[NatureNS] Northern Pulp treatment plan

Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 17:51:44 -0400 (AST)
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   <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">But in my 80 years John good jobs are e=
asier</span>
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   <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">to get now than at any time I can remem=
ber.<br/></span>
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   <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">You need skills of course but we have p=
lenty of schools<br/></span>
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   <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">and one of skills most in demand is the=
 skill of going<br/></span>
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   <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">to work every day. And working when you=
 get there! even<br/></span>
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   <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">if it results in a bit of sweat ! Good =
luck if you want a plumber !<br/></span>
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   <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Justin can&#39;t solve that skill!<br/>=
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   <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the last of fall<br/></span>
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   <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Paul<br/></span>
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   <!-- <![endif] -->On December 8, 2017 at 2:00 PM John and Nhung &#60;nhu=
ngjohn@eastlink.ca&#62; wrote:
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      <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;" class=3D"MsoNormal">I&#39;d like to=
 add that &#39;industry&#39; is not a prerequisite for jobs. Humans are per=
fectly capable of employing (and organizing) themselves.</p>=20
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color: #1f497d;">Hmm =E2=80=A6 good point =E2=80=A6 but =E2=80=A6&#160; all=
 too often easier said than done, with an indigestibly long lag period, and=
 greater challenges in semi-rural N.S.</span></p>=20
      <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"=
color: #1f497d;">Then there are the various economic contractions in the ar=
ea over the past few years: the call centre, the downsizing of the Michelin=
 plant, the shrinkage of the Sobeys office=E2=80=A6 The area is hurting.&#1=
60; That mill isn=E2=80=99t going anywhere, tomorrow.</span></p>=20
      <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"=
color: #1f497d;">I would love to see the damned mill shrink to a more envir=
onmentally-friendly operation (or even disappear), but with all the economi=
c challenges in the area, maybe the first order of business should be to en=
courage new, sustainable and otherwise locally appropriate economic activit=
ies in the area.&#160; In my experience, people are more inclined to tighte=
n their environmental belts if they have other economic options to go for=
=E2=80=A6</span></p>=20
      <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 12pt;" class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"=
color: #1f497d;">Sounds like a job for Justin, Navdeep, and company, not ju=
st the province &#160;=E2=80=A6</span></p>=20
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      <p class=3D"MsoNormal">On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 11:39 AM, David &#60;<a=
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       <p class=3D"MsoNormal">Dear All,</p>=20
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        <p class=3D"MsoNormal">&#160; &#160; Usually I side with industry b=
ecause without jobs everything will be gone with the wind. But their presen=
t treatment plan is little more than a rerun of the deplorable Boat Harbor =
fiasco. Instead of dumping their wastewater in Boat Harbor they plan to dum=
p it in the ocean. Since when is dumping a treatment ?</p>=20
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        <p class=3D"MsoNormal">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;There was an article=
 in the Chr. Hrld. explaining why a closed cycle treatment system was not p=
ossible and it was just so much golbedygook and lame excuses. I looked into=
 the corporate structure on Northern Pulp a few weeks ago and doubt that th=
ey have the technical expertise to innovate a remedial treatment of their w=
astewater.&#160;</p>=20
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