Stephen And Laureen Harper Tear Up Delicate Yukon Ecosystem On ATV
"Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen rode a couple of ATVs through a delicate ecosystem in Yukon Tuesday, an activity that most people in the territory say must be better regulated.
In a photo-op blazoned across news websites and broadcasts throughout the day, the Harpers can be seen smiling as they ride the sandy dunes of the Carcross Desert, a geological oddity caused by an extinct glacier, south of Whitehorse.
But the territorial government doesn’t have any rules for riding ATVs, or all-terrain vehicles, in the wilderness, a hands-off policy that has left alpine meadows, wetlands and even the tiny Carcross Desert crisscrossed with tread marks."
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The birth of a banana republic
Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives, committees have become highly polarized and hyper-partisan. Shockingly for a democracy, they now operate mostly in secret, away from the electorate's prying eyes.
A secret democracy isn't a democracy.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/the-birth-of-a-banana-republic-149786775.html
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Nadine Lumley |
11:54 am, September 05, 2012