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THE CITIZEN, Prince George — Friday, May 6, 1977 — 7 Berger to unveil long-awaited gas pipeline study OTTAWA (CP) — The first move in what is expected to making it the biggest single engineering project by private The Committee for Justice and Liberty Foundation, staff agreed that any pipeline within that time would be be a long, hot summer battle over proposals for a northern industry in Canadian history. which last year successfully challenged in the courts the detrimental to the native groups. natural gas pipeline comes Monday with release of the The federal government is under pressure to give quick right of NEB chairman Marshall Crowe to take part in the The federal regulatory agency has been holding an in­ Berger report on its impact on the North. approval to one of the competing pipeline proposals—both hearings, has reserved the right to challenge the entire quiry parallel to the Berger hearings, with emphasis on Mr. Justice Thomas Berger of the British Columbia Sup­ from the petroleum companies that own the gas and by the three-man committe now hearing the case. technical and financial aspects of the proposals. reme Court, appointed in 1974 to undertake the pipeline U.S. government, who want to get the Alaska gas to Although he does not have the right to say either yes or no The public battling over whether the pipeline should be inquiry, will give the government his findings on the likely energy-hungry U.S. markets. to a pipeline, the report of the two-year study by Berger is built and, if it is, which of the two competing applications social, economic and environmental impact of a pipeline in But native groups in the Northwest Territories want attracting wide interest. gets the bonanza likely won’t stop with the inquiry reports. the North. He also will recommend conditions to be placed their long-standing land claims settled first. Other groups Rightly or wrongly, the native groups feel the judge is Government is considering referring both the Berger on any pipeline approval. oppose a pipeline on various grounds, including potential sympathetic to their cause. and the energy board recommendations to a Commons The proposed pipeline along the Mackenzie River valley danger to the northern environment. ✓ They have been calling for a delay of 10 to 15 years after committee for study during the summer. Ottawa plans to in the western Arctic would be designed to bring to U.S. and Berger’s terms of reference don’t give him the right to settlement of land claims before allowing a pipeline to go make a ruling on a pipeline before Sept. 1 to fit in with the Canadian markets the natural gas discovered during the say whether or not a multi-billion pipeline should be built. ahead, saying that otherwise they won’t be ready for the U.S. decision-making process. last nine years in northern Alaska and in the Mackenzie That decisin will be made by the federal cabinet later in the . change and their traditional way of life will be destroyed. And the possibility of court challenges also exists. The Delta. summer, after it receives another batch of recommenda­ But other northerners say a pipeline project is needed Canadian Wildlife Federation last week questioned the Depending on which project, if any, is selected, the line tions, probably around July 1, from the National Energy sooner to combat chronic northern unemployment. right of the board to make any rulingon the pipeline, saying could be up to 2,400 miles long and cost up to $9 billion, Board. In a preliminary report last fall, the Berger commission it has not heard all the pertinent evidence. The nation STEELWORKERS' QUEBEC POLICY New techniques11,0 Citizen BRIEFLY V_ --------------- / to curb delays? Separation right backed tees with a full voice in all as­ OTTAWA (CP) - Making specialized courts such as the WINNIPEG (CP) — While tions without fear of reprisals PW A linked N a t i o n a l pects of the plans, including the wheels of justice roll faster unified family courts to handle most Canadians wish to main­ or loss of earnings. takes more than appointing the increasingly complex tain the political unity of That right should be guaran­ investment decisions. to Transair additional judges and building cases of modern society. Canada, Quebec has the right teed in federal and provincial The steelworkers proposed new courthouses, Justice to determine its own political laws. establishing a central fund, fi­ takeover bid Eldon Woolliams, Progres­ destiny, the United Steelwor­ nanced by all pension plans, to Minister Ron Basford said The steelworkers also called WINNIPEG (CP) - The sive Conservative justice cri­ kers of America said Thurs­ guarantee payment of benefits Thursday. The federal and G o v7! gives help for major improvements in the even if an employer goes out of announcement that negotia­ provincial governments are tic, said Ottawa should