Dear Minister Prentice, As you are aware the Okanagan County Public Utility District in Washington State has undertaken a feasibility study to build a hydroelectric dam at Shanker’s Bend on the Similkameen River south of Osoyoos, BC. Part of the study includes an 80 metre dam which, if built, would flood about 7200 hectares on [...]
Archive for the ‘Letters’ Category
About Shanker’s Bend: Letter to Environment Minister
Monday, February 2nd, 2009Tobacco Farmers in Crisis – letter to Ag Minister
Thursday, December 4th, 2008Letter to Agriculture Minister Ritz – Tobacco Farmers in Crisis Dear Minister Ritz: I recently met with representatives of the Tobacco Farmers in Crisis. André Bellavance, MP and Wayne Easter, MP were also present at the meeting. Mr. Joe Botscheller and his colleagues outlined the very difficult situation facing many tobacco farmers. I am attaching [...]
Make Parliament Work!
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to address the issue of the proposed coalition government. Although to some, this may seem as a “political power game”, please believe me when I say that this is not the case. The idea of a Liberal/NDP coalition with support from the Bloc has come about [...]
War Resisters – Letter to Editor
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Dear Editor, Tuesday, July 15th will go down as a black day in Canadian history. The first Iraqi War Resister from the American military was deported from Canada for refusing to fight in a war that Canada refused to get involved in, that the United Nations has called illegal, and that much of the world [...]