Hi Ed,
Darryl and I didn't make it out here till late 2002.
Better late than never, but despite the politics, the weather and
environmental beauty make it worth all inconveniences. We don't even
have mosquitoes down in Victoria.
So, having lived here, why are you still putting up with snow?
But, how did Bennett change things?
Natalia
On 11/5/2010 4:51 AM, Ed Weick wrote:
Good morning, Natalia
Were you living in BC during the premiership of WAC "Whacky" Bennett
(1952-1972)? I was a student at UBC in the 50s and don't have fond
memmories of how the province was run at the time.
Ed
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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
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Michael probably heard, but Ray, or other non-Canadian residents,
may be not:
Natalia
Council of Canadians celebrates federal government decision on
Fish Lake
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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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