Harper Government tells Canada's three oceans to go eff themselves.

[driveway]

The Harper Government has decided the oceans can bloody well look after themselves and has reduced the Department of Fisheries and Oceans contaminants monitoring program to a total of five (5) scientists scattered across the country.

http://www.montrealgazette.com/touch...tml?id=6652349

http://www.timescolonist.com/technol...695/story.html

The end result is the Harper Government will have essentially no capability to monitor marine contamination and will instead rely on industry-sponsored and academic studies for its information.

Bravo.

[Frank MetaMusil]

Do these Fisheries and Oceans contaminants monitoring guys claim EI every year?

[Mr.Coffee]

I don't know why but I find this entire thread and the opening post so sarcastic it is hilarious.

[Jacks]

Serves them right, stupid oceans should have voted Conservative.

[TSXCman]

I heard the oceans were shooting pooh bear

[saskflames69]

The ocean? Never heard of it.

*Saskatchewan Problems

[Notorious Honey Badger]

This move surprises me. I was expecting Harper to be a responsible steward of our ecosystem.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Really can't say I'm surprised. I've become numb to his complete disregard to social and environmental issues.

It's unfortunate that he was elected at a time when the economy was at the forefront of everyone's minds. They elected a Prime Minister who promised economic stability.

Should we expect anything other than economic stability from a Conservative government?

EDIT - Funny and informative website for anyone who disagrees that Harper doesn't give two ####s about social and environmental issues: http://####harperdid.ca/

[Devils'Advocate]

Like I've said before, people were not scared of Harper's "hidden agenda". They didn't like his "agenda". It is clear that the Conservatives are the economy first, second and third and the environment finishes dead last. And enough Canadians were okay with this they they elected the Conservatives to a majority government. I think if you ask the average Joe if he is okay with the government not spending money to regulate ocean contaminants, they'd be fine with that.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Well yeah....Protecting oceans is stupid. Putting people in jail for 5 years minimum for victimless crimes, now thats a policy we need to pursue goddamn it!

[Notorious Honey Badger]

I wish I had access to photoshop at work, best I could do.Imagine that this is Stephen Harper with the scumbag steve hat photoshopped on

[Lt.Spears]

Originally Posted by Notorious Honey Badger

I wish I had access to photoshop at work, best I could do.Imagine that this is Stephen Harper with the scumbag steve hat photoshopped on

#### like this really GMG because you could say that for probably 90% of government spending.

It's so short sided and stupid it hurts my brain that people think this way.

[Notorious Honey Badger]

Originally Posted by Lt.Spears

#### like this really GMG because you could say that for probably 90% of government spending.

It's so short sided and stupid it hurts my brain that people think this way.

Doesn't make it any better does it? Other PM's and PM's after Harper will make stupid short sighted decisions and pointing them out grinds your gears because it's some how status quo?

Thanks for coming out

[Huntingwhale]

If someone swears at an ocean, does it listen?

[YYC in LAX]

We need more bias in the thread title and original post.

[Lt.Spears]

Originally Posted by Notorious Honey Badger

Doesn't make it any better does it? Other PM's and PM's after Harper will make stupid short sighted decisions and pointing them out grinds your gears because it's some how status quo?

Thanks for coming out

You totally missed the point, but no sense in arguing about it anyways because i know talking politics on the internet is like talking to a wall.

[Resolute 14]

“I will do everything I can to stop this government’s budget bill,” May said of the Budget Implementation Act, Bill C-38.

Aww, how cute. Elizabeth May thinks she matters.

I guess the question is... can acadamia do a better job of research and monitoring than the government does? Is the $1.4 million annually that the government will spend funding such academics be enough? What level of overlap existed between the government agency and outside researchers? Or, in short, will we actually lose anything out of this, or is this just more mindless anti-Harper diaper spoiling?

[The Yen Man]

Oh wow, I totally forgot Elizabeth May was still around. I haven't heard that name in awhile.

[Fire]

It's refreshing to see the actual reduction of government in this country. All we ever see is more committees and more departments added but never a reduction.

It's good to see a government having the courage to look at different departments and find ways to reduce government waste.

[Stay Golden]

Maybe he spent 6 months in a leaky boat.