The Anti's Claim Another Victory

[IronNoggin]

Front Page of the National Post:

Animal-welfare activists worry pro-hunting culture is 'militarizing' provincial conservation agencies

One critic says B.C.’s conservation service takes a ‘bullets are cheaper’ approach to enforcement and operates like a ‘rogue agency’

https://nationalpost.com/news/canad...militarizing-provincial-conservation-agencies



And the Anti Org The Fur Bearers cry Victory, while of course requesting more donations so they an interfere even more.

HUGE NEWS: BC government in “early stages” of exploring oversight for conservation officers

The BC government has told a National Post reporter that they are in “’the early stages’ of exploring options for an independent review or oversight body to deal with complaints about officer conduct.”

The article, 'Animal-welfare activists worry pro-hunting culture is 'militarizing' provincial conservation agencies', published in today’s National Post by journalist Douglas Quan, examined ongoing concerns about law enforcement agencies responsible for environmental and wildlife-related issues across Canada. The article heavily featured Lesley Fox, executive director of The Fur-Bearers, as well as our ongoing efforts to advocate for change to protect wildlife.

“To the best of our knowledge, there is no province or territory that has an established independent board to oversee policies, practices and complaints related to wildlife/environmental enforcement agencies,” Fox said in her interview with Quan.

Over the course of the last two years The Fur-Bearers have challenged the Conservation Officer Service in British Columbia over their responses to wildlife conflict and perceived conflict, including two formal complaints, one of which is now in the hands of the Supreme Court of Canada. The most recent complaint regarding the accidental and preventable death of a bear sow has not yet received a response from the service.

The statement from the government that they are in the early stages of exploring options for oversight is extremely positive – even if at this point it may not materialize. It is an acknowledgement that they can do better, and The Fur-Bearers, with support from advocates and organizations like West Coast Environmental Law and Lush Cosmetics, will continue to apply pressure.

The Fur-Bearers have incurred significant costs, including legal fees and administrative fees associated with Freedom of Information Act requests. If you’d like to support our efforts please click here to donate now.

http://thefurbearers.com/blog/huge-...es”-exploring-oversight-conservation-officers

And our Lefty coalition government couldn't wait to side with them it seems...

Makes ya want to puke...
Nog

 

[IronNoggin]

And another, obviously biased rag, sides even deeper with them:

https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/c...cies/wcm/20fe8d6a-cb7e-45bc-9dbe-77da02383306

It's sickening I tell you...
Nog

 

[wildmanyeah]

Just another case of City folks dictating/controlling rural areas that they have no clue about

 

[walleyes]

Hard to stomach some days isn't it boys.

 

[Birdsnest]

Just another case of City folks dictating/controlling rural areas that they have no clue about

Ya you got that right! It's a fundamental flaw with our democratic system. Political parties make decisions based on what will get them the most votes. This is good however the majority of our voting numbers are from high density cities where there is little experience in rural or coastal living thus often votes won riding the coat tails of peoples feelings where choices made are highly predictable. Looking ahead its going to take the loss of some small children from a wild animal to return things to the way they are done now. Activist don't care how much it costs. They offer often unsubstantiated solutions that cost the taxpayers a lot of money.
Having said that there is a lot to say to prevention. We used to have individual garbage pickup and the bears often got it. We move our community to a lock dumpster and the issues were resolved instantly.

Hard to stomach some days isn't it boys.

 

[Birdsnest]

Ya you got that right! It's a fundamental flaw with our democratic system. Political parties make decisions based on what will get them the most votes. This is good however the majority of our voting numbers are from high density cities where there is little experience in rural or coastal living thus often votes won riding the coat tails of peoples feelings where choices made are highly predictable. Looking ahead its going to take the loss of some small children from a wild animal to return things to the way they are done now. Activist don't care how much it costs. They offer often unsubstantiated solutions that cost the taxpayers a lot of money.
Having said that there is a lot to say to prevention. We used to have individual garbage pickup and the bears often got it. We move our community to a lock dumpster and the issues were resolved instantly.

Like this:
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/mother-and-baby-killed-by-grizzly-bear-in-yukon-coroner-1.4194640

 

[agentaqua]

Ya you got that right! It's a fundamental flaw with our democratic system. Political parties make decisions based on what will get them the most votes. This is good however the majority of our voting numbers are from high density cities where there is little experience in rural or coastal living thus often votes won riding the coat tails of peoples feelings where choices made are highly predictable. Looking ahead its going to take the loss of some small children from a wild animal to return things to the way they are done now. Activist don't care how much it costs. They offer often unsubstantiated solutions that cost the taxpayers a lot of money.
Having said that there is a lot to say to prevention. We used to have individual garbage pickup and the bears often got it. We move our community to a lock dumpster and the issues were resolved instantly.

It's a flaw with our political system - agreed - but I wouldn't call it "democracy", neither. Parties are inherently anti-democratic - and lobbyists even more so.