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WHAT'S NEWStop Gateway...write one little letter NOW!Help Stop the "Gateway to Global Warming"
OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES TAKE YOUR LETTERS VERY SERIOUSLY! They are an indication of where the public will lies...and how people will vote a year from now. Support Delta to stop the SFPR and Port Expansion!
Who would have thought this East Van gal would be spending so much time in Delta and Surrey? Well let me tell you, all that time on the SkyTrain is paying off. Bridgeview, Bolivar Heights, Sunbury, South Delta -- this is where the real Gateway battle lies now. And our compadres south of the Fraser are fighting like demons. At the "Spirit of Delta" rally this Saturday, hundreds lined up in the pouring rain to sign anti-Gateway petitions...OVER 1500 PEOPLE SIGNED THE PETITION! And tomorrow...Monday...Delta council will consider staff recommendations to extend the environmental review process and DELAY THE DELTA PORT EXPANSION BY 5 YEARS. Carmen goes to Superhero Bootcamp
I have just joined the Wilderness Committee, taking on the new position of "Healthy Communities Campaigner" (as a job-share with the amazing Ben West). It's such an honour to work side by side with so many of my heroes -- Andrea Reimer, Joe Foy, Ben, and so many others. Last week we scored a huge victory against the Upper Pitt River private power project, defeating a seven-headed dragon that a year ago, everyone said was "a done deal." Of course "we" isn't just the WC...it's a massive network of groups and individuals, with a wide diversity of perspectives. My own role in the Pitt River campaign was to hand out the sandwiches on the bus. Someone else put the mayo on the sandwiches, and someone else booked the bus. But together, we did it. Next up, is Gateway... KILL BILL 43! Starring Kevin FalconA gang of ruthless global corporate yakuza fronted by the evil Falcon are out to DESTROY DEMOCRACY! Can the Deadly Viper Highway Assassination Squad, in league with hundreds of thousands of angry citizens and one raging granny, save the day?! Nov.21- DEMOCRACY vs. THE FALCON
Canada Place (near Waterfront SkyTrain Stn) BC Minister of Transportation Kevin Falcon is about to try to ram through Bill 43, which would take TransLink out of the hands of our municipally elected representatives, privatize it, and hand it over to a corporate board of control. Bill 43 will destroy democratic accountability at TransLink. SEPT 29 was a Day to Stop Gateway! The Day to Stop Gateway warmed up with a packed Spirit of Sustainabilty Rally at the Unitarian Church, followed by the HELLO AL, GOODBYE GATEWAY Rally outside the Westin Bayshore Hotel, where Al Gore was delivering his Inconvenient Truth speech to an audience that included Gordon Campbell and David Suzuki.
Despite the pouring rain, a crowd of 400 people gathered to dance, chant, and celebrate the beginning of the end of Gateway. Read what the Globe and Mail had to say about all the ruckus. Greenway Winsby Guy Dauncey Those were the words that resounded in the mind of defeated Cabinet Minister Kip Sparrow as he tossed and turned in his bed on a hot 35 ºC summer’s night in June 2009, wondering where it all went wrong... Falcon's "green" ideaThe Vancouver Province Editorial page featured this cartoon -- in reference to Kevin's introduction of a "green" fleet of hybrid taxicabs.  (In case you haven't studied the map, the South Fraser Perimeter Road is a key chunk of Gateway which would destroy some of the finest farmland in Surrey and Delta.
GATEWAY IN THE NEWSVancouver Sun: Gateway project will impact air quality STRAINING DISBELIEFSo there's this new "grassroots" pro-Gateway group, called Get Moving BC. They just sent out a call for support, to all the members of BCAA (the automobile lobby), which reads: "The opposition to the Gateway Program is well organized and, thus far, a countervailing group supporting the Gateway Project and economic development had been absent... |
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