AllYourAppeals'R
UsVille
The 'Environmental' Appeals Board that is...
William Stodalka of the invaluable Alaska Highway News has the story:
The Fort Nelson First Nation has won a three-year long legal challenge to stop a natural gas company withdrawing water from a small lake for its fracking operations, but the battle may not be over...
{snip}
...“The province is carefully reviewing the Environmental Appeal Board’s decision and determining next steps, which could include an application for judicial review through the B.C. Supreme Court,” said a spokesperson with the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations in an email...
Now.
Many of the usual suspects are making a fuss about this being nothing more than a case of baseless First Nations' obstructionism on the Twittmachine and elsewhere.
Which is why it is important to revisit Gordon Hoekstra's original VSun report about precisely why the Appeals Board decided that the Clarklandian Ministry responsible did NOT do its job properly:
...In making its decision, the appeal board said that internal ministry correspondence showed the province intended to issue the water licence regardless of promised meetings with the Fort Nelson First Nation, and had no intention to substantially address concerns that might have been raised by the First Nation.
“The panel finds that this conduct was inconsistent with the honour of the Crown and the overall objective of reconciliation,” said its decision.
The panel also found that the province’s conclusion that the water withdrawals would have no significant impacts on the environment, including fish, riparian wildlife, and their habitat, was based on incorrect, inadequate, and mistaken information and modelling results.
The limited data available after water was extracted still did not support a conclusion the environment would not be harmed, said the appeal board...
Gosh.
Maybe the way the Wizards of Clarklandia could deal with this stuff would be to breech birth its very own MoAoA (a.k.a. 'Ministry of Appeals of Appeals').
Or some such ridiculous, but never Silly Walkish-type thing.
OK?
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And what's with this gutless spokesthingy response by Email approach anyway?...I mean, isn't it bad enough that the Minister of (not walking in) Forests himself won't speak to the matter?
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Wednesday, September 09, 2015
This Day In Clarkland...Refugees Worth 9% Of A Bogus Bollywood Bash.
Grandstand,What
GrandstandVille
One million vs. eleven million.
Just sayin'.
But, then again, when you've got all that unspent Yoga-Bridge-A-Palooza cash kickin' around...
Well?
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Here's a thought...Maybe the dollar differential has something to do with the differences in the 'potential' TeeVee viewer bonanza....Or some such thing.
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GrandstandVille
One million vs. eleven million.
Just sayin'.
But, then again, when you've got all that unspent Yoga-Bridge-A-Palooza cash kickin' around...
Well?
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Here's a thought...Maybe the dollar differential has something to do with the differences in the 'potential' TeeVee viewer bonanza....Or some such thing.
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Tuesday, September 08, 2015
This Day In Clarkland...All Hail The Environmental Appeals Board.
WillTheyTryFIPA
NextVille
The gist of this story you've probably already heard...
But, just in case, it's all to be found in Gordon Hoekstra's lede in the the VSun:
The Fort Nelson First Nation has won a potentially precedent-setting decision from the B.C. Environmental Appeal Board that cancels the water licence of a natural gas fracking operation in northeast B.C.
The appeal board — in a decision that took 20 months to deliver — concluded the science behind the licence was fundamentally flawed and the province did not consult the First Nation in good faith.
Both the province and the company involved, Nexen, had argued using the water would have no significant adverse environmental effects and there was adequate consultation...
But...
Importantly, as usual, Mr. Hoekstra goes further and gets to the heart(s) of the matter.
One of which is the 'work' of the provincial Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources on this file:
...In making its decision, the appeal board said that internal ministry correspondence showed the province intended to issue the water licence regardless of promised meetings with the Fort Nelson First Nation, and had no intention to substantially address concerns that might have been raised by the First Nation.
“The panel finds that this conduct was inconsistent with the honour of the Crown and the overall objective of reconciliation,” said its decision.
