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--Apple-Mail=_0F234566-72B3-48BA-84F4-CED319F08C09 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I don=92t like adding a =93ditto=94 and sending to the entire list, but = I agree hugely with Dave Webster=92s words below, and kudos also to the = sleuthing by Paul Schneidereit and the Globe & Mail editorial etc. = Every time we hear something new about this proposed project, it gets = absolutely worse and worse and unbelievable that such antics could take = place in our =93democratic=94 homeland! Yours truly from Jim (in Burns Lake, B.C., temporarily) Begin forwarded message: > From: Lois Codling <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] "Unbiased" evaluation > Date: June 24, 2015 at 6:37:49 PM PDT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > Well said, Dave! >=20 > Lois Codling >=20 >=20 > On 24/06/2015 10:06 PM, David & Alison Webster wrote: >> Dear All, June 24, 2015 >> I don't want to beat a dead horse but what struck me in todays = article was the relevation that this project presented as a "...purely = privately funded venture ... proceeding on the strength of its own = merits, based on impartially done reviews.." is in fact the exact = opposite. >> Approved by the Conservative government in August 2013, given = gushing thumbs up by the CEO of Parks Canada two months later, helped by = a $100,000 donation from Parks Canada (i.e. tax money) in 2013, = evaluation of the project effected by a major stakeholder, afforded only = two weeks for public consultation (being window dressing only why allow = more time?) and, being established as a charity will be funded by $20 to = $30 million of tax money. >> =20 >> In my view, the best way to honor those who lose their lives in = defense of democracy and individual freedom is 1) to ensure that those = who come back damaged in body or mind receive suitable financial support = and medical care [not happening] and 2) to protect democracy and freedom = from degradation [not happening]. >> =20 >> And Nick, I don't think installation of a Mother Canada statue at = some location (and I assume you mean some location not in the park) = should be decided entirely by those who live within a 10 km radius; = unless of course they proposed to return the 100 K to Parks Canada, = forgo the charitable donation route and the associated $20 to $30 = million tax money and use a size, design and name that is not deplorably = crass. >> =20 >> And as noted in the Globe and Mail article there is a far more = suitable memorial already in the Park; a modest cairn with words to = honor their sacrifice. They surely did not die so that the residents of = Dingwall, Cape North or Ingonish could have a tourist attraction. >> =20 >> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville >> =20 >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: John and Nhung >> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 6:28 PM >> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] "Unbiased" evaluation >>=20 >> I share concern for the economy of northern Cape Breton, respect the = voices from that part of the world more than those from the various = supportive luminaries, and remain appalled at the proposal that this be = built in a national park, the main objectives of which should be to = preserve and protect nature, and educate the public therein. >>=20 >> The most constructive suggestion I have heard so far is that this = thing be built north of the park, where the economy is struggling even = more. >>=20 >> -----Original Message----- >> From: = naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On = Behalf Of David & Alison Webster >> Sent: June 24, 2015 9:25 AM >> To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca >> Subject: [NatureNS] "Unbiased" evaluation >>=20 >> Dear All, June 24, 2015 >>=20 >> Interesting article in today's Chron.Hrld. >>=20 >> = http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1294831-schneidereit-a-monument-in-gr= een-cove-to-conflicts-of-interest >>=20 >> What a mess. >>=20 >> DW, Kentville >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> =09 >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.=20= >> www.avast.com >>=20 >>=20 >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2015.0.6037 / Virus Database: 4365/10089 - Release Date: = 06/24/15 >>=20 >=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail=_0F234566-72B3-48BA-84F4-CED319F08C09 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">I = don=92t like adding a =93ditto=94 and sending to the entire list, but I = agree hugely with Dave Webster=92s words below, and kudos also to the = sleuthing by Paul Schneidereit and the Globe & Mail editorial etc. = Every time we hear something new about this proposed project, it = gets absolutely worse and worse and unbelievable that such antics could = take place in our =93democratic=94 homeland!<div><br></div><div>Yours = truly from Jim (in Burns Lake, B.C., temporarily)<br><div><br><div>Begin = forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, = 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">Lois Codling <<a = href=3D"mailto:loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca">loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca</a= >><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: [NatureNS] = "Unbiased" evaluation</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">June 24, 2015 at = 6:37:49 PM PDT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, = 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a= = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div><div bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" text=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Well said, Dave!<br><br>Lois = Codling<br><br><br><div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">On 24/06/2015 10:06 = PM, David & Alison Webster wrote:<br></div><blockquote = cite=3D"mid:7E9AEAB6DC2D441FA371BDBF4168E45B@D58WQPH1" = type=3D"cite"><div>Dear All, = = = June 24, 2015</div><div> <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>I don't want to beat a dead = horse but what struck me in todays article was the relevation that this = project presented as a "...purely privately funded = venture ... proceeding on the strength of its own merits, = based on impartially done reviews.." is in fact the exact = opposite.