FYI: That is a fantastic picture.
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Originally Posted by thymebalm
When our own business leaders, equally responsible for something I love, wind up being the money behind a tragedy like this, it gives me pause. It makes me ask the question of how we hold the billionaires accountable for what they do with our investments, and with the landscape we all share.
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I don't think that anyone who has posted here would disagree with the concept forwarded about keeping owners responsible for environmental damages. However, what a lot of posters have pointed out is that assessing the blame for situations like this is immensely more complicated than merely making determinations based on whomever happens to be the majority stakeholders. Simply put: How much do you know and can you prove about Murray Edwards' direct involvement with he day-to-day operations of Imperial Metals? Shouldn't we gather some information about his own involvement before making him culpable?
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Originally Posted by thymebalm
...I do plan on writing both the Flames organization and the NHL over this disaster. The NHL wants to show that it takes the environment seriously ( http://www.nhl.com/green/report/) and I think they should hold their ownership group at least somewhat accountable for their actions while they are part of the league. |
But practically speaking, what could the NHL possibly do? Never mind the fact that there is still the problem of this significant leap you have made from Edwards' ownership of stakes to his direct responsibility for this disaster, how does the League even begin to go about policing its owners for environmental ethics in businesses in which the NHL has virtually no direct involvement?