press day. tions are under way for the sale provinces to enforce child A resolution adopted by 356 administration of pension business. looking at new techniques to plans and passed a resolution Joe Morris, president of the of majority control of Transair cope with “ the problem of maintenance orders from delegates to the steelworkers’ has touched off renewed specu- other provinces. to luxury hotels' Canadian policy convention calling for the indexing of all 2.3-million-member Canadian growing case loads and con­ pensions to reflect increases in Labor Congress (CLC), told lation that the potential OTTAWA (CP) - Urban luxurious Quai d’Orsay hotel in said the election last sequent delays in justice,” That would help prevent the cost of living. delegates the Canadian labor purchaser is Pacific Western Affairs Minister Andre Ouellet Ottawa recently went into November of the Parti Basford said in the Commons. men from skipping out on movement “is fragmented and Airlines, owned by the Alberta resisted demands Thursday foreclosure, revealing that the Quebecois “precludes a return Some provinces are experi­ court-ordered maintenance of Unions should be rep­ weak with no real collective government. for legislation preventing federal housing agency had to the former status quo.” menting with “ modern man­ their children by moving to resented on pension commit­ power.” The Winnipeg-based regio- further federal assistance for insured a $2.3-million mor-. agement techniques in the ope­ another province. The steelworkers, with ional carrier was granted a what opposition MPs termed tgage on the building. 197,000 Canadian members, trading halt on the Toronto ration of their courts designed to provide a better case flow,” “luxury hotels.” Ouellet questioned the said they support the objective Stock Exchange on Thursday Ouellet told the Commons opposition description of the he said. of negotiations between because holders of more than T i s s u e social welfare committee that hotels as luxury accommoda­ Quebec and the rest of Canada 50 per cent of outstanding Also being considered were federal guarantees of $57.9 tion. CMHC can lend only up “to determine the future rela­ shares are negotiating sale of revised procedures in civil and s a m p l e s million in loans for 11 hotels to $15,000 a unit for hosteltionship between the two N G 0 their holdings to an unnamed criminal cases to cut down on cost the taxpayer nothing and, rooms—not luxury standards, founding peoples of our coun­ buyer for $1.75 a share. the length of preliminary ' n o t l o s t ' in fact, yielded money in mort­ he said. try.” EVERY FRIDAY NITE The announcement said inquiries used to determine gage fees. But CMHC officials said “Whatever the outcome of further details would be with­ whether there is enough evi­ OTTAWA (CP) — It was con­ But Conservative and New later that builders can get . a t the firmed Thursday that brain such... negotiations, the ties of held until next week because dence to warrant commiting Democratic MPs said the mort­ additional money from other solidarity between Frenchand an accused to trial. tissue samples from five north­ FRIENDSHIP CENTRE negotiations are incomplete. gage guarantees go against sources and build luxury units. English-speaking workers Basford was speaking on his western Ontario Indians, Transair was trading the spirit of legislation allow­ The 11 hotels involved must continue to grow.” 1226-4th Ave. bill, later approved in princi­ needed for mercury poisoning unchanged at $1.80 at the time ing the Central Mortgage and included two in Ottawa, one in Only a handful of delegates ple, to amend the Judges Act analysis, were damaged by of the announcement. The air­ Housing Corp. (CMHC) to Hull, Que., two in Montreal, voted against the motion fol­ to permit appointment of 15 freezing, but Ontario’s chief Time: 7:30 p.m . line has slightly more than insure loans for hostel and dor­ four in Toronto, one in Van­ lowing a debate conducted en­ judges to unified family courts coroner said nothing has been three million shares outstand­ mitory accommodation for couver and one in Victoria. tirely in English. planned as pilot projects in lost. ing. such people as students and the Whiteway repeatedly pres­ Jean Gerin-Lajoie, a suppor­ 20 GAMES Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatch­ Trading resumed today. Dr. H.B. Cotnam said in a elderly. sed Ouellet on whether the ter of Quebec independence ALL CASH PRIZcS ewan and Newfoundland. The telephone interview from Said New Democratic hous­ minister considers insuring and a director of the union’s bill also increases the salaries Toronto that the samples were ing critic John Gilbert: “I loans for hotels a proper func­ Quebec and Atlantic region, PM cleared of federally-appointed judges frozen, limiting their useful­ think most Canadians are tion for CMHC.

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