Monday 4 November 2019

Just when we thought it was safe...

We find that the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) has nothing to say in protecting our sources of clean, safe drinking water!
Unless of course when  the NPCA is targeting some unfortunate private property owner as in the case of Mark Barnfield who was completely destroyed on the basis that the NPCA claimed he had caused harm to the underground aquifer. 
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BUT, whenever the NPCA comes up against a developer or corporation the NPCA claims lack of jurisdiction as in dumping suspected landfill in the aquifers located at the Port Colborne stone quarries!
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Just when we thought the past horrors of the NPCA had ended, we find this burdensome government agency having to be ordered by Ontario's privacy czar to publicly divulge the obviously over-generous salaries!
https://newsalertniagara.blogspot.com/2019/05/ontario-auditor-general-addresses.html
https://newsalertniagara.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-study-in-elected-corruption-update-8.html
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But Wait! It gets worse; much worse!
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Now in a petty effort to prove their relevance the Conservation Authorities (CA's) presenting themselves as 'Weather Forecasters' sending out dire warnings of inclement weather; Weather warnings which are readily available 'Free of Charge' to everyone from so many sources and exactly from where the so-called CA experts get their alerts.
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Obviously, everyone who understands a post from a post hole also understands that the difference is the 'Weather Alerts' from the conservation authorities is costing the cash strapped taxpayers $Hundreds of Millions.
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While our Crafty Governments expanded their rule over the lives of their constituents by the creation of largely unaccountable agencies, the municipalities are able to cut their public council meetings by half and to relieve themselves of responsibility! 
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Authorities who avoid their responsibilities and abandons their constituents to the vagaries of agencies such as Ontario's 'Citizen-destroying' Conservation authorities clearly displays a lack of concern for their Citizens. 
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Conservation Authorities represent double jeopardy for society with no appreciable redeeming value when it comes to protecting our environment! 
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A great example of Conservation Authority malfeasance resides in the abysmal tragedy of a homeowner who was promised by the St.Catharines, Ontario Mayor to stand by the city's building permit only to be thrown under the proverbial bus of the conservation authority. 
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The mayor attacked his constituent with every level of bureaucracy he could find including Fisheries and Oceans, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of the Environment, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, Niagara Regional Government, the City of St. Catharines, and the Canadian Henley Rowing Corporation who all agreed with everything the Mayor wanted. 
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.Property owner groups are calling for the elimination of Ontario's Conservation Authorities and returning their assets and responsibilities back into their respective municipalities, where they belong, if for no other reason than accountability.
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1 comment:

  1. Here, here, yes, get rid of the conservation authorities because they are a duplication of activities supposed to be done by councils.

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