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Sierra Club Ontario's letter to Ministers Jim Bradley and Michael Gravelle concerning Bill-55
Submitted by Shaima Al-Khalili on Thu, 2012-05-03 13:15Below is Sierra Club Ontario's letter to the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Environment, expressing concern about Bill-55, a budget bill introduced by the Ontario government.
This bill proposes broad changes to a series of environmental and natural resource laws. Some of the changes are extremely worrisome as they reduce public and government oversight and broaden exemption powers. Even more troublesome is that these changes - because contained within a budget bill - circumvent the Environmental Bill of Rights (which required public consultation).
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April 26, 2012
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Stop Logging in Castle Special Place
Use your voice and tell the Alberta Government to stop loggin in Castle Special Place
Use Your Leverage as a Visitor or Voter to Stop Clear-Cutting in Alberta's Costa Rica!
It's URGENT you act because Spray Lake Sawmill's bulldozers are now building logging roads in former national park lands to clear-cut what today is the heart of the Castle Special Management Area -- a Government of Alberta designated Special Place protected area in the Rocky Mountains of southwest Alberta. As Alberta's Legislature and new Premier go back to work, you can use your leverage as a potential visitor to Alberta or voter in Alberta to save this vital part of the international Crown of the Continent ecosystem and National Geographic geotourism area.
Help local residents and businesses who, despite the bitter cold, occupied the Castle for three weeks and maintained a picket-line that held back clear-cut logging from starting.... Read more »
Rallies were held today in Calgary to protest logging
Residents of southern Alberta came to Calgary on Wednesday to protest logging in a nearby protected area.
The Castle Special Management Area is a protected part of the province located just north of Waterton Lakes National Park.
The provincial government is allowing Spray Lakes Sawmill to start work there later this month.
People gathered outside of the McDougall Centre to protest the construction, due to the effect it would have on wildlife.
The group has rallied several times over the past year, but some say that this month is key because the sawmill work is scheduled to start soon.
"We really hope something is going to happen sooner rather than later because Spray Lakes could start building roads the end of this month," says Gordon Petersen of the Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition.
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Stop Logging in Castle Special Place
BREAKING NEWS ...
Clear-cutting has begun in Castle Protected Area
Use Your Leverage as a Visitor or Voter to Stop Clear-Cutting in Alberta's Costa Rica!
For the latest news see our Castle update webpage
It's URGENT you act because Spray Lake Sawmill's bulldozers are now building logging roads in former national park lands to clear-cut what today is the heart of the Castle Special Management Area -- a Government of Alberta designated Special Place protected area in the Rocky Mountains of southwest Alberta. As Alberta's Legislature and new Premier go back to work, you can use your leverage as a potential visitor to Alberta or voter in Alberta to save this vital part of the international Crown of the Continent ecosystem and National Geographic geotourism area.
Help local residents and businesses who, despite the bitter cold, occupied the Castle for three weeks and maintained a picket-line that held back clear-cut logging from starting.... Read more »
Alberta parks legislation on hold indefinitely
Controversial Alberta parks legislation put on hold until this spring has now been quietly postponed again, indefinitely.
Environmentalists and legal experts have criticized Bill 29, the Alberta Parks Act, for taking away formal legal protections for Alberta parks. They also said it concentrated too much power in the office of the minister.
When the bill was on the verge of being passed in November, Tourism, Parks and Recreation Minister Cindy Ady suspended debate, saying she would review the concerns and introduce the legislation again this spring, with amendments.
"I have continued to listen to the views of Albertans," Ady wrote in an update posted to her department's website on Friday.
"While I had planned to bring park legislation back this spring, I will spend the time needed to address the main concerns raised by Albertans before moving forward with new legislation."... Read more »
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