I have a book to read that was recommended to me by my son, Ed. He said, "It will make you mad, Mom." It is called Liquid Gold: Energy Privatization in British Columbia by John Calvert.
As many of you know, helping to save our local Hopington Aquifer, where many of us in the Municipality of Langley, get our water, has been uppermost in my mind recently. We cannot afford to gamble with our water. There is no alternative water supply. We are dependent on our wells. Although I've never been much of an activist, the potential for damage to HopingtonAquifer, by the government plan, has caused this grandmother to climb over barbed wire fences in an effort to bring attention to our plight.
Then I got an e-mail with two links in it:
http://saveourrivers.tv/powerplay_player5.html and
http://ashlu.info/video/bcrivers.html.
As I watched these two short films discussing the privatization of our natural resources, they made me furious! These films are not about what kind of politics you believe in,. They are about BC, our resources, and what is happening to them. These resources are being given away to private industry. Its a Gold Rush and the citizens of this province receive no benefit yet ultimitely pay the price.
Please take a look at them with an open mind, and realize what this will do to our children and grandchildren in the future, and what is being taken from them.
This grandmother is getting her eyes opened wide in 2009.
I hope you will take a few moments to check them out. Your comments are welcome in this blog. Just click on the comment square below this post.
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