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Canada removes protection for humpback whales

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by neverspook on Fri Apr 25, 2014 12:50 am

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This appears to be yet another move the Canadian government has taken to pave the way for a massive tar sands pipeline project. It needs to get the whales out of the way of that, legally speaking. So with a stroke of the pen, the whales are no longer listed as a species at risk. How convenient.

The public comment period on this runs til May 17. You can post your comments to the government here http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/document/ ... entID=1525

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by Mike in O on Fri Apr 25, 2014 10:15 am

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This just sucks...Canada is selling its soul for the different extraction industries.

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by baldsparrow on Fri Apr 25, 2014 4:09 pm

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Mike in O wrote:This just sucks...Canada is selling its soul for the different extraction industries.

No, just our unrepresentative government. Those parts of Canada that understand the issue are pretty angry about it.

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