The panel also found that the province’s conclusion that the water withdrawals would have no significant impacts on the environment, including fish, riparian wildlife, and their habitat, was based on incorrect, inadequate, and mistaken information and modelling results.
The limited data available after water was extracted still did not support a conclusion the environment would not be harmed, said the appeal board...
Sometimes I honestly wonder if fourteen years of the Campbell-Clark government's pay-to-play crony capitalism has turned all of our provincial oversight mechanisms to swiss cheese and sawdust.
So.
Will co-opted heads at the Ministry of Forests, etcetera roll?
Hmmmmm...
My money is on a 'reorganization' of the environmental appeals process.
Or some such thing.
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And can you imagine the battle royale that likely went on for the last 18 or 19 months to even get this decision out into the light of day?
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NextVille
The gist of this story you've probably already heard...
But, just in case, it's all to be found in Gordon Hoekstra's lede in the the VSun:
The Fort Nelson First Nation has won a potentially precedent-setting decision from the B.C. Environmental Appeal Board that cancels the water licence of a natural gas fracking operation in northeast B.C.
The appeal board — in a decision that took 20 months to deliver — concluded the science behind the licence was fundamentally flawed and the province did not consult the First Nation in good faith.
Both the province and the company involved, Nexen, had argued using the water would have no significant adverse environmental effects and there was adequate consultation...
But...
Importantly, as usual, Mr. Hoekstra goes further and gets to the heart(s) of the matter.
One of which is the 'work' of the provincial Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources on this file:
...In making its decision, the appeal board said that internal ministry correspondence showed the province intended to issue the water licence regardless of promised meetings with the Fort Nelson First Nation, and had no intention to substantially address concerns that might have been raised by the First Nation.
“The panel finds that this conduct was inconsistent with the honour of the Crown and the overall objective of reconciliation,” said its decision.
The panel also found that the province’s conclusion that the water withdrawals would have no significant impacts on the environment, including fish, riparian wildlife, and their habitat, was based on incorrect, inadequate, and mistaken information and modelling results.
The limited data available after water was extracted still did not support a conclusion the environment would not be harmed, said the appeal board...
Sometimes I honestly wonder if fourteen years of the Campbell-Clark government's pay-to-play crony capitalism has turned all of our provincial oversight mechanisms to swiss cheese and sawdust.
****
So.
Will co-opted heads at the Ministry of Forests, etcetera roll?
Hmmmmm...
My money is on a 'reorganization' of the environmental appeals process.
Or some such thing.
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And can you imagine the battle royale that likely went on for the last 18 or 19 months to even get this decision out into the light of day?
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#Elxn42: Candidates In A Coal Mine?
AllTheWorld'sAYouTube
StageVille
I understand that the stuff that the suddenly 'fired' CPC candidates did was pretty icky and/or creepy.
But was the online witch hunting/shaming/gloating over their activities and, in particular, their fates the way to go?
Because once this stuff starts where, exactly, do you draw the line?
Or, perhaps, more importantly, how do you stop the piling on?
For example, what if somebody put up a video that could be misconstrued as being icky and/or creepy or on the 'wrong' side of certain private moral lines for a significant percentage of the population?
Like, say you found a parent singing a song with his kids that, if taken way out of context, could be seen as promoting devilry...
Could something like that be used to take down said parent if, say, five years from now they decided to run for office in times that become even more polarized with respect to religion in public life than they are now?
And/or to get them in trouble in their job/vocation?
And/or their charitable/volunteer activities?
I guess all I'm saying is that I feel a wee bit of that 'There but the grace of the goddess/spaghetti monster go I' thingy with all of this online shaming.
OK?
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So, how should such things go in a political context?...Hmmmmm....How about if we let candidates with personal icky/creepy (but not unlawful) past transgressions explain themselves fully and then let the voters decide?
What's the actual context of that little music video pasted in, above....Why it all has something to do with the 'E's and my 'Year of Busking Dangerously', of course!
