MLAs hold meetings Mar 11 & 18 to defend bills

[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******

[TOM4CWB]

Ruken,

Many good questions asked... for instance Keith Wilson was in the Farmers Advocates office for years.

Your political tack is a political attack. The property rights issue in ALberta will certainly NOT go away with the introduction of Bill 10.

The Ministers that support this recent legislative bent are so proud of the 'Progressive' power they keep for themselves. Being the wise men of Alberta... certainly deserves notice... and many have found the initiative less than trustworthy... and more than offensive!

By the way... WHAT was so BAD with the 'old' system... other than they couldn't easily jam nukes and electromagnetic charges down our and our children's throats?

[bmwilson]

I'm wondering what's so bad about entrenching compensation to landowners in legislation. If there is a public impact on private property, the property owner should be compensated. Municipalities and their constituents will have the final say with their regional plans as to how ALSA will be implemented. All government levels will have to consider stakeholder input - yes, even those carrying anti "nuke" amd power line signs.

[bmwilson]

There are many threads in Agriville on this issue. Is there a way to consolidate all of those comments in one thread? There are a lot of good comments sprinkled throughout that should be discussed. This issue is important to all of us and should be fleshed out intelligently.

[bmwilson]

Went to the High River meeting. I'm convinced that there's some political posturing going on. Can we move this conversation to:
http://www.agri-ville.com/cgi-bin/forums/viewThread.cgi?1299531672
in Rural Issues? It would be good to collect everything in one spot.