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ATTENTION
ALL UFAWU FISHERMEN
MARINE FUEL REBATE
All commercial fishermen who are members in good standing of the UFAWU may be eligible to receive a rebate on purchases of marine fuel including gas, diesel and stove oil.
Esso, Gulf, Chevron and Shell have agreed to give an annual rebate to union fishermen of approximately five cents per litre or 23 cents per gallon for all purchases.
• Ask for two copies of the invoice at the time of purchase. (One copy for your own income tax purposes and one copy to be forwarded to the Union Hall for the rebate.) Otherwise a charge for photocopying may be necessary.
• Save all of your invoices and at the end of the season send them to the Fishermen's Hall at 138 East Cordova Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6A1K9.
• All invoices must be into the Union-office by no later than January 9, 1986.
• ALL RECEIPTS MUST BE FOR CASH OR CREDIT CARD SALES. FISHING COMPANY PURCHASE ORDER NUMBERS WILL NOT BE VALID AS THE COMPANIES ARE ALREADY CLAIMING THE REBATE ON SUCH SALES. THIS REBATE TO THE COMPANIES IS NOT SHARED WITH FISHERMEN.
• Fishermen should be prepared to show a UFAWU fuel rebate card, valid dues voucher or cash receipt in order to verify membership status at the time of fuel purchase. In addition, the attendant should be asked to write your social insurance number on the invoice.
• ANY FISHERMAN WISHING TO OBTAIN A FUEL REBATE CARD SHOULD FORWARD NAME, ADDRESS, AND SOCIAL INSURANCE NUMBER TO UFAWU HEADQUARTERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
• The Union will handle the accounting of all the receipts and submit the total claim to the oil companies in late January. We hope to have the payments to fishermen issued within four to six weeks time.
• There will be a service charge of approximately 10 per cent of the total rebate to cover the costs of administration.
• The Union will calculate the amount of rebate coming to each fisherman based on the total volume of fuel purchased by each individual.
For example if a fisherman buys 1,000 gallons of gas or diesel during the season, he will receive a rebate of 23 cents per gallon for a total of $230.00. The service charge would be 10 per cent or $23.00. The final rebate would be $207.00 which will be issued by cheque to the fisherman.
Note: This fuel rebate fund will be administered by the T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation. This is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting for the protection of fisheries habitat.
This rebate is entirely dependent on the commitment and cooperation of the fuel companies. The UFAWU will not be responsible for any changes in the fuel companies' policy.
For more information please contact headquarters at 684-3254.
Offshore drilling opponents hammer Chevron on spills
Participants in public hearings of the West Coast Offshore Exploration Assessment Panel have been hammering away at Chevron Oil Ltd.'s claim that salmon stocks would be unhurt by an oil blowout.
With hearings completed on the north coast and Vancouver Island, Chevron's case for an end to the moratorium on oil and gas exploration off B.C. is in tatters.
But the assessment panel has no mandate to rule that drilling cannot take place. Its terms of reference direct it to spell out how drilling can proceed.
Gerry Thorne, counsel for the Islands Protection Society, said Oct. 17 that it has become clear that there are no terms and conditions under which drilling can be done safely.
Federal fisheries and environment scientists agree that oil or gas blowouts could be disastrous for fish stocks, but Chevron experts claim it is "highly unlikely salmon would be affected by an oil blowout."
UFAWU northern organizer Ken Bedard was among a host of intervenors at the hearings who rejected this position point-blank.
"Every major field has had at least one blowout," he said. "Oil and gas, especially sour gas which contains hydrogen sulphide, is toxic to marine life. The potential for a marine disaster is great and current technology is not adequate to prevent blowouts or spills or to contain or cleanup spills.
"Offshore petroleum development jeopardizes a valuable source of food, a way of life and jobs of those involved in the fishing and tourist industries."
The UFAWU position dovetails with that taken by the Offshore Alliance of Aboriginal Nations and the Offshore Alliance, a coalition of Indian, environmental and labor groups. With Canada self-sufficient in oil and gas well into the next century, there should be no drilling until a need for the product is demonstrated, Bedard said.
Secondly, no development can be considered until aboriginal land and sea claims are settled.
Finally, coalition supporters
are calling for a full inquiry into Canadian energy policy to develop a plan which promotes and implements alternative and environmentally-sound sources of energy.
The Fisheries Council of B.C., which hesitates to oppose the development plans of other corporate interests, was scathing in its estimation of Chevron's oil-spill position.
"The economic and social values of the fish over the hundreds of years past and future obviously outweighs a mere 20 years of oil production," the council brief said.
An oil blowout would hit herring, groundfish and intertidal marine life as well as salmon, the council noted. "How can we be assured Chevron is prepared to minimize the effects of an oil blowout or major spill if they do not recognize the severity of impacts on the fishery resources ... The highest priority must be directed towards environmental protection."
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CN Rail has advised lawyers for the Alliance of Tribal Nations that it will go all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada to overturn an injunction halting twin-tracking in the Fraser Canyon.
The multi-million dollar project has been stalled since January by political and legal action
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Battle on 2-tracking goes to Supreme Court
undertaken by the Indian nations of the Fraser to protect salmon runs and their fishing rights.
In late August, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bruce Macdonald granted the Indian organizations an interim injunction stopping the rail construction until the issues at stake could be resolved at trial. CN appealed the ruling, but Chief Justice Nathan Nemetz ruled Oct. 8 that the injunction will stand.
Chief Edna Louis, spokesman for the Alliance, said Oct. 16 that CN has refused to discuss alternatives to dumping rock and debris into the river. "Their existing plan is the cheapest and dirtiest," she said. "We say there will be no further encroachment into the river. We are adamant on that point."
While court action continues, she said, the Alliance is appealing to the public to take a look at the twin-tracking project and to push CN to accept the many alternatives open to it.
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