And, if you want little more Darnielle et al......This.
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StageVille
I understand that the stuff that the suddenly 'fired' CPC candidates did was pretty icky and/or creepy.
But was the online witch hunting/shaming/gloating over their activities and, in particular, their fates the way to go?
Because once this stuff starts where, exactly, do you draw the line?
Or, perhaps, more importantly, how do you stop the piling on?
For example, what if somebody put up a video that could be misconstrued as being icky and/or creepy or on the 'wrong' side of certain private moral lines for a significant percentage of the population?
Like, say you found a parent singing a song with his kids that, if taken way out of context, could be seen as promoting devilry...
Could something like that be used to take down said parent if, say, five years from now they decided to run for office in times that become even more polarized with respect to religion in public life than they are now?
And/or to get them in trouble in their job/vocation?
And/or their charitable/volunteer activities?
I guess all I'm saying is that I feel a wee bit of that 'There but the grace of the goddess/spaghetti monster go I' thingy with all of this online shaming.
OK?
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So, how should such things go in a political context?...Hmmmmm....How about if we let candidates with personal icky/creepy (but not unlawful) past transgressions explain themselves fully and then let the voters decide?
What's the actual context of that little music video pasted in, above....Why it all has something to do with the 'E's and my 'Year of Busking Dangerously', of course!
And, if you want little more Darnielle et al......This.
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#Elxn42...Can The Blitzkrieg Stop The CPC Slide?
RidingNumbersVille
The negative ad blitz I mean.
Because Duffy is done...
And the NEB thingy is off the table...
So now the decks are cleared for the post-Labour Day FedCon BigSpend.
And that damnable Green number is up another bloody point too.
Sheesh.
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Numbers above are EGrenier's national polling averages (Week 6 is the latest) at 308.com.
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Monday, September 07, 2015
This Day In Clarkland: Sparkle Ponies Come To...
In case you missed it, the latest Straw Sparkle Pony is a proposal to build a floating LNG plant off of Bamberton which is located deep within Saanich Inlet on Southern Vancouver Island.
Which is bizarre to contemplate on its face if you think of the tankers competing with ferries, etc. to get in and out of the inlet, not to mention the need to travel 'round the corner to get to the Strait of Juan de Fuca and all that.
But then ask yourself the following...
How the heck would the gas get to that patch of water below the Malahat in the first place?
Why through the United States, of course.
Samantha Wohlfeil of the Bellingham Herald has the story:
Natural gas could move from Canada to Canada, by way of Whatcom County, through a proposed pipeline that mirrors a plan shelved a decade ago.
Williams pipeline company announced plans Sept. 1 for the “Island Gas Connector,” which would run natural gas from a plant near Sumas to Cherry Point. There, the pipeline would then run another 47 miles underwater to a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on Vancouver Island, B.C.
The project was announced by Oklahoma-based Williams, which owns the Northwest Pipeline that already runs through Whatcom, and partner Steelhead LNG, a Vancouver, B.C.-based energy company.
The pipeline, as imagined by the company, could run near Lynden, through Custer and round the northwest side of the BP refinery on its way to Cherry Point, based on a map showing the not-yet-approved route the company would like to take. It would deliver natural gas to the proposed island plant to be converted into liquefied natural gas that could then be shipped by tanker...
And how loosey-goosey is the pipeline part of the 'plan', at least at the moment?
Well.
This....
...“It will be highly regulated,” (William's spokesperson Michele) Swaner said of the pipeline project. “We will do lots of studies, and extensive exploration.”
The current proposal would be an “open access” pipeline, Swaner said, meaning other companies that wanted to tap into the U.S. pipeline in the future could do so, under an agreement with Williams.
It has not been decided how big around the pipe will be, or how much natural gas would move through it, Swaner said...
Good grief.
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I'll get into what I reckon is the straw that is stirring this particular pony's drink in a later post, but if you need a hint think....Port Alberni.
