Federal court decision surprisingly calls a spade a spade

"The omnibus bills, C-38 and C-45, made a series of amendments to the Fisheries Act, Species at Risk Act, Navigable Waters Protection Act and Canadian Environmental Assessment Act among many others.

Under the old Navigable Waters Protection Act, any project affecting a waterway large enough to carry a canoe was subject to federal review. Under the new Navigation Protection Act, only the Athabasca and Peace rivers are protected in Mikisew Cree territory. Changes to the Fisheries Act mean the act now only protects fish, not fish habitat."

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/touch/story.html?id=10670742

• There is a substantial rift within the ranks of the environmentalists at this point: the main issues:

   1. SLAAP suits againt environmentalist groups
• 2. Canada Revenue Agency Audits of Non Profitable Group Status expenditures on policy based actions
•   3. The government labeling environmental groups as Radical Environmentalists, or Extremist Environmental Groups
• 4. The blatant disregard for fact based research/policy in formulating Harper Government policy
• 5.The need to be perceived as cooperative while getting hosed.

  6. It has never been harder to be an environmentalist - these are dark days indeed.