phyllograptus | April 10, 2012 at 10:31 pm |
Oh, you heard that CBC Ideas show too? Or was it the Stuart Mclean version of the story? I often listen to the propaganda arm of the Harper government while in Canada to try to hear that guy who skewered Billy Bob Thornton.
One may think the Rideau Canal is an artificial construct that couldn’t be built now if subject to environmental review, but seeing as the Harper government just announced Canada wasn’t going to be doing any more environmental reviews on anything — in some cases turning over a stooge version of that function to the provinces (which is a lot like turning it over to Enbridge, except taxpayers still pay for the dog & pony show) that the federal level can then overrule ‘in the national interest’, in other cases like sea habitats, Great Lakes monitoring and the like simply shutting off all inspection, monitoring or reporting at all — it’s hard to see the merit of your argument.
As a development economist, to me development is a necessary and good thing. If you believe Canada’s doing that any more, you’re simply gullible. Your country is run by opportunistic leeches.