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Gordon Dewis Blog Post on Ecosystem Conservation Plan
Gordon Dewis identifies himself as a geocacher, and based on what he knows about climbing I'd guess he's a rock climber too. Without making inflammatory statements he comments in his blog about the Gatineau Park Ecosystem Conservation Plan and climbing , concluding with a hope that there will be more information sessions about the plan.
March 22nd, 2010 - 20:37
Dear Chip,
Good on you to help the community of park lovers to vent …
Mr. Dewis’s blog is very thoughtful. But he overlooks what everyone has overlooked–why the hell weren’t all stakeholders given an advance copy of the full conservation plan, so as to be in a position to comment on it?
Another cynical attempt by the NCC commissars to hoodwink the public by controlling the flow of information.
And has anyone, save for the GPPC, commented on the plan after having read a version of it? Well, no.
Mostly because the NCC has yet to make public a document it putatively released last week…
Like Alice in Wonderland–or East Germany under the Stasi…
March 23rd, 2010 - 10:51
Mr. J-P Murray
Unfortunately the tone of your rage and your electronic spittle you use to defend your opinions makes me shy away from reading anything you produce…good ideas or bad!
Your reference to a tender historical situation in defending your complaints is rude and inconsiderate to those who actually understand the implications of the comparison you are trying to make.
If you are so out of touch…why would anyone listen to anything else you have to say.
March 23rd, 2010 - 11:55
Well, Mr. BCGuru (hiding behind your moniker), your attempt to shift emphasis to the personal level (ad hominem) is a juvenile trick with no real impact on the debate.
I.e., you are entirely irrelevent to this debate, since you have provided nothing save an attempt to discredit a person who sheds light on it.
And what have you done for the park, lately, or ever?
Words are cheap; concrete contributions to advancing the debate very difficult…
March 23rd, 2010 - 12:57
bcguru makes a good point:
–You get more flies with honey than you do with vinegar!–
Note: Nobody, save for the GPPC’s 3 declared members has yet to vouch for this self declared “protection committee”, nobody.
March 23rd, 2010 - 13:53
I called the NCC today and the person who answered the main number said a copy is available for review in the NCC library and they also transferred me to the Gatineau Park office where an information officer there said she would have her colleague get in touch with me.
So, it seems that it is available, but you may have to visit them to see a full copy, which isn’t that uncommon in situations like this.
March 23rd, 2010 - 20:52
Well folks, sorry. I’ve been around this track a few times.
If Chairman Beaudry was able to release the Gatineau Park Master Plan, in full with CD Rom at a “public” ceremoney what is Lemay doing?
Letting the private landowners re-write the plan to remove all references to private park developments, and letting the NCC commissars manipulate the process by denying people the full information. That the plan is in the Library does not make it fully public. There should be countless paper/CD copies.
Well, proposals for dealing with private property development were in the first draft and have been erased from the final summary.
Prove me wrong if you can.
March 24th, 2010 - 09:56
The NCC library access is a bit of a sticky issue with me.
There are 2 NCC libraries; one downtown near(or on) Elgin, then another out @ the visitor centre on Scott. You can view their catalogue @ either location but not online, not even on Amicus. Also, you must make an appointment to access the Scott library, not that that’s a big deal.
We can only wonder why…
March 25th, 2010 - 20:53
If you ask them nicely, they might just send you a copy of the full report via email.