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Sunday, September 06, 2015
This Day In Clarkland...Screw All The Nurses.
StealthConCorpHealthCareComesTo
VanIsleVille
There is an important editorial in today's Victoria Times Colonist regarding the further privatization of day surgery 'n stuff on Vancouver Island, ostensibly because the Site C and Deas Island bridge crazy Clarklandians say they have no money for capital projects.
So.
How will this 'save' us money if the privateers need to make a profit?
Why, cut the cost of labour, of course:
...Surgical waitlists have been growing, but public funds aren’t available to set up additional operating rooms and equipment. Hence the decision to get corporate players involved.
But that only makes sense if their price is no greater than the public system pays. Yet how can that be, since companies must make a profit?
Part of the answer is that private clinics won’t have to pay union salaries. That means the owners can pay nursing staff less, ignore seniority and set their own rules for sick leave.
In effect, the government is creating a parallel delivery system to circumvent its own collective agreements...
That is not the whole story, because it looks like the government is also tying both hands of the regional health authorities behind our/their backs when they negotiate with the privateers.
Meanwhile, Merv Adey asks two important questions that we must (and I mean MUST) keep in mind everytime these people pull this hidden-ball trick/Straussian codswallopanarianism on us:
OK?
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VanIsleVille
There is an important editorial in today's Victoria Times Colonist regarding the further privatization of day surgery 'n stuff on Vancouver Island, ostensibly because the Site C and Deas Island bridge crazy Clarklandians say they have no money for capital projects.
So.
How will this 'save' us money if the privateers need to make a profit?
Why, cut the cost of labour, of course:
...Surgical waitlists have been growing, but public funds aren’t available to set up additional operating rooms and equipment. Hence the decision to get corporate players involved.
But that only makes sense if their price is no greater than the public system pays. Yet how can that be, since companies must make a profit?
Part of the answer is that private clinics won’t have to pay union salaries. That means the owners can pay nursing staff less, ignore seniority and set their own rules for sick leave.
In effect, the government is creating a parallel delivery system to circumvent its own collective agreements...
That is not the whole story, because it looks like the government is also tying both hands of the regional health authorities behind our/their backs when they negotiate with the privateers.
Meanwhile, Merv Adey asks two important questions that we must (and I mean MUST) keep in mind everytime these people pull this hidden-ball trick/Straussian codswallopanarianism on us:
Who pays?
And...
Who benefits?
OK?
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Middle East Refugee Crisis: When In Doubt, Ask Yourself The Following...
...What Would Dieter Do?
Why?
Emma Graham-Harrison, of The Guardian, explains:
Munich expects to receive about 10,000 people this weekend alone. Cheering crowds greeted the new arrivals and handed out toys and chocolate as they filed off trains and into tents for basic medical checks.
They are then taken by bus to conference centres, school halls and other large spaces that have been pressed into service as temporary housing centres, part of a complex system for managing the influx set up almost overnight.
(Munich mayor) Dieter Reiter said he was surprised at how effectively his city had responded to the crisis.
The mayor said: “Of course there are some limits responding given the space we have in Munich but that is not the question I am asking myself.”
“Every day I am asking myself how can we accommodate these people, these refugees, how can we give them a feeling that they are safe here in Munich, here in Germany. I am not really thinking about how many people can we afford and can we take here in Munich. That is not the question,” he told journalists at a news conference...
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Apparently, this is the time when everybody on Sprockets, and in Munich, should dance.
Anybody else noticing how, more and more, The Guardian is becoming the international paper of record.
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Saturday, September 05, 2015
This Day In Clarkland...Sparkle Ponies Say Bye-Bye (Again).
AllYourTrillions'RNoLongerUs
PrincessPammyVille
Well, well, well...
It looks like even those radical commie-pinkos that run the Financial Post have been reading the Straight Goods again, as is clear from the lede of Yadullah Hussain's latest:
The window to build liquefied natural gas projects in Canada and elsewhere has closed amid a global supply glut, says global energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie.
