Alien species

Posted on 03/19/2013 by

ERTRick Conroy, The Times
Sylvia Davis has a peculiar job. She is paid by the Ministry of Environment to argue that there is nothing particularly valuable, salvageable or even worthwhile about the environment. Or, at least, not so much that the animals and plants who live there, or their genetic descendants, won’t recover after decades of abuse and industrialization.

The contradictions of her job mean she lives in a relative world: the land was ruined already, she reasons —it was used as a military training ground. What additional harm can 500-foot high industrial wind turbines, the attendant roadway network and grid infrastructure do?

In her job as lawyer for the ministry, Davis must challenge experts who have dedicated their lives to researching specific aspects of the ecosystem. Folks who understand better than anyone the tender balance upon which species and habitats exist and disappear. Her job is to tear down this research, discredit the findings and marginalize its implications.

At the end of the day she hops in her taxpayer- funded hybrid car with Ontario logo and trillium emblazoned on the door and zips eco-smugly down the 401 home to Toronto.

Paul Catling seems a polite and gentle man. Last week he skillfully managed to turn an otherwise dry and tedious Environmental Review Tribunal hearing into an entertaining and at times compelling seminar, for a day at least, on the qualities and features of an alvar ecosystem—specifically, the alvar that comprises much of the terrain at Ostrander Point upon which Gilead Power proposes to populate with massive wind turbines. Read article

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17 Responses to Alien species

  1. 1957chev says:
    03/19/2013 at 20:24

    The MOE has become nothing but a tool of the devil….time to clean house and get rid of the lot of them!

    • barbara says:
      03/19/2013 at 23:08

      The MOE is trying to defend its actions by any means necessary!

    • jack says:
      03/20/2013 at 11:36

      It would appear to me that the only “alien species” at Ostrander Point would be the folks from MoE. Can you believe the audacity of them defending the destruction of such an extraordinary ecosystem? Got to wonder what alien planet they’re from?

      MoE…..Money or Environment….open to bids. Please include your graf$ with your requests, Thank you.

      Keep your stick on your sign

  2. D p l says:
    03/19/2013 at 20:25

    The Ministry of Environment to argue that there is nothing particularly valuable, salvageable or even worthwhile about the environment.
    http://ishtarsgate.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/so-you-dont-believe-in-chemtrails/
    In a way they are right when we have this government allowing this to happen and no one gives a dam about this.

  3. Country Bumpkin says:
    03/19/2013 at 21:12

    D p l,
    What does that tell you about the state of our society? Pretty freaking pathetic. Unfortunately there are some who do not deserve this but pay the price for the actions of others.

  4. barbara says:
    03/20/2013 at 02:53

    Windstream Energy Inc., Canada is owned by:
    Windstream Energy LLC
    338 Harris Hill Road, Suite 102
    Williamsville, New York, USA
    Incorporated ,Delaware, Oct. 15,2007
    Known Directors include:
    Wm. R. Ziegler, Chair. Vesta Corp.
    David M. Mars, Managing Partner White Owl Capital Partners LLC & Director at Inteiligize Inc.

    Inteiligize Board includes:
    David M. Mars
    Howard Lee Morgan > Jonathan Nelson, National Park Foundation
    http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/people.asp?privcapId=84606069
    National Park Foundation, Washington
    http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/board.asp?privcapId=5920008

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