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This reminds me of the "public" consultation, earlier this spring, on the
DFO website. There was an encouraging lot in the preamble about the need
for sustainable fisheries, but there were only three questions for the
public. Two, broad ones asked for input as to how to make Canada's
fisheries more competitive. The only sustainability-related question
related to by-catch management. Bycatch is a valid concern, but certainly
doesn't cover the whole sustainability picture.
The current owner-operator and fleet separation policies may get in the way
of short-term competitiveness, but by helping insure that locally-based
small-scale fishers have a role in managing the resource, they help assure
sustainability. The big guys can fish where they want, decimate stocks, and
move elsewhere, and a lot of former inshore Newfoundland fishers can Somali
pirates can testify.
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Andrew Horn
Sent: June-04-12 7:04 AM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] blackoutspeakout
Hi all,
The Purpose section of C-38 does sound perfectly reasonable. The devil is in
the details; a handy summary of 10 of the worst (not all of which I find all
that bad, but some of which are awful) is here:
http://www.ecojustice.ca/files/budget-bill-top-10-list/at_download/file
It takes a lot of patience to sort through the actual bill and find all
these. Which of course is part of the problem.
Hope that helps,
Andy Horn
Halifax
On Jun 4, 2012, at 6:20 AM, Rick Whitman wrote:
First, this and other items should never have been included in a "Budget"
Bill. Their placement there is a calculated slap in the face to Canadian
parliamentary tradition. It is a statement that the Opposition has no useful
role in government.
Second, the Harper Government has made it perfectly clear that they plan to
restrict and reduce the environmental impact process, reduce environmental
research, reduce fisheries research, reduce climate change research, reduce
Arctic climate monitoring, downsize Environment Canada, downsize Parks
Canada within EC, downsize Fisheries & Oceans Canada, eliminate our
commitments under Kyoto, increase the development of the oilsands, challenge
the involvement of charitable environmental groups in environmental issues,
and so forth.
All of this has been public. One would have to make a conscious choice in
order to believe that huge changes have not occurred and will not continue
to occur, most likely at a faster pace.
Rick Whitman
On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 4:19 PM, james simpson <desolatechair@gmail.com>
wrote:
Perhaps you would cite the relevant sections in C 38 that are so
contentious? I've read through most of the bill as it relates to
environmental issues that I can find and it all seems pretty reasonable and
prudent to me.
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