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As a taxpayer Steve, I feel a bitterness about how much of my time
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went to funding Government bureaucracy over the years. And seeing how
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it was wasted. The SAR project for Atlantic Whitefish was a good bad exa=
mple.
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I know lots of folks here feed at the taxpayers trough but if any of
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them are bitter, then they have a problem not me.
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Fire the bitter ones and get real Canadians..
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Enjoy the fall
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Paul
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<br/>> On December 11, 2014 at 2:45 PM Stephen Shaw <srshaw@Dal.=
Ca> wrote:
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<br/>> I'm no govt apologist, but perhaps this should not necess=
arily be interpreted as inexplicable active support of trading in endangere=
d species by using approval-delaying tactics.=20
<br/>> Instead (extending Dave's first few comments), it might b=
e a more parochial response from an Environment Canada bureaucracy proclaim=
ing: "Our manpower resources have been so severely damaged that we can&=
#39;t respond quickly to this sort of thing, so need a delay. Message: take=
note, we need more govt resources, or you'll see more of this sort of =
thing which may continue to portray Canada in a bad light".
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<br/>> Heartless blackmail perhaps, but one shouldn't underestim=
ate the bitterness of the scorned/underfunded.=20
<br/>> Steve
<br/>> ________________________________________
<br/>> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.=
ns.ca] on behalf of Rick Whitman [dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com]
<br/>> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 1:34 PM
<br/>> To: naturens
<br/>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Canada's position on at-risk spec=
ies 'unprecedented'
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<br/>> Hi Dave,
<br/>> I would never actually tell you, or anyone else, that they sh=
ould not speak their mind. It's just that I have seen similar topics, w=
hich *must* be recognized as "political", ruffle some feathers here=
. I'm not into setting that in motion.
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<br/>> And actually, I truly believe that everyone here is rather in=
telligent, & for myself, I'm totally happy for everyone to read thi=
s & make their own conclusions. I think I know where the mainstream thi=
nking will be.
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<br/>> Best, Rick.
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<br/>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 1:10 PM, David & Alison Webster &=
#60;dwebster@glinx.com<mailto:dwebster@glinx.com>> wrote:
<br/>> Hi Rick & All,
<br/>> I am baffled by the notion that discussion might not be usefu=
l.
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<br/>> No doubt it is not possible to flick a switch and correct suc=
h problems. But why avoid discussion ?
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<br/>> One rather large hydra has as usual many heads but only one b=
ody; a civil service which has become threadbare as a result of attrition a=
nd, in some cases, never furnished with the necessary resources to do the m=
andated job in the first place; a large number of electric motors with the =
copper windings removed and sold for scrap.
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<br/>> Battles are now lost on a regular basis all for the want of a=
horseshoe nail and/or an ounce of common sense and the updating of regulat=
ions that have long since passed their best before date.
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<br/>> Amherst, due to public pressure, turned down $500,000 for dis=
posal of fracking water after being purified to drinking water standards. W=
hy ? Largely because the public is rightly skeptical of industry assurances=
. Without government funded science, which is absolutely free of any pressu=
re and consequently able to act as a reliable way to confirm or reject assu=
rances by industry one can expect mob rule, informed by misinformation, to =
become commonplace. And this can only lead to economically destructive deci=
sions.
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<br/>> In any case, a back of envelope calculation showed the potent=
ial dilution to be astronomical so there should never have been a fuss. But=
when democracy is used to establish the value of pi then 21 people who pre=
fer 3 will beat 20 who say it is about 3.14159.
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<br/>> The same considerations apply to the Alton gas storage projec=
t now stalled, partly because there is a concern about adding Sodium to the=
ocean. Huh ?? If the company were to release their water, following the sc=
hedule which they propose, I really don't understand how there could be=
a problem. If done by instant feedback, mixing and release or shutdown cou=
ld be automated. Once again, objective oversight by government funded scien=
ce would avoid these foolish and destructive shouting matches.
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<br/>> About 10 years ago someone on the South Shore developed a way=
to trap and use a truly invasive species of crab (Green crab I think and u=
sed for Lobster bait) .He was fined for fishing Green Crabs without a licen=
ce and lost his means of earning a living when he should have been given so=
me reward. But by the same agency he was denied a licence because it was no=
t an established fishery so they could not issue one. A trace of common sen=
se in the enforcement of regulations would predictably lead to better outco=
mes.
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