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rgotten Mother Canada Memorial<br>Date: Sat=2C 6 Feb --Apple-Mail-1--193815557 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Be careful Donna. "I know of what I speak." Paul. On 2016-02-07, at 9:25 AM, Donna Crossland wrote: > It is good to point this out, John. > The voice of the biologist/ecologist has been muted under some new = policies and =91rules=92. Perhaps the present government will turn this = around. There were those who spoke out from the safety of retirement; = some who had occupied very high places within the organization. There = was a letter signed by several of them. Additionally, there are these = utube videos (links below). They =91say it all=92. I trained as a = Park Warden with Kevin Van Tigum back in 1993 in Jasper; a very gifted = man and excellent naturalist, too. (Back then I was adamant to find = during my spare time the =93dipper bird=94 that I=92d seen on a = documentary. Kevin took on the task and hosted an unforgettable western = birding experience.)=20 > =20 > Those of us who are still in the system have been warned to be = careful. Sending this email is questionable. Maybe things will change = now, but Canadians need to remain vigilant on how THEIR national parks = are run, and speak out when they feel the mandate is being ignored.=20 > =20 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DtGmlqGPMQ_k > =20 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D1qZFT9D8Vpk > =20 > =20 > =20 > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of John and Nhung > Sent: February-06-16 7:56 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] re no-go! for Never Forgotten Mother Canada = Memorial > =20 > That is what needs to be said, and what troubles me is that this has = not been invoked as a reason for stepping back from the project. > =20 > If someone in authority doesn=92t explicitly point out the conflict = with the mandate, it=92ll happen again. > =20 > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Donna Crossland > Sent: February 6, 2016 7:32 PM > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] re no-go! for Never Forgotten Mother Canada = Memorial > =20 > It was a huge departure from the Parks Canada mandate. I was = beginning to think that we=92d completely lost our way... Great news!! > =20 > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Jim Wolford > Sent: February-05-16 5:52 PM > To: naturens > Subject: [NatureNS] re no-go! for Never Forgotten Mother Canada = Memorial > =20 > I was obviously to busy reading and writing about eagles to have seen = the naturens dialogue today on this. I have been against this from the = get-go on account of the proposed location plus the size and garishness = of the whole idea. Thanks for everyone=92s comments. > =20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > =20 > On Feb 5, 2016, at 5:35 PM, Jim Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> = wrote: > =20 >=20 > Thanks, Dave, for bringing this up. I have very good news. I heard = on the 1 p.m. CBC Radio news that Parks Canada has apparently completed = their review of the proposed project, determined that there were just = too many important questions about it, and that this project will not go = ahead on any Parks Canada land. Hooray! =20 > =20 > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. > =20 > Begin forwarded message: > =20 >=20 > From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> > Subject: [NatureNS] Mother Canada > Date: February 5, 2016 at 5:07:45 PM AST > To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > =20 > Dear All, > This is a bit removed from Natural History but I have problems with = any veterans' memorial statue being erected while more than 2000 = veterans are homeless in Canada; the triumph of image and hypocrisy over = genuine substance. > Yt, DW > =20 > =20 >=20 > This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by = Avast.=20 > www.avast.com > =20 --Apple-Mail-1--193815557 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><base href=3D"x-msg://3/"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; ">Be careful Donna. "I know of what I = speak."<div>Paul.</div><div><br><div><div>On 2016-02-07, at 9:25 AM, = Donna Crossland wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"><div class=3D"WordSection1" = style=3D"page: WordSection1; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">It is = good to point this out, John.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New = Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, = sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">The voice of the = biologist/ecologist has been muted under some new policies and = =91rules=92. Perhaps the present government will turn this = around. There were those who spoke out from the safety of = retirement; some who had occupied very high places within the = organization. There was a letter signed by several of them. = Additionally, there are these utube videos (links below). = They =91say it all=92. I trained as a Park = Warden with Kevin Van Tigum back in 1993 in Jasper; a very gifted man = and excellent naturalist, too. (Back then I was adamant to = find during my spare time the =93dipper bird=94 that I=92d seen on a = documentary. Kevin took on the task and hosted an unforgettable = western birding experience.) <o:p></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; = margin-bot