March 7.1072 Sto -the other press Management Authority threatens valleys J.L. Stezves - The establishme it of a Surrey Agricultural Management Authority conflicts with the legal powers of several provin- cial departments and also threatens to put an end to hunting and fishing in the Nicomekl and Serpentine Val- leys claims Dr. Barry Leach, Director of the Institute of Environmental Studies at Douglas College. As a result, a public workshop on land-use will be held ‘at the Douglas College Surrey Cam- pus, March 19, to discuss the problem. Speakers will include former Land commissioner Dr. V.C. Brink; representatives of re- |source management depart- ments of government; S.P.E.C.; the B.C. Sports and Wildlife Federations and the Federation of B.C. Naturalists; Burnaby Alderman Alan Emmott, Chairman of the G.V.R.D. Plan- ning Committee; Surrey Alder- man Gary Watkins; and the chief critic of the multiple-use of farmland, Land Commissioner Mac Singh. B.C. Wildlife Federation spokesman, Will Paulik, stated that after years of neglect, the |) shores, rivers and wetlands of the Lower Fraser Valley are at last receivisng attention from the resource management agencies of government. ‘‘So it is most disappointing to hear the farmers criticizing the Study of Serpentine - Nicomekl Riv- ers,’’ he stated. Paulik added ‘‘Furthermore, it casts doubt upon the future of the provincial - municipal agreements for hunting in the Lower Mainland. These have improved the situation in recent years by providing for closer liaison between hunters and land-owners. ‘*Similarly, the Federal Sal- mon Enhancément Program to revive the declining fish popu- lations of neglected rivers and streams will suffer a serious set-back if the municipality of Surrey sets a precedent by rejecting the conservation of rivers in the Agricultural Land Reserve,’’ Paulik stated. “‘If the Agricultural Land Reserve can accomodate golf courses, race tracks and packing plants, surely there is a place for fish in the rivers and birds on the land. The municipal policy seems to be a shift away from the conservation benefits of the Land Commission Act,’’ he added. Similar concerns were ex- pressed by Dr. Leach: ‘There is considerable public hope that ‘suitable rural areas of the Lower Mainland will somehow be pre- served in a fairly natural state for recreational purposes in the future. This is implied in parts of the G.V.R.D.’s Open Space Policy. “However, it is already clear that we cannot rely upon the Land Commission Act to meet the future need for recreational land. In fact’’, Leach stated, ‘*by reducing the area available for urban development, the Land Commission Act has put great pressure on the remaining natural areas in the Lower Mainland. ‘‘The foreshore and river marshes have been the subject of housing plans, notable at Ladner Marsh and Garry Point. Similarly, proposals for devel- opments at Green Timbers, Burns Bog and Surrey Bend, for marinas at White Rock and Crescent Beach and for an airpport at Boundary Bay, have all added to the fear that if action is not taken soon to preserve some natural areas, there will be few truly rural areas left in the Lower Mainland outside of the Agricultural Land Reserves. ‘The answer to this problem lies in the provision of conser- vancies’’ Leach asserted. ‘‘The last Throne Speech announced that legislation for green belts would be forthcoming, and if it provides the means for preser- ° ving and managing conservan- cies in the Fraser Valley, such legislation will certainly be most timely.” For further details about the Land Use Workshop at the ' college, call admissions at Douglas College-588-6404. Conservative denounces summer work scheme OTTAWA (CUP)--The govern- ment’s summer employment projects are ‘‘ludicrous,”’ ‘‘bits and pieces’' and ‘‘band-aid"’ attempts to deal with the grow- ing youth unemployment, Con- servative spokesperson on youth, Paul Dick (Lanark-Ren- frew-Carleton) said in the House of Commons Feb. 25. Dick said the young people he has talked to don't want these kind of projects. ‘‘I have found out. from the limited exposure I have had, that they do not want more OFY, Young Canada * Works or LIP-type opportunit-, ies. He criticized the govern- ment’s handling of its student unemployment survey which it cancelled and then reinstated, and questioned the value of the manpower centres of universit- ies. Young Canada Works announced OTTAWA (CUP)--The Young Canada Works program will receive $26 million from the federal government to create an expected 21,000 summer jobs manpower and immigration minister Bud Cullen announced Feb. 24. : According to government re- ports all constituencies will receive a minimum of $25,000 ~ and those with a surplus labor force of over ten per cent in the under 25 ase group will receive ' more money. The government