"There is a clear reluctance by companies to stand down, but the reality is that the window of opportunity closed over six months ago for everyone, not just Canada," Noel Tomnay, vice-president global gas and LNG research for Wood Mackenzie...
So....
Where is the opening here for a progressive political party that wants to make things work for the jobs and the infrastructure and the local industry and all of that?
Put another way, is there something they/we can do that is homegrown that won't make gazillions for the greedheads but might actually work for us?
Well, I reckon some of our readers probably have ideas about how to do that.
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PrincessPammyVille
Well, well, well...
It looks like even those radical commie-pinkos that run the Financial Post have been reading the Straight Goods again, as is clear from the lede of Yadullah Hussain's latest:
The window to build liquefied natural gas projects in Canada and elsewhere has closed amid a global supply glut, says global energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie.
"There is a clear reluctance by companies to stand down, but the reality is that the window of opportunity closed over six months ago for everyone, not just Canada," Noel Tomnay, vice-president global gas and LNG research for Wood Mackenzie...
So....
Where is the opening here for a progressive political party that wants to make things work for the jobs and the infrastructure and the local industry and all of that?
Put another way, is there something they/we can do that is homegrown that won't make gazillions for the greedheads but might actually work for us?
Well, I reckon some of our readers probably have ideas about how to do that.
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The Kurdi Tragedy...Obscuring The Real Canadian Part Of The Story.
ThereIsA
ClubVille
Look.
People with the best of intentions get stuff wrong all the time.
And, it's not just idiot bloggers.
In my mind, however, the real problems arise when folks, especially media folks, don't fess up fully, especially when the mistakes they've made obscure the real story.
Jane Lytvynenko, writing at Canadaland, has a good take on that as it pertains to the Kurdi family's tragic attempts to relocate from civil war-torn Syria:
Yesterday Postmedia's Terry Glavin broke the news that the tragic Alan Kurdi story has a Canadian connection: the drowned child's family had tried and failed to emigrate to Canada, and their case was hand-delivered directly to immigration minister Chris Alexander himself, who did not take urgent action.
While the essence of the story is true, the original report alleging Alan’s father Abdullah was denied refugee status in Canada was false...
{snip}
...As National Post editor Jen Gerson suggests, the blunders in reporting this breaking news story do not change the core substance of it: the drowned boy whose picture made the world suddenly care about the refugee crisis might have found refuge in Canada. His family had tried. Our Immigration Minister was directly approached about this specific case.
The story would have been no less impactful had it been reported accurately, and there is no evidence to suggest that the mistakes were made out of partisan bias or intent to sensationalize or deceive. They were mistakes, which often happen in breaking news stories.
But the lack of media transparency in correcting and explaining the mistakes creates an opening for a counter-narrative of Media Party conspiracy, which is currently percolating, obscuring still the truth about Alan Kurdi and whatever actions we might possibly take to keep others from meeting the same end...
Ms. Lytvynenko's piece, in which she dissects, specifically, what went wrong and what has still not been fixed in the proMedia, is well worth reading in its entirety.
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ClubVille
Look.
People with the best of intentions get stuff wrong all the time.
And, it's not just idiot bloggers.
In my mind, however, the real problems arise when folks, especially media folks, don't fess up fully, especially when the mistakes they've made obscure the real story.
Jane Lytvynenko, writing at Canadaland, has a good take on that as it pertains to the Kurdi family's tragic attempts to relocate from civil war-torn Syria:
Yesterday Postmedia's Terry Glavin broke the news that the tragic Alan Kurdi story has a Canadian connection: the drowned child's family had tried and failed to emigrate to Canada, and their case was hand-delivered directly to immigration minister Chris Alexander himself, who did not take urgent action.
While the essence of the story is true, the original report alleging Alan’s father Abdullah was denied refugee status in Canada was false...
