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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_1AA9_01CCCD5F.4BF22790 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Paul & All, Jan 7, 2012 Good news and bad news. Good that the mill jobs are saved and the = land protected but this increment to the Provincial debt will last much = longer than either the jobs or protected status of land & NDP votes. = But, on the other hand, could the government have done otherwise ?=20 $2,350/ha seems quite steep for land that the company can't break = even on, especially for land that would have sold for ~$10/ha 60 years = ago. International Companies are by nature opportunistic and predatory, = especially in tough times. For example, when Abitibi-Bowater went = bankrupt recently they voided the value of current shares, issued a new = batch and resumed business as usual. Will the poor overburdened NS taxpayer have to buy this same land = again in a few years to buy time for a yet smaller mill operation ?=20 While these industrial giants come & go, traditional logging with = oxen is profitable and maintains forest integrity (the recent issue of = Can. Geographic that I can't find; Hiltz in New Ross ?) if one is = content to work hard for just enough income to scrape by on. Perhaps the = next $20+ million forestry handout (that we can't afford) should be = directed to foster truly sustainable primary industry approaches like = logging by oxen. Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Paul MacDonald=20 To: NatureNS=20 Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 10:57 AM Subject: [NatureNS] Conservation land from Bowater Hi All The province now has some very nice land and Bowaters has some of our very nice money! LOL ------=_NextPart_000_1AA9_01CCCD5F.4BF22790 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 content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19170"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi Paul & All, = =20 Jan 7,=20 2012</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Good news and bad news. Good that = the mill=20 jobs are saved and the land protected but this increment to the = Provincial debt=20 will last much longer than either the jobs or protected status of=20 land & NDP votes. But, on the other hand, could the = government=20 have done otherwise ? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> $2,350/ha seems quite steep = for land=20 that the company can't break even on, especially for land that would = have sold=20 for ~$10/ha 60 years ago. International Companies are by nature = opportunistic=20 and predatory, especially in tough times. For example, when = Abitibi-Bowater went=20 bankrupt recently they voided the value of current shares, issued a new = batch=20 and resumed business as usual.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> Will the poor overburdened = NS=20 taxpayer have to buy this same land again in a few years to buy = time for a=20 yet smaller mill operation ? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> While these industrial giants = come &=20 go, traditional logging with oxen is profitable and maintains forest=20 integrity (the recent issue of Can. Geographic that I can't find; = Hiltz in=20 New Ross ?) if one is content to work hard for just enough = income=20 to scrape by on. Perhaps the next $20+ million forestry = handout (that=20 we can't afford) should be directed to foster truly = sustainable=20 primary industry approaches like logging by oxen.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"=20 dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dpaulrita2001@yahoo.com = href=3D"mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com">Paul=20 MacDonald</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 07, = 2012 10:57=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] = Conservation land=20 from Bowater</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new = york, times, serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV>Hi All</DIV> <DIV>The province now has some very nice land and Bowaters has</DIV> <DIV>some of our very nice money! LOL</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2=20 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_1AA9_01CCCD5F.4BF22790--
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