House of Commons calls for Devils Lake study


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Thursday, June 23, 2005 Updated at 9:59 PM EDT

Commons calls for Devils Lake study

Canadian Press

Ottawa ? The House of Commons has unanimously passed a resolution calling for a joint Canada-U.S. study of the Devils Lake project before the taps are turned on.

The North Dakota water diversion project was scheduled to begin July 1, but has been delayed because of weather.

It is designed to ease chronic flooding in the state, but Manitoba says it could also drain alien species of fish and plants as well as pollution into the Red River and ultimately Lake Winnipeg.

Canadian objections to the project have gone as far as Washington, when Prime Minister Paul Martin asked U.S. President George Bush to look at the controversy.

But North Dakota says the delay is due only to weather, not to any objections from Canada, despite insistence from the federal Liberal government that the delay is a result of their lobbying.

The resolution, introduced by Manitoba NDP MP Bill Blaikie and passed unanimously, requests that the United States ?immediately agree to undertake an independent, time-limited, bi-national scientific assessment,? of the project.

It says the study should be consistent with the International Boundary Waters Treaty and the mandate of the International Joint Commission.

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The Reverend Bill Blaikie (Yes, a socialist reverend/MP) said that the Devils Lake diversion is an abomination against God. :rolleyes:

I guess he's just mad because his province is already water-logged...

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The Reverend Bill Blaikie (Yes, a socialist reverend/MP) said that the Devils Lake diversion is an abomination against God.  :rolleyes:

I guess he's just mad because his province is already water-logged...

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Yeah... and that it will pollute the water... and everything else mentioned in the article.

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Don't they have to do environmental assessments before getting these plans approved? This doesn't sound like something that would pass such a test.

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From what I know, by memory... What was to happen was the military is building some sort of filter to do this and it will be cool. But the people in ND want to just do it before the filter is done which can ruin our water.

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Was there an environmental assessment done? It would seem strange that politicians would be able to rush into things without all the necessary checks done first. You would think that they would be worried about their legal responsibilities too.

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Yeah... and that it will pollute the water... and everything else mentioned in the article.

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I do support Blaikie, I was merely making fun of his methods (and his lake-filled Manitoban heritage....sorry, Boffa :D )

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