The Pine Beetle Vs. Minister Morton
Author: anne | Date: April 19, 2007 | Please Comment!On Tuesday unfortunate comments were made by Ted Morton, the Minister of Sustainable Resource Development, disparaging the Charter and making reference to his extreme views on an Alberta ‘firewall’ (independent police force, pension plan and health system, etc) to protect Alberta from Ottawa! This was in response to real concerns about pine beetle threat in Alberta and the possible solutions we could look at. Skirting the issue, making light of it, and connecting it to his extremist views is not helping! He may need to be reminded that he did not win the leadership race!
Read Ted Morton’s Response to Bill Bonko’s questions:Bill Bonko asks Ted Morton about Pine Beetle Threat in Alberta (April 17, 2007)
Read Morton’s previous comments about ‘block cutting’ rather than ‘clear cutting’ in the Kananaskis area: Dave Rodney asks Ted Morton about Clear Cutting in Kananaskis (April 2, 2007)
Also, yesterday in the Legislature I made a Private Member’s statement on Climate Change and Emissions Reduction in light of Earth Day this weekend. Please read this statement, and let me know what you think!
Private Member’s Statement on Climate Change (April 18, 2007)
Listen to Morton in action, as well as my Private Member’s Statement:
8:02 pm on April 19th, 2007
Face it, he’s right about Alberta needing it’s own police force which is in the works I can tell you that with the Sheriffs taking a more pronounced role in the province, since the Mounties are nothing but an over stretched watered down excuse for a police force. Mounties should deal with Federal issues and that is all.