PROVINCIAL BUDGET ALSO ATTACKS THE ENVIRONMENT

Although our federal Tory/Conservative party are quite happy to hide anti environment changes inside their budget/Omnibus Bill, so are their provincial counterparts. Here in Ontario Dalton McGuinty's Liberals are doing almost the exact same thing. Kind of gives you a warm glow in your heart to know that both parties at essence favour and always have favoured corporate and money interests over everything else. Saturday's Waterloo Region Record carrys an Opinion piece by Luisa D'Amato titled "Culprit in budget standoff not any party but unstable minority". While I may disagree with Luisa's political analysis, her understanding of the fine environmental points buried in the Liberals' proposed budget is dead on. The Liberals are removing legislated protection for endangered species in Ontario and they are doing it via the back door exactly as the federal Tories are backdooring Environmental Assessments. Shame on both parties and both governments for their gutless approach to environmental degradation and deregulation. Sure leave it up to big business. They are so far sighted and competent they'll make sure the environment sustains us for at least one more generation; and expect accolades for doing that little.