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Index of Subjects [PS (Paul script): remember please when replying to delete the original message, and redundant addresses from the header. Let's keep it clean :) 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 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- You received this because you are subscribed to "sust-mar", the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list. To unsubscribe, send email to <majordomo@chebucto.ns.ca> with "unsubscribe sust-mar" (without quotes) as the body of your message. To post a message to sust-mar subscribers, send it to <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca> Posts that are off-topic or excessive length (10K) will be rejected. For help contact <sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>
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