Darrell
Dexter's NDP government finally
published the Fur Farm Act.Some
think this is nothing more than a
confidential wish list of ways to
avoid pesky environmental laws
affecting the fur farm
industry..... The so called FUR
FARM ACT has actually been around
since 2006, but in the form of a
loose set of voluntary rules from
Department of Agriculture. ASK
CHRIS d'Entrement MLA who was the
Minister of Agriculture at that
time. He may ( or may not ) agree
that mink farmers had been
actively lobbying their
politicians to give them more
user-friendly environment laws
that would allow them to expand
their businesses
...............Darrell Dexter held
those rules back from the public
since his election, having already
satisfied the mink lobby with a
solid commitment to give them
immunity from pesky environment
laws while he carried out his term
in office.
He kept his word to the mink
farmers, cashing in part of Nova
Scotia's share of Harper's
BORROWED STIMULUS BILLIONS in 2008
.How did he do this? Those who
care have been trying to find out
ever since they figured out what
was going on.Specifically, our
government has successfully hidden
its secret agenda from public
scrutiny with a determined and
well funded campaign
of information management ,
press/media manipulation, and
inter-party sharing of all the
under-the-table spinoff deals.
While we weren't looking, millions
were transferred to new mink farms
under provincial Department of
Agriculture direction.
Secrecy was maintained , we were
told, for proprietary reasons and
for protection against
eco-terrorists .
It's a deal that should be
investigated as a criminal
conspiracy, but don't plan on it.
People have lost their confidence
in the legal process as they tried
to find and stop obvious
environmental infractions. But
politics and patronage always
protects its own, and before long
all the legal balances and
countermeasures had been bypassed
or "fixed".
Eventually it reached a point
where citizens' complaints were
simply being overlooked and the
public had absolutely no faith in
their government agencies to
protect them. Environmental
inspectors are a rare commodity
around mink farms.
Opposition parties have had little
effect, disappointing their most
ardent political supporters. They
should be ashamed for their
deliberate denial of the problem,
and for talking from both sides of
their mouths.
THE BIGGEST LIE OF ALL can be seen
on the
Q&A sheet on these regulations
that has been put out by the
Government of Nova Scotia. (See: http://www.gov.ns.ca/agri/mink/pdf/FurIndustryRegulationsQAs.pdf)
In response to the very first
question: "What is in the fur
industry regulations?" it says
"The regulations clearly state
that no discharge of contaminants
is permitted from the farm
property to a watercourse."
My own thoughts: That's Bullshit,
not minkshit. There is not one
single recommended treatment that
would remove water-soluble
phosphorus ,or any other water
soluble nutrient from the waste
stream runoff of a mink
farm.(unless you think a few acres
of cat-o-nine tails will soak up
the poop from a million mink)
Brand new farms that have been
built under the NDP regime do
nothing to remove the
water-soluble "manure nutrients".
They don't tell you this, but the
new mink farms around here still
let the runoff drain into the
woods and still bury their
carcasses on their own land.
This Document is not about law.
Instead it's a Contract of
Entitlements that will allow
business as usual for the fur
industry.
There's an election coming..
We need to talk personally to all
the candidates, and make it clear
that we need to FIX OUR
PROBLEM....
My vote goes to the first
candidate who has the balls to
stand up publicly for everybody's
right to CLEAN WATER.
John Halley Horton
Forest Glen
He kept his word to the mink farmers, cashing in part of Nova Scotia's share of Harper's BORROWED STIMULUS BILLIONS in 2008 .How did he do this? Those who care have been trying to find out ever since they figured out what was going on.Specifically, our government has successfully hidden its secret agenda from public scrutiny with a determined and well funded campaign
of information management , press/media manipulation, and inter-party sharing of all the under-the-table spinoff deals.
While we weren't looking, millions were transferred to new mink farms under provincial Department of Agriculture direction.
Secrecy was maintained , we were told, for proprietary reasons and for protection against eco-terrorists .
It's a deal that should be investigated as a criminal conspiracy, but don't plan on it.
People have lost their confidence in the legal process as they tried to find and stop obvious environmental infractions. But politics and patronage always protects its own, and before long all the legal balances and countermeasures had been bypassed or "fixed".
Eventually it reached a point where citizens' complaints were simply being overlooked and the public had absolutely no faith in their government agencies to protect them. Environmental inspectors are a rare commodity around mink farms.
Opposition parties have had little effect, disappointing their most ardent political supporters. They should be ashamed for their deliberate denial of the problem, and for talking from both sides of their mouths.
THE BIGGEST LIE OF ALL can be seen on the
Q&A sheet on these regulations that has been put out by the Government of Nova Scotia. (See: http://www.gov.ns.ca/agri/mink/pdf/FurIndustryRegulationsQAs.pdf)
In response to the very first question: "What is in the fur industry regulations?" it says "The regulations clearly state that no discharge of contaminants is permitted from the farm property to a watercourse."
My own thoughts: That's Bullshit, not minkshit. There is not one single recommended treatment that would remove water-soluble phosphorus ,or any other water soluble nutrient from the waste stream runoff of a mink farm.(unless you think a few acres of cat-o-nine tails will soak up the poop from a million mink)
Brand new farms that have been built under the NDP regime do nothing to remove the water-soluble "manure nutrients". They don't tell you this, but the new mink farms around here still let the runoff drain into the woods and still bury their carcasses on their own land.
This Document is not about law. Instead it's a Contract of Entitlements that will allow business as usual for the fur industry.
There's an election coming..
We need to talk personally to all the candidates, and make it clear that we need to FIX OUR PROBLEM....
My vote goes to the first candidate who has the balls to stand up publicly for everybody's right to CLEAN WATER.
John Halley Horton
Forest Glen