect
If
the
increase
in
retail
prices
is
held
to
one
cent
a
gallon,
the
jump
would
add
about
$10
a
year
to
an
average
heating
bill
and
$7
to
an
average
annual
gasoline
bill
This
estimate
is
based
on
previous
government
figures
for
national
average
consumption,
and
would
vary
in
different
parts
of
the
country
(NOW
HEAR
THIS)
Everyone
knows
riding
a
bicycle
at
night
without
a
light
is
dangerous
everyone
except
young
toddlers.
A
passer-by
found
a
young
girl
about
four
years
old
was
riding
here
tricycle
down
the
middle
lane
of
17th
Avenue
Wednesday.
She
said
her
parents
told
her
lo
go
out
and
play.
Former
Attorney-General
Robert
Bonner
will
not
attend
this
weekend's
meeting
of
the
Cariboo
Bar
Association's
25th
anniversary,
nor
will
the
present
A.G.
Garde
Gardom.
However,
quite
a
few
former
Prince
George
lawyers
turned
judges
will
Among
them
will
be
Ross
Simpson,
Ray
Cullmane,
Les
Cashman,
Bill
Ferry,
Charlie
Morrow
and
Russ
Kennedy