Press Release on Gas Prices

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 09:55:33 -0300 (ADT)
From: "David M. Wimberly" <ag487@chebucto.ns.ca>
To: Dan O'Connor <OCONNODA@gov.ns.ca>
cc: Linda Norman <NORMANLP@gov.ns.ca>, NDP Party of NS <nsndp@ns.ndp.ca>, John/Karen Pearce <jk.pearce@ns.sympatico.ca>, dchard@kayhay.com,
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Hi Dan,

Your note below says that there is clearly a lot of work to be done on a
provincial transportation policy.  Would you please tell us exactly what
the NDP would do in that regard?  Please be specific as to how an NDP
government would act in such a way as to make our NS society absolutely
sustainable, or at least far more so.

Where I live near Rte 3 in Head of St. Margaret's Bay there is *NO* bus
service.  There are no bike lanes.  A wonderful rail line has been taken
out and is being replaced by a "Rails to Trails" that will allow ATVs
which will mean it will still be unsafe for bicycles.  Irvings has put all
of the several nieghbourhood service stations out of business.

To add insult to injury, the 103 is being twinned all the way to the
Peggys Cove Exit where Sobeys own a huge housing development they got in
a secret land swap with the NS gov. and which is far too close to the
nesting site of our only pair of bald eagles- the southernmost nest site
on the South Shore.

I agree with you that there IS much to be done with a transportation
policy.  What I and others would like to see is a clear statement of
policy that actually stops new road construction in favor of public
transportation.  We could even go so far as to create a "development"
policy that discourages long commutes in autos and instead renews local
neighborhoods as complete communities where we actually LIVE instead of
just come to as bedroom communities.

Reviewing gas prices is almost beside the point.  A real issue is how to
avoid using any more gas.  A real issue is how multinational corporations
collude with our government to keep us dependent on buying their gas and
how those purchase enrich a very few elite and impoverish the majority and
harm our environment.

So, how is the NDP going to be socially and environmentally responsible on
this issue?  How is the NDP going to be actually substantially different
from the other parties?  So far, it all sounds too much the same.

How about a public statement along the lines of supporting a 100%
petroleum products tax increase provincially with every cent of that money
invested in alternatives to fossil fuel consumption and to public
transportation?

Hopefully yours,
David Wimberly



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