Alberta's Bill 50 Will UnPlug Agriculture

[shaney]

If you thought that the Land Stewardship Act (Bill 36) was crazy well you have to check out what Keith Wilson, Wilson Law Office is saying about Bill 50. In an effort to export power to the United States the Alberta government is going to over build the transmission infrastructure inside this province. Also note that this alleged overbuild is bigger than the infrastructure required in Ontario which is a much larger province. Who is going to pay for this you ask? Well you are.

According to <a href="http://realagriculture.com/?s=keith Wilson" target="_self">Keith Wilson</a>, industrial users of power within the province are going to see their <a href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/Business leaders concerned over cost Heartland transmission line/4790641/story.html" target="_blank">power bills as much as triple</a> and still the transmission lines will be owned by the line companies. It does not take much common sense to realize that your farm is going to impacted directly and indirectly. Your pivot and hog barn will cost more to operate and the factories, mills, and processors within the province will be passing their new added utility costs down onto your farm.

The real beans were spilled last week when a <a href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2011/05/26/WikileaksAlbertaElectricity/" target="_blank">WikiLeaks cable was released</a> that exposed the reasons for this significant infrastructure overbuild. Even Ted Morton the Bill 36 creator has decided that <a href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/story_print.html?id=4801080&amp;sponsor" target="_blank">Alberta should re-evaluate Bill 50</a>.

In my latest discussion with Keith Wilson he continues to expose the current Alberta Government's carelessness in protecting the agricultural community.

<a href="http://realagriculture.com/2011/05/26/the-power-of-the-alberta-governments-bill-50-shocks-keith-wilson/">SEE MY LATEST INTERVIEW WITH KEITH WILSON REGARDING BILL 50</a>

[ASRG]

Stelmach will be handing in his resignation letter within the next few days. I believe all of the PC leadership hopefuls have now tried to distance themselves from Bill 50....after Wikileaks showed they weren't exactly being truthful?
The Wildrose and the NDP have both said if/when they form the next government, Bill 50 will be repealed?
Bill 50 and the proposed transmission lines are a scandal that needs to be investigated by an independent judiciary panel. This back room deal smells really bad!
Next up.....Bill 24, the Carbon capture bill......that is the next scandal that can't stand up to scrutiny...maybe even a stronger smell of corruption and cronyism and much more costly than bill 50?

[BTOfarmallll]

Now yous know how we feel here with BiPole III Coming 2012 fer us here in Manitoba. Masssive Power Line gon take out some of the best land in Manitoba. When it could go down the East Side in useless Bush and HALF the distance. BUT today I hear them spouting that they have now designated a Big Bush on the East Side a Heritage Site of some sort. The SOB NDP ain't even ask the Heritage People to bring the Line down the East Side, NDP sayin it would wreck the Site, they stated you can and still have the site, its an excuse though, cause someone gettin their pockets padded BIG TIME over this deal. Started out at $2.4 Billion, now over $4.4 Billion, & gon be alot higher cause Government building the Frickin Thing, we all know that. Bring the Line down the West Side & watch me burn the Bush down on the East Side, South Wind, One Match, Let er' All Go, Burn the whole frickin East Side down, don't bother me. Better yet run the God Damn line down the bottom of Lake Winterpeg. Already talk that they are going to do this fer the next line after BiPole III, so why not do it now and save us all the trouble. Also they are Murderers in my mind cause these lines cause Cancer, & this line is gon cross alotta homes in its path of Destruction. We have one last chance to stop the SOB NDP this fall by voting in Conservatives, if they ain't get it in, she's comin, & the fight will be on Boys & Girls...........