{snip}
...As National Post editor Jen Gerson suggests, the blunders in reporting this breaking news story do not change the core substance of it: the drowned boy whose picture made the world suddenly care about the refugee crisis might have found refuge in Canada. His family had tried. Our Immigration Minister was directly approached about this specific case.
The story would have been no less impactful had it been reported accurately, and there is no evidence to suggest that the mistakes were made out of partisan bias or intent to sensationalize or deceive. They were mistakes, which often happen in breaking news stories.
But the lack of media transparency in correcting and explaining the mistakes creates an opening for a counter-narrative of Media Party conspiracy, which is currently percolating, obscuring still the truth about Alan Kurdi and whatever actions we might possibly take to keep others from meeting the same end...
Ms. Lytvynenko's piece, in which she dissects, specifically, what went wrong and what has still not been fixed in the proMedia, is well worth reading in its entirety.
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#Elxn42...Orange Slippage In Lotusland.
TheIncredibleLightnessOf
SouthernVancouverIslandVille
Because of some family stuff, C the two E's and me have been going back and forth to the Island for the last little while.
So much so that last night I was at a ferry terminal for the seventh time in the past week.
Littler e. wins though, with nine visits.
Luckily for us, because a whole lot of the trips have been on foot, we haven't had to re-mortgage our house.
At least not yet.
Anyway...
One of the things you notice most while driving around the southern part of the Island is how much money and effort the Greens are putting into the entire region.
Which is understandable, I guess, given the impact that Ms. May and Mr. Weaver have had in these parts the last few years.
But that new Ekos poll is out.
And, as Grenier points out, while it is the strongest evidence of the regional slip of the Dippers in British Columbia, it is most definitely not an outlier:
All of which means, now more than ever, that if you are a British Columbian and you have even the tiniest progressive bone in your body (and that includes true Red Tories) and you are have even the slightest intention of going Green you better think really, really hard about what you are doing in a particular riding.
And, on that note, we'll get back to the riding-specific stuff real soon.
OK?
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And, ya, I know Mrs. Griffiths (grade two, Monterey Elementary, in the Year of Bobby Gimby) is likely rolling over in her grave given my grammatical butchery in the first line above...Still...I like it that way...
Our last Lotuslandian Riding Watch is...Here.
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SouthernVancouverIslandVille
Because of some family stuff, C the two E's and me have been going back and forth to the Island for the last little while.
So much so that last night I was at a ferry terminal for the seventh time in the past week.
Littler e. wins though, with nine visits.
Luckily for us, because a whole lot of the trips have been on foot, we haven't had to re-mortgage our house.
At least not yet.
Anyway...
One of the things you notice most while driving around the southern part of the Island is how much money and effort the Greens are putting into the entire region.
Which is understandable, I guess, given the impact that Ms. May and Mr. Weaver have had in these parts the last few years.
But that new Ekos poll is out.
And, as Grenier points out, while it is the strongest evidence of the regional slip of the Dippers in British Columbia, it is most definitely not an outlier:
All of which means, now more than ever, that if you are a British Columbian and you have even the tiniest progressive bone in your body (and that includes true Red Tories) and you are have even the slightest intention of going Green you better think really, really hard about what you are doing in a particular riding.
And, on that note, we'll get back to the riding-specific stuff real soon.
OK?
_______
And, ya, I know Mrs. Griffiths (grade two, Monterey Elementary, in the Year of Bobby Gimby) is likely rolling over in her grave given my grammatical butchery in the first line above...Still...I like it that way...
Our last Lotuslandian Riding Watch is...Here.
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Saturday, August 29, 2015
This Weekend In Lotusland...The Wall Of Joy.
Friday, August 28, 2015
At The End Of The Day...
When I climb on my bike and ride by those 'Stop Harper' signs in the dorm room windows...
I wonder...
How the heck can we get those kids to actually go vote?
