> Ed, you are one of the immortals! Hardly, Stephen. My arthritic joints and aging bones tell me it isn't so. But being part of the Berger Commission was the experience of a lifetime. I was very fortunate. Thank you for your kind words.
Ed > Hello all, > > Ed Weick wrote: > "About thirty years ago, I was a member of a team of > environmental and social science specialists assembled to > study the impact of a major pipeline that was being proposed > for northern Canada.... At the end of the inquiry, we had > assembled a substantial chunk of the northern Canadian Gaia, > enough to understand the dominant issues and troublespots, > though by no means all of it. For those of us who had > written the original report, it was an exercise in humility, > but a gratifying one." > > You should know that Ed speaks with typical Canadian modesty > when, in fact, he is referring to his participation (and > pre-participation) in the Royal Commission of Inquiry into > the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline chaired by Judge Thomas > Berger. This was a remarkable event in Canadian, nay, in > modern human history. ---> > > "It's been 25 years since Thomas Berger first came north to > talk to the people here. There were plans to build a > pipeline down the Mackenzie Valley... and the government > wanted to find out what people thought. Rather than > rubberstamp the project, Berger's commission and report was > a watershed event that changed the north forever. > > "That's because Berger's visit galvanized northerners into > action. Organizers visited every home in every community, > encouraging people to come out to the hearings, to talk or > to listen. Political organizations and their leaders sprang > up overnight, or blossomed into maturity at the hearings. > And the message they gave Berger was clear... this was their > land, and their lives, their culture, and their livelihoods > would be devastated by the development. > > "25 years after his ground-breaking report was released, CBC > Radio and Television are marking the event with > retrospectives -- from Berger himself, and the people who > spoke to him. Click on the links button above to see and > hear stories on the anniversary of the North's coming of > age." > > Go to: > http://north.cbc.ca/north/archive/berger25/ > > For an "update" see: > http://www.cbc.ca/news/features/mackenzievalley_pipeline.html > > I couldn't find an on-line version of Berger's Report > ("Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland"), but excerpts and > some submissions seem to be available. (Ed may know.) > > In addition to the CBC sites above, search these on yer > fav'rit enjine: > Northern Frontier Northern Homeland > Berger Inquiry > Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry > > Ed, you are one of the immortals! > > best wishes, > > Stephen Straker > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Vancouver, BC > > > > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