</div><div> <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Approved by the = Conservative government in August 2013, given gushing thumbs up by the = CEO of Parks Canada two months later, helped by a $100,000 donation from = Parks Canada (i.e. tax money) in 2013, evaluation of the project = effected by a major stakeholder, afforded only two = weeks for public consultation (being window = dressing only why allow more time?) and, being established as = a charity will be funded by $20 to $30 million of tax = money.</div><div> </div><div> <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>In my view, the best way to = honor those who lose their lives in defense of democracy and individual = freedom is 1) to ensure that those who come back damaged in body or mind = receive suitable financial support and medical care [not happening] and = 2) to protect democracy and freedom from degradation [not = happening].</div><div> </div><div> <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>And Nick, I don't think = installation of a Mother Canada statue at some location (and I = assume you mean some location not in the park) should be decided = entirely by those who live within a 10 km radius; unless of course they = proposed to return the 100 K to Parks Canada, forgo the charitable = donation route and the associated $20 to $30 million tax money and use a = size, design and name that is not deplorably = crass.</div><div> </div><div> <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>And as noted in the Globe = and Mail article there is a far more suitable memorial already in the = Park; a modest cairn with words to honor their sacrifice. They = surely did not die so that the residents of Dingwall, Cape North or = Ingonish could have a tourist attraction.</div><div> </div><div>Yt, = Dave Webster, Kentville</div><div> </div><blockquote dir=3D"ltr" = style=3D"border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; = border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; = margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"><div style=3D"font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: = normal; font-family: arial;">----- Original Message -----</div><div = style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial; = background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); background-position: initial = initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><b>From:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a moz-do-not-send=3D"true" = title=3D"nhungjohn@eastlink.ca" href=3D"mailto:nhungjohn@eastlink.ca">John= and Nhung</a></div><div style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; = font-family: arial;"><b>To:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a moz-do-not-send=3D"true" = title=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></div><= div style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: = arial;"><b>Sent:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, June 24, 2015 = 6:28 PM</div><div style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: = arial;"><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: [NatureNS] "Unbiased" = evaluation</div><div><br></div><p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Calibri">I share concern for the economy of northern Cape = Breton, respect the voices from that part of the world more than = those</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font face=3D"Calibri">from = the various supportive luminaries, and remain appalled at the proposal = that this be built in</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font = face=3D"Calibri">a national park, the main objectives of which should be = to preserve and protect nature, and educate the public = therein.</font></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span= lang=3D"en-ca"><font face=3D"Calibri">The most constructive suggestion = I have heard so far is that this thing be built</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"><b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><font= face=3D"Calibri">north</font></b></span><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Calibri"><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>of = the park, where the economy is struggling even more.</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"></span><span= lang=3D"en-us"><font face=3D"Calibri">-----Original = Message-----<br>From:<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a= class=3D"moz-txt-link-abbreviated" = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.c= a</a>[<a moz-do-not-send=3D"true" = href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens-owner@chebuc= to.ns.ca</a>] On Behalf Of David & Alison Webster<br>Sent: June 24, = 2015 9:25 AM<br>To:<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = class=3D"moz-txt-link-abbreviated" = href=3D"mailto:NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br>Sub= ject: [NatureNS] "Unbiased" evaluation</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Calibri">Dear = All, &nbs= p; = June 24, 2015</font></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Calibri"> <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Interesting article in = today's Chron.Hrld.</font></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span = lang=3D"en-ca"></span><a moz-do-not-send=3D"true" = href=3D"http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1294831-schneidereit-a-monume= nt-in-green-cove-to-conflicts-of-interest"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Calibri">http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1294831-schneidereit= -a-monument-in-green-cove-to-conflicts-of-interest</font></span><span = lang=3D"en-ca"></span></a><span lang=3D"en-ca"></span></p><p = dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Calibri"> <span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>What a = mess.</font></span></p><p dir=3D"ltr"><span lang=3D"en-ca"><font = face=3D"Calibri">DW, Kentville</font></span></p><br><br><hr = style=3D"border: medium none; background-color: rgb(176, 176, 176); = width: 247.6363525390625px; height: 1px; color: rgb(144, 144, = 144);"><table style=3D"border: medium none; 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