To the Editor,
Boy, we sure are moving real fast. After the latest vote in the U.S. things don’t seem so dark, but we’re still not out of the woods. Mr. Trump is still dangerous.
Our present government sure has big plans, but most won’t come to fruition for a decade, and in between, our natural resources will take a real pounding. The high-speed train will cause mass deforestation across the country, not to mention the farmland that will be destroyed. Let’s not forget the Ring of Fire in Northern Ontario. Doug Ford was recently gifted with $1 billion to make a road to the site of the future mining operation situated in pristine wooded areas with lakes and rivers. Just the road alone will call for extensive deforestation and habitat destruction, and once the road is completed, real deforestation will commence. Poaching will become prevalent, and once the mine is up and running the sludge will begin destroying the surrounding area, but hey, it’s out of sight, out of mind.
Our present government is the furthest thing from green minded. They tend to honor the stock market, the banks and the corporate world in general.
Without a healthy planet we have nothing. Let’s not lose sight of that.
Andy Perreault
Vankleek Hill
