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Well folks, the Nova Scotia election is history. While i am sure that some of our subscribers were delighted with the results, i know that a good many others will be sorely disappointed. But i'd like to suggest that we all, as people concerned about the environment, view the new government as an opportunity to make positive change for the environment. Because the environment is not a partisan issue. It is not something we want to be looked after for periodic 4-year stints. Nor is it something we should think about just once every 4 years. As constituents of Earth, we need to ensure that politicians of all stripes think about the future. Therefore, i'm encouraging everyone, whether you voted orange, blue, red or otherwise ... to remind the folks in power ... and those in opposition ... that green goes with EVERY colour! That means writing letters to elected representatives and to the newspaper ... and staying or getting active in local environmental groups. And for the politically-inclined, it also means working within your local constituency association to make sure that the environment is not forgotten. For example, the Sierra Club of Canada's national Political Effectiveness action Committee works to organise people to be active within federal constituency associations, to work on making the environment a priority (check out www.sierraclub.ca) There are many possibilities to do this ... the important thing is to stay active between elections. I'll close by putting a quick plug for PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION. In case you didn't notice, the PCs got a majority government, with a MINORITY (39%) of public support (popular vote). This is the result of Canada's antiquated first past the post electoral system. Under a PR system, John Hamm would still be premier. But the number of seats in his government would correspond more closely to the wishes of Nova Scotians, as shown by "popular vote" percentage. Something to keep in mind ... take care ~paul :) _________________________________________________________________________ Paul A. Falvo, LL.B. * chebucto.ns.ca/~pfalvo/Profile.html * 902-454-9573 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- 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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