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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C7FAFE.12AA8230 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It is not only fighting climate change, but also sending the military to = Afghanstan and caring for injured soldiers! What is spent there could = have helped the environment. Right?? Liz ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Harold Forsyth=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:15 PM 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.=20 Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.22/1015 - Release Date: = 9/18/2007 11:53 AM ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C7FAFE.12AA8230 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>It is not only fighting climate change, but = also=20 sending the military to Afghanstan and caring for injured=20 soldiers! What is spent there could have helped the=20 environment. Right?? Liz</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3Dharold.forsyth@ns.sympatico.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:harold.forsyth@ns.sympatico.ca">Harold Forsyth</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 19, 2007 8:15 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Political rant re environment=20 cutbacks</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Non-profit nature and environment = organizations are=20 having a hard time accessing federal program funding because it isn't = there any=20 more. The spring 2007 federal budget made cuts of $7.6 million to = grants=20 and contributions to environmental groups, $55.4 million cuts to youth=20 employment programs that previously allowed community organizations and = other=20 non-profit groups to hire youth, and a $4.6 million cut to the Museums=20 Assistance Program. Yesterday, CBC news sources said the Canadian = Wildlife=20 Service had its service budget frozen for the rest of the fiscal year = and other=20 groups' budgets were cut by up to 80 per cent. The cuts include an 80 = per cent=20 budget cut to the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Network, while = the=20 Migratory Bird Program budget has been cut in half. The budget for = 144=20 National Wildlife Areas has been slashed from $1.9 million to = zero. =20 Environment Minister John Baird's office says spending is being = prioritized for=20 climate change initiatives. It sounds like they are going to = forget about=20 the environment so they can fight climate change. That doesn't = make sense=20 to me.........</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Harold</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free = Edition.=20 <BR>Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.22/1015 - Release Date: = 9/18/2007=20 11:53 AM<BR></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0017_01C7FAFE.12AA8230--
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