[LookOutSugarLake] Kokanee Lodge Sewage Discharge- Sugar Lake

Fri May 4 11:29:10 EDT 2007

  I would suggest that you forward and raise your concerns with Hon. Barry Penner, Minister of Environment, as wastewater over 22,700 liters per day falls into the portfolio of his ministry.  

  It is time that this Ministry address and make changes to their regulation that would actually protect our watersheds.  To think that "dealing" with wastewater by dumping it into our waterways is absurd, only for the sake of enabling someone making money at the sacrifice of our environment and water protection is beyond me!

  Regard,

  Betty Holtskog

  Honourable Barry Penner 
  PO Box 9047 Stn Prov Govt
  Victoria, BC 
  V8W 9E2

  Telephone: 250 387-1187 
  Fax: 250 387-1356 
  E-mail: env.minister at gov.bc.ca 

Deputy Minister's Office

  Chris Trumpy
  Deputy Minister
  Telephone: 250 387-5429

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeanne Arcand 
  To: 'Reiner, Mike J ENV:EX' 
  Cc: leanna at bellpole.ca ; leanna.bomba at blpole.com ; huguette at imagine-ere.ca ; George.Abbott.MLA at leg.bc.ca ; MayesC1A at parl.gc.ca ; lynsm2002 at yahoo.com ; lonewolf1055 at hotmail.com ; info at cherryville.net ; Ric.Baker at gov.bc.ca ; WWW.ENVMail at gov.bc.ca ; Conrad.Pryce at gov.bc.ca ; Premier at gov.bc.ca ; lookoutsugarlake at sensociety.org ; wcworth at paralynx.com ; lsmyers at telus.net ; webeditor at conservation.org ; Paul.HasselbackDr at interiorhealth.ca ; jameybree at msn.com ; Tom.Christensen.MLA at leg.bc.ca 
  Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 9:35 PM
  Subject: [LookOutSugarLake] Kokanee Lodge Sewage Discharge- Sugar Lake

  Dear Mike,

  For the life of me I don't understand what it takes to get politicians to do their jobs.  I truly don't get it.  I grew up believing that the politicians were the voice of the people, elected officials that stood up for their constituents.  This clearly is not the case.

  In this day and age I find it appalling that anyone is allowed to discharge sewage into any water system.   It is just not necessary.  After all the opposition to this particular development, I don't understand your "it's out of my hands" bullshit.  The application was in compliance-  WHAT?????- He lied on his application!  I don't know about your compliance rules but any I've had to follow were null and void if the person lied on the application. So that's how you do it eh?  Just lie on an application and then because you say what the powers that be want, it just gets passed and there's no way to stop it? Isn't that why we have governments, to make sure stuff like this doesn't happen.  The BC Government is always on the news, we're doing this and that for the environment.  That's great, I applaud their efforts.  But what one hand is giving, the other is taking away! 

  This is clearly an issue that is NOT going to go away.  There are too many pissed off people.  Maybe you think that we are a bunch of hicks living out in a rural community and that we will give up.  I think you have no idea who you are dealing with, we are used to that mentally out here.  We don't want this to happen and if we can't stop it from happening this time, we will follow through and make sure it can't happen in the future.  The other Regional District Reps all the way down the Shuswap River have made new rules just because of this situation.  If our Regional Districts can change the rules, why can't you- or better yet- why don't you want to?   

  Jeanne Arcand

  Cherryville BC & Sugar Lake property owner  

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