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Sharron LABATT's avatar

Wendy’s news is sad indeed. Saskatchewan won’t have a wetlands policy until the fall of 2023. So we have been promised. I am on the board of a volunteer group Calling Lakes Eco Museum who work to conserve all wetlands though primarily in the Lower Qu’Appelle watershed. We are an advocacy group and have met with the City of Regina, Sask Water Authority, representatives from the Co op Upgrader to question and express concerns. It is helping as we now get regular water inspection reports and they know that we are watching and reporting concerns to the press. We write our MLAs and the Premier asking questions needing a response. I suspect there will be a frenzy of slough clearing before the protection policy is passed this year.

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Chantelle Bonk's avatar

This is heart breaking, and my heart cries each time I am out driving and I see this same sort of utter destruction...

I feel impelled to send my condolences to all of you who are moved by this action, to all who have eyes that can see what this has done to destroy so much life and so much potential for joy.

Growing up on the farm, beside the grid road passing our farm, was quite a large bush patch that I would often explore. I loved that place, it was a part of me. Years ago (when I was young) I would come back from university to the farm to visit and early each morning I would head down the road for my walk. This particular visit when I went out walking, the bush was gone...simply vanished...I felt like a piece of my childhood had been stolen!

If I felt that way, imagine how the thousands of creatures large and small felt when their home was taken from them! No questions asked, no permission given, no sharing, just taken. That walk was never the same.

Is this reality not mirrored in the way we treat one another and all creation in so many ways and places in our world? I feel like we need to understand this link before we will ever see true peace. When will we ever see the truth that all is gift and possession is only an illussion...I am grateful for Sue Vera, Wendy who have eyes that can actually see, who have ears that can hear, and who have mouths to speak for those who cannot be heard by so many. I want to say I am with you holding this grief. May the creation you love so deeply send you a sign of its persevering presence into your hearts this day.

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