Sheer madness indeed! https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/site-e-dam-proposal-pushback-northeast-bc-9.7236681
Farmers, First Nations and communities in northeast B.C. are raising concern as the NDP government plans to revive a decades-old proposal for a fourth dam on the Peace River, a project currently banned from being built under provincial law.
The high cost of #environmental lawlessness that allows #mining companies to take the resources and leave #toxic liabilities for the public to pay to remediate and manage in perpetuity . https://cabinradio.ca/296047/news/economy/giant-mine-remediation-passes-1-5-billion-in-spending/
Yes, people downstream are concerned about this reckless proposal and the equally reckless and lawless #UCP govt. https://cabinradio.ca/295061/news/environment/concern-in-nwt-about-impact-of-kevin-olearys-alberta-ai-data-centre/
#nwtpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli #AI #DataCentres #WaterisLife #ecosystems
“At some point, maybe there’s too many roads!” https://cabinradio.ca/293223/news/politics/mlas-concerned-about-how-planned-new-highways-could-affect-caribou/
RE: https://mstdn.ca/@cabinradio/116683086414630488
The #NWT follows a consensus model of #governance BUT a cabinet and a group of so-called independent MLAs undermine the effectiveness of the legislative assembly where everyone is suppose to cooperate and collaborate in governance. #nwtpoli
The fix is in - the #BigOil puppets want to release #tarsands tailings into the most important #watershed in #Canada. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-oilsands-tailings-mine-wastewater-consultation-9.7206761
The Alberta government has announced it will be launching engagement sessions this year as it develops a long-term plan to manage tailings ponds and mine wastewater from the oilsands.
Diamond #mines in the #NWT are likely to follow the history of gold mines, leaving the public on the hook for costly clean-up. It is past time to make #mining companies pay. https://cabinradio.ca/290619/news/politics/what-do-ekatis-financial-troubles-mean-for-environmental-cleanup/
"The #Alberta Friends of Medicare are advising Northerners to pay attention to a legal opinion pertaining to Alberta’s bills 11 and 29, which make private ownership of hospitals in that province possible and could see diagnostic services switch to a user-pay system." https://yellowknifer.com/2026/05/06/privatization-of-healthcare-in-alberta-would-affect-northerners-says-non-profit-coalition-executive/
What this article doesn't acknowledge is that Thatcherite #MarkCarney does not value society and community. The North is screwed with this CEO-PM. https://cabinradio.ca/289706/news/yellowknife/canadas-sovereignty-and-security-depend-on-strong-communities/
Ekati Diamond Mine’s parent company has filed for creditor protection. It says global events caused the gem’s prices to fall by more than 70 per cent within a year. The filings put at risk hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in promised payments to Indigenous communities.
LM Little
