MLAs hold meetings Mar 11 & 18 to defend bills

[bmwilson]

Perception must not be reality. A poorly informed GREAT MANY must be diligent to become informed of the whole picture. It's easy to whip a crowd into a frenzy with a professional slick presentation. There should have been a kiosk selling Sham-wows and Snuggies on the way out. I don't believe that a government that contains so many landowners would all cut their noses off if CAEPLA's interpretation of ALSA was valid. Shame on CAEPLA if their efforts result in the ALSA being defeated. They should all be held up to the light as agents against the very notion of property rights. ALSA contains sections that include compensation for the first time in legislation. All other acts existing are still valid offering avenues of appeal and compensation in their own right. Why is the rebuttal of the CAEPLA position a dog and pony show? Is it not the duty of our elected officials to stand up for legislation that has had so much public and industry input? I suspect that CAEPLA's presentation was a posturing exercise to assist the opposition in the next provincial election. Their dog and pony show just contains stock of dubious pedigree. If this is the opposition's tactic to gain favor, it has not worked for me.

[silverback]

You say you went to a Morton presentation. Have you been to a caepla presentation to listen to their opinion?

[bmwilson]

silverback:
Sorry, not in person. I've read their newsletters, listened to the "talk radio" bits TOM has posted, and talked with a few of my neighbors who went to the presentations and took good notes. They were horrified and mad as hell at the government which made me look deeper. I should have gone in person for sure, but our cows were calving and the weather was too poor to leave them. Most of my neighbors looked a little deeper too. Some of them would still agree with you though - everyone is entitled to their opinion. Some of them are equally horrified at the allegations that were made by the lawyer and are just as mad that this has gone this far.

[Ruken]

I'll say it again. A half cocked MANY with half the information from a fully loaded lawyer.

Wonder what his motive is?....

[SADIE]

bmwilson & Ruken----a couple of comments on CAEPLA.

Been working and part of CAEPLA since help organize the large pipeline landowner group through the Saskatchewan Enbridge Corridor SAPLA and joining up with the large Manitoba MPLA landowner group and together through CAEPLA guidance saw the huge issues won for landowners affecting their ability to farm safely over the pipelines intruding on their lands in the SAPL/MPLA ENBRIDGE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT---FALL 2007.

FYI----CAEPLA group does not align themselves up with any I repeat any political party. CAEPLA is across Canada and works with many great lawyers on property rights throughout the country.

Extreme credability with this group.

[bmwilson]

Sadie:
Which is why I'm perplexed with the obvious political stance this issue has taken. This is less about sticking up for landowners and more about sticking it to the Alberta Government.

[Ruken]

Sadie and others. Be careful to keep the issues separate.

Pipeline work is ok and important. Landowners rights are critical too. But for them to get into a half cocked kahoot with a lawyer looking for work is just plain unprofessional. They'll hurt their credibility in the end over this. Once they recieve a bad reputation for taking a stance without doing their homework, they'll have years to try to gain their reputation back. People (the rest of the Albertans who are not with you on this bill changing resistance) will not forget easily...

[stubblejumper]

How long before Tony Merchant is involved

[nicolaas]

So what is wrong with the system we have now?

[parsley]

Ruken, I just love the way you come out of the blue at midnight and start threatening.

*****Intimidation tactic alert******