jedi jeffi Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Today From Sen. Tommy Banks. Jeff Thank you for your message. The present Bill C-10 is in my view an affront to Parliament. It is ostensibly a Budget Implementation Bill; but it includes amendments to more than forty Acts of Parliament, some of which have little or nothing to do with budget implementation. This Bill seeks to amend The Navigable Waters Protection Act; but it also seeks to change the rules about foreign ownership in transportation, and foreign ownership of the shares of Air Canada, among many other non-budget-implementation intentions. It abrogates the means by which women can obtain pay equity. These and many other legislative provisions in C-10 do not belong in a Budget Implementation Bill. Many of us in the Senate are determined to try to split the Bill into at least two parts – to separate those matters that actually have to do with budget implementation (which can and should be considered and dealt with quickly), so that proper consideration can be given to the other legislative proposals contained in the Bill. The House of Commons has now passed the Bill without changes, so it falls to us in the Senate to try to give these elements the scrutiny they deserve. To expect the Senate to consider, within a matter of days, all of the non-budgetary matters contained in the Bill is ridiculous. I don’t know whether we will succeed in convincing the Senate to split the Bill, but some of us will try. You can be certain that the government will express outrage at any attempt by the Senate to do its job. Most of us have learned that this is just the normal course of events. I hope that you will continue to follow the progress of Bill C-10, and I thank you again for your message. Tommy Banks Senator for Alberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedi jeffi Posted March 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Joined: Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:25 am Posts: 479 Location: Milton Peter Karwaki's boater board post. No sense for copy and paste. Quotes from a speech in todays Senate. And it is a very inspiring read. http://www.boatwerks.net/boaterboard/viewtopic.php?t=7943 Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Andrews Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 bad link test em after you post em Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedi jeffi Posted March 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 bad linktest em after you post em Jeff Fixed, it was weird, it was a copy and paste job, half the sites I posted on had the same problem. I only tested the first site I did Oops! Thanks. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smerchly Posted March 9, 2009 Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 Going through the headlines this morning , the canoe photo caught my eye .Our sneeky government is not being honest by hiding these "environment" bills in other reports. Read the comments at the bottom .......this bill can affect us fishermen in many ways........ http://www.torontosun.com/life/greenplanet...660866-sun.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedi jeffi Posted March 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2009 The number of groups now involved is getting to be pretty amazing! The only big hunt group that I don't know if they are involved is Ducks U. It doesn't mean they are not involved, they usually don't get that vocal in public debates Jeff There is also a huge umbrella of rec users in BC plus a lot of inidvidual groups accros the country. Now if we can get them to listen. Alberta Fish and Game Association Alberta Outdoors Coalition BC Wildlife Federation BCWF Political Action Alliance Canadian Institute for Legislative Action Canadian Shooting Sports Association Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association Delta Waterfowl Foundation Fédération Québecoise des Chasseurs et Pecheurs Fur Institute of Canada Friends of Fur Hunting for Tomorrow Foundation Long Point Waterfowl Manitoba Wildlife Federation National Wild Turkey Federation New Brunswick Wildlife Federation Newfoundland and Labrador Wildlife Federation Nova Scotia Federation of Anglers and Hunters Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Prince Edward Island Chapter Delta Waterfowl Prince Edward Island Trappers Association Prince Edward Island Wildlife Federation Ruffed Grouse Society Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Wildlife Habitat Canada Advanced Rescue Techniques School of Canada ADVENTURE KAYAK Magazine Boreal Forest Network Boreal River BC Adventure Network B.C. River Outfitters Association Bubble Street Canadian Environmental Law Association CanoeKayak B.C. CANOEROOTS Magazine Carleton University Kayak Club David Suzuki Foundation Dog Paddling Adventures Esprit Rafting Ecojustice Ecology Action Centre Equinox Adventures Eskakwa Eco-Adventures Company Ltd. Fish B.C. Grand Riverkeeper Labrador Great Lakes Sea Kayaking Association (GLSKA) Historic Trails Canoe Club of Saskatchewan Fraser Riverkeeper Friends of La Vase Portages Friends of the Mattagami River Fondation Rivières Full Moon Adventure Company Fundy Baykeeper KAYAK ANGLER Magazine Kayak Newfoundland and Labrador Lake Ontario Waterkeeper Les Amis de la Rivière Kipawa Les Intendants du Madawaska Madawaska Kanu Centre National Outdoor Leadership School Nature Canada Newfoundland Paddling Association North Columbia Environmental Society NWT Kayak Association Ontario Recreational Canoe & Kayak Association Ottawa River Keepers Outdoor Recreation Council of BC Orca Expeditions, Division of/de Bytown Travel Ltd. Paddle Canada Paddler Co-operative Inc PaddlingInstructor.com The Paddlers for Parts Association #1545 RAPID Magazine Rapid Media Recreational Paddling Association of Canada Save Our Seine River Environment Inc. Sentinelles Petitcodiac Riverkeeper Sierra Club of Canada Somba K'e Paddling Society in Yellowknife Tundrasails Undercurrents Wend Magazine Whitewater Ontario Wilderness Canoe Association Wilderness Spirit Adventures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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