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This Day In Clarkland...Mr. Casavant And The Two Bears.
SuspendedAndThenDrummedOutOfTheService
ForAJobWellDoneVille
First, in a report from the MoCo's Sharon Lindores, the good news regarding those two bear cubs that provincial conservation officer Bryce Casavant saved from the bureaucracy's hasty and, it would appear, unwarranted death sentence:
...The bear cubs' mother was killed by Casavant after it repeatedly raided a freezer full of meat and salmon, but despite an order to kill the cubs too, Casavant took them to a veterinary hospital instead, believing they could be rehabilitated.
They were later transferred to a recovery centre run by the North Island Wildlife Recovery Association in Errington, also on Vancouver Island.
Subsequently the cubs were approved for the orphaned bear cub rearing and release program, said Vivian Thomas, communications director for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. They'll stay at the centre until 2016 when they'll be released...
Now, the bad news:
...Bryce Casavant, the B.C. conservation officer who was suspended after he refused to kill two black bear cubs near Port Hardy in July, is being transferred out of the Conservation Officer Service...
But so what....
After all, the Clarklandian government spokesthingy/media line dispenser concerned who, presumably, knows absolutely nothing whatsoever about whether or not a bear cub in custody should be destroyed says to have no fear, because...
..."No employee involved in this case has been subjected to any discipline."...
Are these people insane?
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ForAJobWellDoneVille
First, in a report from the MoCo's Sharon Lindores, the good news regarding those two bear cubs that provincial conservation officer Bryce Casavant saved from the bureaucracy's hasty and, it would appear, unwarranted death sentence:
...The bear cubs' mother was killed by Casavant after it repeatedly raided a freezer full of meat and salmon, but despite an order to kill the cubs too, Casavant took them to a veterinary hospital instead, believing they could be rehabilitated.
They were later transferred to a recovery centre run by the North Island Wildlife Recovery Association in Errington, also on Vancouver Island.
Subsequently the cubs were approved for the orphaned bear cub rearing and release program, said Vivian Thomas, communications director for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. They'll stay at the centre until 2016 when they'll be released...
Now, the bad news:
...Bryce Casavant, the B.C. conservation officer who was suspended after he refused to kill two black bear cubs near Port Hardy in July, is being transferred out of the Conservation Officer Service...
But so what....
After all, the Clarklandian government spokesthingy/media line dispenser concerned who, presumably, knows absolutely nothing whatsoever about whether or not a bear cub in custody should be destroyed says to have no fear, because...
..."No employee involved in this case has been subjected to any discipline."...
Are these people insane?
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#Elxn42: First They Came For The Folksingers...
AndThenTheyComeFor
WeVille
And, just in case you think that header is an exaggeration...
It is not:
An Ottawa federal scientist is being investigated for breaching the public service’s ethics code for writing and performing a highly political protest song to get rid of the Harper government.
Tony Turner, a scientist in habitat planning at Environment Canada, was recently sent home on leave with pay while the government investigates the making of Harperman, a music video posted on YouTube in early June that has attracted about 48,000 hits...
Is this Canada?
Seriously.
Is it?
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And yes, Mr. Turner works for Environment Canada...He currently works on the habitat of migratory birds...So....Does his song compromise/impinge/affect that work at all?....Of course not.
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WeVille
And, just in case you think that header is an exaggeration...
It is not:
An Ottawa federal scientist is being investigated for breaching the public service’s ethics code for writing and performing a highly political protest song to get rid of the Harper government.
Tony Turner, a scientist in habitat planning at Environment Canada, was recently sent home on leave with pay while the government investigates the making of Harperman, a music video posted on YouTube in early June that has attracted about 48,000 hits...
Is this Canada?
Seriously.
Is it?
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And yes, Mr. Turner works for Environment Canada...He currently works on the habitat of migratory birds...So....Does his song compromise/impinge/affect that work at all?....Of course not.
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