listed the provincial allocations as follows: Newfoundland $1,392,000; Prince Edward Island $149,000; Nova Scotia $1,605,000; New Brunswick $1,338,000; Quebec $9,161,000; Ontario $6,219,000; Manitoba $802,000; Saskatch- ewan $548,000; Alberta $617, 000; British Columbia $3,925, 000; North West Territories $156,000; Yukon $88,000. *‘Expanding the manpower network on university campuses may not be a wise expenditure of money, because obviously the vast majority of students do not find the manppower office to be the best place.to go when looking for a job,’’ Dick said. He said Young Canada Works Program ‘‘does not attack the real problem of future unem- ployment in this country. ‘They (young. people) no longer want government hand- outs in 14-week programs. Those things are just a sop. They want something which is meaningful to the productivity and betterment of our country,”’ he said. Dick made his com- ments in a speech on the debate on UIC changes. In an interview Dick labelled the Young Canada Works pro- gram “‘a hell of a lot of waste of money."’ He said students and non-students are seeking mean- ingful jobs but as long as projects such as Young Canada Works are around they'll use them. Dick says he is still paying off his student loan. He has 14 more months to pay. a a ce Se aS a a at Me aap es ee eet | Unused Douglas Calloge as — sign in me Press ae Student radio rejected Involvement with a proposed province-wide student radio network, based at Langara cam- pus of Vancouver Community College, was rejected today by Douglas College Student Coun- cil chairman Ray Harris ‘‘at least for this semester,’’ becau- se of budget restrictions. Student Council had planned to meet with representatives of College Network of British Col- umbia and representatives of Radio Simon Fraser University this month to discuss the plan. Radio CSFU opposes the Lan- gara plan, and is conducting a feasibility study concerning an FM license for a student radio station. ; CNBC co-ordinator Michael Shaw said today he was dissap- pointed that Douglas College can’t afford imm‘ediate involve- ment, and that network trans- mission lines would have to be re-routed. CNBC would be transmitted through a semi-equalized, 5 kilhert phone line. Both the King Edward cam- pus of VCC and Vancouver City College have agreed to join the network, Shaw said. CSFU opposes the network, claiming that CNBC is playing “‘pretend radio’’, and CNBC opposes an FM station because it would mean compliance with regulations set down by the Canadian Radio and Television Commission. CRTC pulls plug WINNIPEG (CUP)--The Canad- ian Radio-Television Commis- sion (CRTC) has turned down & request from the University of Manitoba student radio station, - CJUM-FM, to relax commission restrictions on the station’s advertising. The CRTC said Feb. 16 that it refused the request because a relaxation ‘‘would not resolve the licensees difficulties as des- cribed at the hearings and would not be consistent with the objectives for student radio.”’ The station has had difficulty obtaining advertising revenue because, when it first received a license in 1975, it was restricted to institutional advertising un- der which it could include only the name of the sponsor and the products or services it provided. It could not mention the price, quality, convenience durability or desirability of the products. As well, only four minutes per hour could be alloted to com- mercials and only six commer- cials per hour were allowed. CJUM president Jim Mattick said he was ‘‘stunned’’ with the ruling because the panel at the Feb. 1 hearing seemed very interested in the problem. “I just couldn't believe it,’’ he said. ‘‘You just couldn't predict it from the way they were talking to us. Mattick said he is bitter about the ruling. “‘This is the kind of programming we want. It’s difficult to sell even under the best of circumstances and then they give a license that makes it impossible. Try selling without mentioning brand names--it’s hard.”’ Disagreeing with the com- mission’s view that relaxing the restrictions would not have re- solved the station’s difficulties, Mattick said the relaxation would have brought in enough extra revenue to encourage the student council to give CJUM a two-dollar-per-hour-student loan. According to John Hilton, chairperson of the commission | panel, the objectives for student radio include restricted com- mercial activity because com- petitive pressures of the mar- ketplace influence program- ming. Quoting from the original decision to give CJUM a license, he said, ‘‘truly alternative forms of programming can best be achieved and maintained through financing other than from the sale of air time.’’ But, says Mattick, decreased com- mercial activity doesn’t make CJUM more free of advertising | ‘influer ce. 1 { | {