Sometimes announcements that seem good or innocuous tend to have hidden agendas, and I think this is one of them.
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Improving private land conservation
Alberta’s government is investing $10 million and making it easier for landowners to conserve natural areas while keeping people working.
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Cool!
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Improved program, new name
Under the newly created Private Land Conservation Program, formerly the Land Trust Grant Program, funding will be distributed to Alberta-based land trusts only, ensuring money meant for conservation in Alberta stays in the province and benefits Albertans. New term conservation easements will also ensure maximum flexibility for future landowners while still protecting the environment. Term conservation easements, which can last up to 50 years, offer an effective way to conserve land for a generation while allowing future flexibility for landowners and communities.
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https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?x...F831B185C7EE6C
Keeping the money in Canada makes sense, but this feels like another attempt to put up another wall against the rest of the country. One agency, the Nature Conservancy of Canada has done a lot for Alberta. But I guess they'll be shut out of grant money now...for...reasons?
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The Nature Conservancy of Canada's first project in Alberta was in 1970 with the acquisition of Wagner Natural Area — 130 hectares of highly significant wetland habitat. Since then, we have protected close to 455,000 hectares of this province's most ecologically significant land and water. Today, the Alberta Region continues to work with our partners to protect and steward Alberta's natural heritage.
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https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/...-work/alberta/
And now they will also have 50 year term limits? I don't know much about these, and they sure don't share much but that seems new and slid in. Will be interesting to see how agencies respond to this, but my gut feeling is we lose a lot of national organizations and the collective good they do, and will have Alberta specific ones. Is that better? Maybe if you want to separate from Canada...
Was this a thing that needed fixing, or is this part of the broader strategy of sovereignty focused stuff that doesn't make sense through any other lens? I don't trust them.