I would have to dissent and say that Gordon Campbell is just a big fake frog in a small stagnant pond compared to Teztan Biny, which is and will thankfully remain a real live lake. Two pieces of good news but the Taseko mine rejection is the BIG ONE.
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Darryl or Natalia <[email protected]> wrote: > On a larger scale, even better news. Gordon Campbell resigned yesterday as > both Premier of BC and Leader of the Liberal Party. > > He won't be completing his 3rd term, supposedly because people have been > unable to focus on all the good things he's done for the economy because > they hate him so much. > > It's quite remarkable that just a few days back he'd announced a huge tax > break for everyone, but it was to ease the well-deserved flak from > introducing the HST tax he claimed wasn't even on the radar at last election > time. Voters expressed their desire for an immediate referendum to the tune > of about 17% with signatures, and Campbell said fine, but not yet--we > reserve the right to put it to a vote in the Fall of 2011, the time of the > next election. Meanwhile BC will be banking the tax to make the books look > good. The tax threatens so many small businesses, but worst still, it > impacts seniors, the working classes, and the most vulnerable. Any way, his > tax break announcement was met with an irritatingly lower approval rating > than before, people knowing he'd have to cut from vital programs to make the > tax breaks possible. > > He's been one of the luckiest sleazy politicians to date. Privatization of > services, wholesale of old growth forests and waterways, mining, Olympics > expense and fallout, a railroad sale scandal which I think has more to do > with this resignation than is being revealed. > > Anything at all good happening since the Mid-terms? What do you foresee? > > Natalia > > On 11/4/2010 12:25 PM, Ray Harrell wrote: > > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > -- Sandwichman _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
