Hooray for Canada! It's wonderful that all of the news isn't bad.
REH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Darryl or Natalia Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 2:59 PM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: [Futurework] Fish Lake update Michael probably heard, but Ray, or other non-Canadian residents, may be not: Natalia Council of Canadians celebrates federal government decision on Fish Lake _____ OTTAWA, Nov. 2 /CNW/ - The Council of Canadians is celebrating the federal government decision to reject the Prosperity mine project. The Environment Canada news release states that "the Prosperity mine project as proposed, near Williams Lake, cannot be granted federal authorizations to proceed due to concerns about the significant adverse environmental effects of the project." The Council congratulates the Tsilhqot'in whose campaign to protect the lake drew the attention of groups across the country to this very important issue. Environment minister Jim Prentice highlighted the findings of the federal review panel in his decision. Council of Canadians water campaigner Meera Karunananthan and BC-Yukon organizer Harjap Grewal presented to this federal panel on March 22. The Williams Lake chapter also presented to the panel earlier that day. On September 7, 2010, the Council of Canadians delivered 15,000 petitions opposing the Prosperity mine project to Prentice's office on Parliament Hill. If the project had been approved, it would have resulted in the destruction of Fish Lake, also known as Teztan Biny. Taseko had proposed using Fish Lake as a tailings impoundment area for Prosperity mine, a gold-copper mining project.
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