tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070977933232664642.post8030368924120721250..comments2024-02-21T12:23:30.416-06:00Comments on PLANET IN PERIL: "Manitoba doesn't need a carbon tax. We're already 'green!'" - Premier Brian Pallister.Graham Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10678179625435076216noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070977933232664642.post-13268681530377126492018-10-13T13:17:24.679-05:002018-10-13T13:17:24.679-05:00Some years ago, Bill 46 contained 3 actions for ke...Some years ago, Bill 46 contained 3 actions for keeping phosphorus out of Lake Winnipeg:(1)a crackdown on hog manure,(2) upgrades for Lake Winnipeg's sewage system and (3)protection for Manitoba wetlands.<br /><br />What is disturbing and yes, hypocritical, is the fact that Bill 46 was unanimously adopted by all members of the Manitoba legislature which became The Save Lake Winnipeg Act, established in 2011.<br /><br />Yet, upon becoming government many of the regulations in the Act were abolished. <br /><br />Any integrity in Pallister's government has vanished.John Fefchak, Virden.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070977933232664642.post-1008263865396528462018-10-13T04:29:31.306-05:002018-10-13T04:29:31.306-05:00letter by Larry Powell; Pallister isn't tellin...letter by Larry Powell; Pallister isn't telling the whole story. 11 Oct.<br />Bill 46 contained 3 actions for keeping phosphorus out of Lake Winnipeg:(1)a crackdown on hog manure,(2) upgrades for city of Winnipeg's sewage system and (3)protection for Manitoba wetlands.<br /><br />What is disturbing and yes, hypocritical, is the fact that Bill 46 was unanimously adopted by all members of the Manitoba legislature which became The Save Lake Winnipeg Act, established in 2011.<br />Yet, upon becoming government many of the regulations in the Act were abolished. <br /><br />Any integrity in Pallister's government has vanished.<br /><br /><br /><br />John Fefchaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070977933232664642.post-27505767608406736132018-10-07T22:12:53.758-05:002018-10-07T22:12:53.758-05:00"So Pallister shoots himself in the foot. His..."So Pallister shoots himself in the foot. His so-called ‘green plan’ exempted from the carbon tax stuff his agricultural support base uses (farm fuels, pig barn heating, etc) and deferred the tax for the largest emitters in Manitoba, his buddies. Now that he has dropped the made in Manitoba carbon tax in a fit of pique, the feds will apply their carbon tax -- to everyone. No exemptions. Oops...But then, it could just be a ‘sneaky’ strategy to nail the Liberal Party in front of the next federal election...”Joseph Dolecki Associate Professor, Economics, Brandon U.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070977933232664642.post-722516762711376892018-10-06T15:52:32.141-05:002018-10-06T15:52:32.141-05:00Great write up Larry.
Initially, Bacon One was Q...<br /><br />Great write up Larry.<br /><br /><br />Initially, Bacon One was Quebec….Manitoba is now, Bacon Two!<br />Bad ideas and poor operating principles are very costly. <br />The lessons are; We must learn from Filmon's Conservative government, past mistakes.<br />s this pointless rhetoric from a long time ago? Hardly! We should all benefit and learn from the past. Who initiated and spread out the welcome mat? That is the fact. The Filmon regime of government, in the 1990's must bear that imprudent act alone, for it was done without the benefit of any studies whatsoever and literally double crossed every farmer who used to raise hogs for a living and sale; as Premier Filmon also eliminated the competitive “Single Desk Selling” for the sole benefit, as he promised Maple Leaf Foods president Michael McCain. Our NDP government however, was not virtuous in this business of meat for export, for they also allowed and encouraged the rampant growth of producing hogs to continue. This hog industry is a meat-exporting business. Manitobans consume about six per cent of their production. The rest is shipped away, leaving us and our water sources to deal with all the waste and pollution that is produced and left behind, producing the blue /green plan that Premier Pallister boastfully proclaims. Adding just one more value-added concept, as initially proclaimed by the Filmon/ and now Pallister Conservative government.John Fefchaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070977933232664642.post-21074697219381509092018-10-06T13:40:31.158-05:002018-10-06T13:40:31.158-05:00The only thing more astounding than the Premier...The only thing more astounding than the Premier's statement, itself, is that so few seem prepared to challenge or correct him. Remember this? "All that remains for evil to triumph is for good men to say nothing." Why are YOU remaining silent? Here's one place you can comment! WHY NOT?PinPnoreply@blogger.com