Hi All,
One Nova Scotia's National Parks-Kejimkujik, a paddling gem is now being closed for the winter season due to budget cuts from Parks Canada, which in turn had their budget slashed by Stephen Harper's Conservative government. Ironically, one of Harper's senior ministers is Peter MacKay from Nova Scotia representing Central Nova. He is touting spending $25 Billion dollars on the F35 fighter jet, but is oddly mum on the Keji./National Parks issue-a drop in the bucket compared to this dubious jet purchase.
Our National Parks system is one of the things that we as Canadians can be proud of, and can hand future generations a legacy of our past before industrialization (progress) destroyed most of it. Now that legacy is threatened, and Keji. traditionally known as a "paddlers park" (when open) seems to cater exclusively to the RV/trailer crowd and it's accompanying generators, barking dogs etc...
A petition is currently online, and I encourage all lovers of the natural world to sign it, then we can tackle the issue of commercialization of nature.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/675/839/922/save-national-park-historic-site-from-winter-closures/
This is just one of a myriad of ways the natural world is under siege, and we as global citizens are duty bound to act.
End of rant.
Keji. is still a beautiful place, and I have many fond memories and images of it. Some were captured on film/memory card, but many more are in my mind's eye.
I am posting some images of Keji. to celebrate it's magic and may do so in the future.
Feel free to comment, write me, or share stories/images and take action.
Gary Murray
2 comments:
well said gary. I wonder what Mr Abbey would have to say!
Probably the same thing author Sid Marty would...after he quit Parks Canada years ago because of his disgust with where it was heading.
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