Time for a brief follow-up to Elizabeth May’s fine dissection of how Harper environmental cuts contributed to the slow response to Vancouver’s English Bay oil spill. In today’s Star, Tim Harper repeats and reflects upon the facts May addressed. Denunciations are flying fast and furiously from the likes of May,
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Northern Reflections: Incompetence Writ Large
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ There was an oil spill in English Bay last week. And we finally got a chance to see what Harperian austerity has accomplished. Michael Harris writes: It should be noted that the oil spill, from a brand new ship on its maiden voyage, happened in calm waters. If
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Got An Oil Spill? Call This 1-800 Quebec Number
Every time I hear Elizabeth May speak, my respect for her deepens. Watch as she explains how the response time to Wednesday’s oil spill in English Bay was hampered by Harper cuts and that fact that cleanups has been privatized. Recommend this Post
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