View Full Version : Fish habitat losing to development
bigshu
09-02-2015, 05:15 PM
Good read about the sad state of federal policy on fush habitat
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/fish-habitat-protection-waning-under-harper-government-analysis-finds-1.3212403
Mikeham
09-02-2015, 05:21 PM
Sad state of affairs for a party whose name is to "conserve".
bigshu
09-02-2015, 06:14 PM
Unfortunately the alternatives probably aren't any better. Especially in this economy.
schmedlap
09-02-2015, 07:00 PM
Of course its the Harper haters at CBC, and the feds are not to blame in most cases. They will avoid the real story. This is an area of shared jurisdiction. To be simplistic, the feds decided to stop duplication of efforts with the Provinces, and acceded the environmental ground and control back to the Provinces, with the concurrence of most Provinces, as a practical matter of reducing over-regulation. Its not like there is no governmental presence on these issues. It is like there is now, in some areas, only one, instead of 2, set of lazy stupefied bureaucrats in charge of regulation and enforcement. So, go off on the Provincial regulators who have failed to pick up the ball they demanded (?).
bigshu
09-02-2015, 07:30 PM
Schmedlap you obviously have a lot more background than I on this issue. And we all know an election won't do a thing to right the ship. So what then, ultimately, can be done?
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