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While I have considered joining the Green Party, I don't see that as the most effective way to influence the process. Last night at the NDP celebration at the Lord Nelson, I had a great chat with the NDP worker who designed the legislation from Rae's Ontario NDP that stopped all new garbage incinerators. Now that was wonderful legislation. Certainly no party is going to be right all of the time and the NDP will never be perfect. But they have clearly been far better than any other. I know personally many of the people who were elected yesterday. They are among the leaders in helping with a series of environmental efforts. Howard Epstein, Darrel Dexter, Jerry Pye are new voices provincially, but municipally they have proven their record as trustworthy in environmental matters. I know they plan on continuing in that. Conversely, the national Green Party is doing a hatchet job on composting that I find ill-informed and misguided. A bit of a knee-jerk response going after the wrong target. But I agree with them on many other issues. Looks like our election will result in issues being fought on an issue by issue basis on the issue itself. So this is hopeful. And I hope to see you, and others, there working on the issues, without fail, from now on. See you there. David Wimberly ag487@chebucto.ns.ca Halifax, Nova Scotia http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6847/ "Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo" Virgil (If heaven I cannot bend, then hell I'll stir.) On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Daniel Richard Clark wrote: > Are the NDP any better? In BC environmental groups want Glen Clark's head > for his refusal to enforce replanting legislation. Once the cameras left > he has comletely ignored the salmon fishing issue. Clark works the media > very well, but he is just as much in the pocket of big business as the > Reform party is. > > Bob Rae in Ontario refused to support protests against logging in > Temagami. He ordered that protesters be arrested. The NDP has just as > bad an environmental record as any of the other parties. In Ontario we > have the Green Party. If you truly care why don't one of you start up a > Nova Scotia chapter. > > Dan
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