MP ATAMANENKO CRITICIZES FEDERAL CONSERVATIVE PLANS TO GUT THE FISHERIES ACT WITH BUDGET BILL Proposed changes could end crucial powers to protect fish habitat MARCH 22, 2011 (Castlegar, BC) - MP Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior) said the Conservative’s plan to make changes to the Fisheries Act in an omnibus federal budget bill next week has [...]
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MP ATAMANENKO CRITICIZES FEDERAL CONSERVATIVE PLANS TO GUT THE FISHERIES ACT WITH BUDGET BILL
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012NDP BC MPs express their concerns about the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project
Thursday, March 1st, 2012The following letter was sent to the Joint Review Panel for the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project from the BC Caucus of the Federal New Democratic Party: Many Canadians have raised concerns about the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline and the risks it would pose to both our environment and our economy. As British Columbian Members of [...]
William Shatner Joins New Democrat Campaign to Save Wild Salmon
Thursday, June 10th, 2010BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamenko, in support of BC’s wild salmon, encourages readers to view the following press release, as well as this Globe and Mail article. OTTAWA – Canadian film and television icon William Shatner has thrown his support behind New Democrat Fisheries and Oceans Critic Fin Donnelly’s efforts to save British Columbia’s [...]
Glacier Howser and Other BC IPP Projects
Friday, July 31st, 2009Letter to Premier Campbell Dear Premier Campbell: On 24 July 2009 I submitted a letter to the Environmental Assessment Office, expressing concerns with the proposed Glacier Howser Private Hydroelectric Project. Attached please find a copy of this submission. An overwhelming majority of people in our area are against this project as evidenced by over 1100 [...]
MP Atamanenko Throws Support Behind Community Opposition to Kootenay IPP
Friday, June 26th, 2009“Where is the benefit to the people of BC?” Castlegar, BC – Before a public meeting in Kaslo on Wednesday that drew 1100 citizens from the town and other Kootenay communities, MP Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior) told one of the largest crowds ever assembled against a proposed Independent Power Project (IPP) “This Glacier-Howser IPP [...]
Alex Atamanenko, MP Presents Private Members Bill to Bring Bottled Water up to Municipal Standards
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Ottawa, ON – NDP Agriculture Critic Alex Atamanenko, M.P., BC Southern Interior, tabled his Private Member’s Bill, “An Act to bring the Food and Drug Regulations in line with the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality,” that would require bottled water regulations to be raised to the same standards as municipal water. “Independent scientific studies [...]