Read About: Money and The Kipawa River, Whitewater Ontario,Les amis de la rivière Kipawa,The Proposed Tabaret River diversion project, Northern Ontario Liquid Adventurers,Canadian Rivers Network The viewpoints and opinions expressed here are those of the author and are not necessarily those of Whitewater Ontario or Les Amis de la Riviere Kipawa. Those groups did not vet these comments and would not likely endorse the views expressed here or the manner in which they have been expressed.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Trying to Give a Dam
Federal Government now fully free to transfer Laniel Dam to Quebec, paving the way for Tabaret River Diversion Project.
Supreme Court Dismisses Case
Les Amis de la Rivière Kipawa learned today that its application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court was dismissed.
This effectively ends a four year battle between LARK and the Attorney General over the Challenge of the Environmental Assessment of the Dam Refurbishment at Laniel on the Kipawa River.
LARK wishes to thank its supporters and continues to encourage all paddlers and outdoor enthusiasts to take up the current more pressing challenges we face in dealing with current government plans to 'gut' the NWPA (Navigable Waters Protection Act), CEAA (Canadian Environmental Assessment Act) and the CEPA (Canadian Environmental Protection Act).
The steps required are,
Contact Jim Prentice, current Minister of the Environment voicing your feelings
Write letters to the editor explaining the problem with charging ahead with infrastructure projects as the cost of the environment
Donate freely to just causes of environmental protection, green party, become a member of an organization like Whitewater Ontario, Les Amis de la Riviere Kipawa, or through them the Canadian Environmental Network, but in general try to work through groups.
see:
www.allaboutwhitewater.blogspot.ca
www.Ispeakforcanadianrivers.ca
www.kipawariver.ca
www.whitewaterontario.ca
http://www.wiki-site.com/index.php?title=Canadian_Rivers_Report_Card
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Canadian Rivers Network Wants your Help
This is a broadcast email from the Canadian Rivers Network.
We remain concerned about the Harper government's intentions to gut the Navigable Waters Protection Act and exempt thousands of waters from the provisions of the act by calling them "minor waters" and by exempting "minor works" from the provisions of the act.
Our position is:
- there is no such thing as a minor water in Canada
- there is no such thing as a minor work on a waterway in Canada
- you cannot save the economy by gutting Canada's environmental laws
1) Distribute this information through your networks.
2) Encourage your contacts to visit our website, sign the petition they have posted there, and review the information they have available on this issue.
3) Act and encourage others to act by initiating efforts to inform
politicians at every level that navigation rights and nvironmental laws in Canada should not be tinkered with under the guise of helping the economy.
4) If you are a member of an organization that wants to be publicly
listed as a supporter of the Canadian Rivers Network, let them know by sending them an email with the name of your organization, and contact information for a designated representative.
5) Speak the media about the NWPA issue at whatever level you can,
local, regional, proviincial or national.
6) Let them know if you have the name of anyone who is qualified and
willing to speak to the national media on behalf of the Canadian Rivers Network.
Please let them know if you require any additional information or
assistance.
_______________________________
Canadian Rivers Network
www.ispeakforcanadianrivers.ca
We remain concerned about the Harper government's intentions to gut the Navigable Waters Protection Act and exempt thousands of waters from the provisions of the act by calling them "minor waters" and by exempting "minor works" from the provisions of the act.
Our position is:
- there is no such thing as a minor water in Canada
- there is no such thing as a minor work on a waterway in Canada
- you cannot save the economy by gutting Canada's environmental laws
1) Distribute this information through your networks.
2) Encourage your contacts to visit our website, sign the petition they have posted there, and review the information they have available on this issue.
3) Act and encourage others to act by initiating efforts to inform
politicians at every level that navigation rights and nvironmental laws in Canada should not be tinkered with under the guise of helping the economy.
4) If you are a member of an organization that wants to be publicly
listed as a supporter of the Canadian Rivers Network, let them know by sending them an email with the name of your organization, and contact information for a designated representative.
5) Speak the media about the NWPA issue at whatever level you can,
local, regional, proviincial or national.
6) Let them know if you have the name of anyone who is qualified and
willing to speak to the national media on behalf of the Canadian Rivers Network.
Please let them know if you require any additional information or
assistance.
_______________________________
Canadian Rivers Network
www.ispeakforcanadianrivers.ca