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Originally Posted by KinAlberta
This whole thread should probably be closed and the discussion continued in the politics thread.
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Alberta said it was removing 'underutilized' parks from its system. This data suggests otherwise
Province wouldn't provide info to CBC News but another group obtained it through FOIP
December 03, 2020
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canad...se/ar-BB1bB1TH
The facts in that article sure makes it sound like there are some hidden agendas at play.
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Yes!
I believe walking buffalo hit the nail squarely on the head
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Originally Posted by walking buffalo
This move by the government is Not about saving dollars by eliminating parks maintenance costs.
It is about making money, Mostly through expanding resource extraction in areas where SOME of these parks are currently in the way.
It is not a co-incidence that the '76 coal development policy is rescinded just after the parks elimination is announced.
This will be a huge net loss for outdoors people, and especially for many wildlife species. Some people will gain prosperity.
It has been on the books for decades that wmu 402 upper Oldman/Livingstone is to be a resource extraction area with minimal environmental protection. This is why the timber has been allowed to be cut at such a fast rate. Now on to mining coal.
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