Friday, November 02, 2007
Environment abandoned by the McGuinty Liberals
I was watching the CBC new on Wednesday evening and saw the piece called “Bye, Bye Birdy”. It talked about the disappearance of a large number of our song birds. One of the factors pointed out was the loss of habitat.
Ontario’s boreal forests are a key nesting area for millions of these birds yet there was a noticeable lack of discussion about our diminishing boreal forests in the recent election. In 2003 McGuinty promised a plan before any further exploitation would take place this promise was broken and now seems to been totally forgotten. Each time we lose a habitat that endangers a species closer we come to a loss of the components that keep us healthy. There needs to be a full and rigorous review of our exploitation of northern resources to ensure sustainability of our environments to combat global warming.
I was watching the CBC new on Wednesday evening and saw the piece called “Bye, Bye Birdy”. It talked about the disappearance of a large number of our song birds. One of the factors pointed out was the loss of habitat.
Ontario’s boreal forests are a key nesting area for millions of these birds yet there was a noticeable lack of discussion about our diminishing boreal forests in the recent election. In 2003 McGuinty promised a plan before any further exploitation would take place this promise was broken and now seems to been totally forgotten. Each time we lose a habitat that endangers a species closer we come to a loss of the components that keep us healthy. There needs to be a full and rigorous review of our exploitation of northern resources to ensure sustainability of our environments to combat global warming.
# posted by Nobleton Clear @ 11:15 AM 
