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I've always been amused that Y2Y's stated goal is an uninterrupted wildlife corridor between Yellowstone and the Yukon. At times prominent members have used the terms 're-wilding' and de-peopling' in their dreams of removing all industry and all human access to every-one, except of course people like themselves, who are more evolved than the rest of us, and thus better able to live in peace and harmony with the environment.

Canmore, and it's immediate area, is identified by Y2Y as one of the most severe choke-points in this Y2Y corridor. Y2Y could work out of anywhere, their work is almost all communication work, on-line, working the phones, preparing reports and position papers. They could work out of any big city, with access to an airport and maybe cheap rent. But no, their head office is in Canmore, where they pay high office rents, where their commutes are up and down the mountain valley highway dodging animals, with staff requiring exorbitant accommodation costs, and just unnecessarily adding to the very wildlife corridor impairment they complain about.

So they can look out the windows of their homes and suburus, recreate in grizzly country 5 minutes from their homes, and work to forbid anyone else from doing the same.