The world may find our prime minister all the rage, but it’s scientists who are in vogue. And a leading one makes a compelling case against changing environmental goals
Tag Archives: fisheries
Salmon expert: Tailings pond leak won’t affect sockeye salmon run
A sober second thought on the ‘eco-babble’ about the mine-waste leak at Mount Polley, B.C. affecting what may be a record-breaking salmon run
Does the future of the fisheries rest on dry land?
Fancy some Manitoba cod? How about Saskatchewan salmon?
Dalhousie project takes aim at invasive species
Aquatron laboratory will test cleanliness of ballast water
And now a word from the Muskoka Watershed Council
The council isn’t impressed with the withdrawal of government funding for the Experimental Lakes Area.
Splitting C-38: How bout now?
Though the Conservatives rejected similar entreaties by the NDP last month, the Liberals hope the prospect of several hundred votes will now convince the government to spit the budget bill. Specifically, the Liberals want the following removed from C-38.
C-38: Protest and procedure
More news of weekend protests in Truro, Oakville, St. John’s, Nanaimo, Owen Sound, Swift Current, Kenora, Ladner, Coquitlam and Cobourg. The United Steelworkers, the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario and Grand Chief Stewart Phillip and the legal director of the University of Victoria’s Environmental Law Clinic register their concerns. And Conservative MP Dan Albas tries to explain C-38 to his constituents.
C-38: Solving a problem that’s already been fixed?
Postmedia obtains documents that suggest the environmental assessment duplication that the budget bill is supposed to prevent is already being addressed.
The quiet cuts
Scientists are upset that the Experimental Lakes Area program will be cut. The benefits for RCMP officers will change. Lower Fort Garry will lose costumed interpreters. Funding for regional development groups in Atlantic Canada will be eliminated. Scientists within the Department of Fisheries might be laid off.
The quiet cuts
The government is eliminating 42 jobs with the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.