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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_lUlnm1/aRpaoBOXoi3E31g) Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT what Harold said...! Well put :) Helene -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of Harold Forsyth Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:15 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Political rant re environment cutbacks Non-profit nature and environment organizations are having a hard time accessing federal program funding because it isn't there any more. The spring 2007 federal budget made cuts of $7.6 million to grants and contributions to environmental groups, $55.4 million cuts to youth employment programs that previously allowed community organizations and other non-profit groups to hire youth, and a $4.6 million cut to the Museums Assistance Program. Yesterday, CBC news sources said the Canadian Wildlife Service had its service budget frozen for the rest of the fiscal year and other groups' budgets were cut by up to 80 per cent. The cuts include an 80 per cent budget cut to the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Network, while the Migratory Bird Program budget has been cut in half. The budget for 144 National Wildlife Areas has been slashed from $1.9 million to zero. Environment Minister John Baird's office says spending is being prioritized for climate change initiatives. It sounds like they are going to forget about the environment so they can fight climate change. That doesn't make sense to me......... Harold --Boundary_(ID_lUlnm1/aRpaoBOXoi3E31g) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=170092123-19092007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>what Harold said...!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=170092123-19092007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=170092123-19092007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Well put :)<BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=170092123-19092007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Helene</DIV></FONT></SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Harold Forsyth<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:15 PM<BR><B>To:</B> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Political rant re environment cutbacks<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Non-profit nature and environment organizations are having a hard time accessing federal program funding because it isn't there any more. The spring 2007 federal budget made cuts of $7.6 million to grants and contributions to environmental groups, $55.4 million cuts to youth employment programs that previously allowed community organizations and other non-profit groups to hire youth, and a $4.6 million cut to the Museums Assistance Program. Yesterday, CBC news sources said the Canadian Wildlife Service had its service budget frozen for the rest of the fiscal year and other groups' budgets were cut by up to 80 per cent. The cuts include an 80 per cent budget cut to the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Network, while the Migratory Bird Program budget has been cut in half. The budget for 144 National Wildlife Areas has been slashed from $1.9 million to zero. Environment Minister John Baird's office says spending is being prioritized for climate change initiatives. It sounds like they are going to forget about the environment so they can fight climate change. That doesn't make sense to me.........</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Harold</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_lUlnm1/aRpaoBOXoi3E31g)--
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