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Perverted Politics (09.26.03)
Federal politicians do very little work. Or I should say they spend very little of their time actually making decisions of national importance. However, when they do get together they are incredibly important people with the power to change history. With that fleeting time being as expensive as it is rare, why are millions of our dollars and life changing hours being spent discussing gay marriages' Is there really no greater issue facing the day to day life of the average Canadian?
Our federal MP John Reynolds thinks this issue is so important that twice his views have graced the Chief with his tooth and nail fighting of that dirty love. Perhaps once we've become a more civilized nation we'll finally separate church and state, then we won't have to spend our most precious moments dealing with his time wasting anti-gay stance.
Then, just when you think he's ignoring the issues that matter. Boom. Mr. Reynolds finally gets off his bedroom soapbox to chime up with his negative opinion on Squamish's proposed adventure center. Here's a proposal that hinges on getting a million dollars from the federal government and John Reynolds pipes up with his two cents that may end up costing Squamish millions. I've got a question, why is our elected member of parliament publicly bad mouthing a million dollar project in his own riding? Here is our one chance to get some of the federal softwood "help our industry is dying" money and our representative is taking steps to stop it. He's going so far as to send a letter to the decision makers demanding an explanation.
But why are we even discussing this. I shouldn't know about this deal yet and neither should you. This sort of thing falls into the in-camera classification and that means it can't be public knowledge because it involves a land deal. But we are discussing it because the information was leaked. So now, that leak has led to the worst case scenario (thank you very much) and we're openly debating a project that may in fact never be built. This is exactly the type of cluster-duck scenario that unfortunately has made Squamish famous. To be sure, this spinning story has many a turn left, but whatever the headlines may scream, this is not a forestry vs. tourism issue. Even the trucking companies are willing to work with the adventure center. It all comes down to the hard reality that the traditional bread and butter of Squamish is drying up. Forestry has made Squamish what it is today and you can bet over those years the powers that be have made some pretty sweetheart deals to help keep the ball rolling. But the writing is on the wall and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Squamish's transition period is just beginning and like it or not there will be plenty more gravy trains pulling into the station before it's all said and done.
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