Saturday, January 18, 2020

Questions.

1.)  Why does Parks Canada want to privatize more than $8 billion dollars worth of infrastructure in Canada's National Parks including dams, canal locks and lock stations, tunnels, culverts, nature trails and highways.
2.)  Why was CN Rail sold for a bargain-basement price to a consortium of foreign investors. The CN Commercialization Act of 1995 restricted investment by one individual to 15%, yet the government of Canada lifted that restriction and Bill Gates will own 25% of "The People's Railway."
3.)  Why do the people of Canada no longer own Toronto's  CN Tower or the Edmonton CN Tower.
4.)  A Crown corporation called Via Rail has to pay CN and the CPR to use railway tracks that were built and paid for by my ancestors. Via Rail provides passenger service. A railway company left the people of Churchill, Manitoba stranded and unable to obtain essential products, when the corporation refused to repair flooded railway tracks. Canada's government eventually nationalized the tracks and bought a couple of trains and the community was so happy that street parties were organized and people cried tears of joy.
5.)  The Fraser Institute is lobbying for the privatization of British Columbia's National Parks,Canada Post, the CBC, CMHC, Forestry Canada and many other Crown assets that are collectively owned by the people of this nation.
6.)  Why are Federal Crown assets (buildings, land, infrastructure, natural resources, tourist venues) now the property of:
General Electric
Walmart
Amazon
Fairmont Hotel's and Resorts.

7.)  Why was the CPR given water rights, drilling rights, timber rights, air rights, etc. on the 44 million acres of land that were given to the corporation. The CPR was created by Sir John A. Macdonald to prevent annexation of this country by our southern neighbour. However, an American conglomerate called General Electric paid almost a billion dollars for CPR property in Canada, and that includes the water rights, drilling rights, etc.
8.)  Why was a dam constructed on the Oldman River in Alberta.
Andy Russell wrote a book about the Oldman River:

I took this photo of Andy Russell, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Federal Agriculture Minister Bud Olson at the Lethbridge, Alberta airport in 1972:

A May 4, 1989 Calgary Herald article. Andy Russell, David Suzuki, Ian and Sylvia, Gordon Lightfoot and thousands more were part of a protest against the Oldman River dam project. Gordon Lightfoot sang "Railroad Trilogy" and Murray McLaughlan sang "The Farmer's Song."



                                     


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