CONSERVATIVES DO WHAT CONSERVATIVES DO

Yesterday's K-W Record carries the following story titled "Environmental protection degraded as ominous omnibus bill passes". It is written by Susan Koswan and describes two omnibus bills just passed in the Ontario legislature by the majority Conservative government. They are bills 195 and 197 and they continue the cuts to democratic oversight that omnibus bills in the past have done. Multiple environmental organizations commented about the severity and failures of the environmental aspects of these bills. Ecojustice, the Canadian Environmental Law Assoc., Ontario Nature and the Grand River Environmrnatl Network all submitted their concerns about the changes to environmental assessments. They were ignored by our Conservative provincial government. .................................................................................................................... Ms. Koswan suggests that perhaps legal action and the courts are the way to go. Wow..well I guess if you are desperate and don't mind burning money then have at it. Just don't forget who appoints those judges in the first place (yup-politicians). I wish them luck but the cards are and always have been stacked against environmental justice and they've been that way intentionally. Politicians are both funded and then lobbied, less for radical change and more to maintain the status quo, because that is exactly how the wealthy and powerful like it. Tyrannies are maintained by fear whereas democracies are maintained by the ignorance of their citizens.