Tuesday, June 12, 2007

More beetle trouble for Betty

In a right on the money editorial today, the Williams Lake Tribune drew attention to federal inaction on the pine beetle crisis:
"If only a B.C. Conservative would stand up the way Nova Scotian MP Bill Casey did last week, and demand his government live up to its commitments to British Columbia.
Will Dick Harris or Betty Hinton or Jay Hill publicly demand their government wake up on this issue?"

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Published June 12, 2007
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Friday, June 8, 2007

When will they give a damn?

In today's editorial, the Kamloops Daily News asked why the federal government still hasn't indicated that it cares about the situation faced by local homeowners with many pine beetle-infested trees.
"The feds just don't get it on the pine beetle issue. Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn ... and his government colleagues, including MP Betty Hinton, deserve no credit whatsoever for their refusal to come to the aid of homeowners."
The city of Kamloops has coughed up $400,000 to fund the removal assistance program this year, and the federal government matched about half. But they're refusing to fund it any further than August, even though the pine beetle crisis will continue to get worse.

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Published June 8, 2007
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