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Did you know you could be paying less on your Credit Cards? Response to Focus Report Toquoy Gold Mine Moose River By Elizabeth May, Leader Green Party
of Canada News Release: May 12, 2005 "Seeking the Sanctuary - A Walk
in Liscombe"
Dateline: April , 2005 Sweet Deal for Arichat
For those of us working to help revitalize Nova Scotia's rural communities, the CBC article above is like a breath of fresh air The CBC news item states that the first business immmigrants under Nova Scotia's new 'nominee program' have arrived and opened a candy store in Arichat A candy store in Arichat may sound a bit unlikely but this American couple bring with them a quality, exportable product as well Hand-dipped chocolates made at a locally based parent company, Isle Madame Confections will offer a small boost to the regional economy and the promise of someday, a few jobs Perhaps, if Arichat is really fortunate, the "Candy Store" will find support for training dollars and proceed to turn out a few master chocolatiers, who will stay home and create a micro-industry and create a few more jobs. What's more, graduate candy makers will also have children
to fill local schools, spend their paychecks in local businesses and
pay their fair share of taxes to maintain rural services In an ideal world, this newly arrived couple, would be only one of hundreds filling the shortage of skilled trades people in the rural areas Most importantly, they fill the gaping holes in our business service panorama left by discouraged local entrepreneurs as they limp back to a job in the City How Speedy is Speedy? It sounds like a dream come true for anyone seeking to immigrate to Nova Scotia The Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP) offers "relaxed rules and speedy processing" to immigrant entrepreneurs, according to a Quebec immigration consultant, Prashant Ajmera, of Pointe Claire QC Ajmera emphasizes that applicants can move quickly through the process of immigrating to Nova Scotia for business purposes - if they qualify - by proving a net worth of $300,000 CAD and by NOT being eligible for the Federal immigrant entrepreneurs' program While results of the applicant review process are known in as little as four weeks time, here's where the NSNP program gets a little grey NOT being eligible under the Federal prgram suggests that NSNP applicants have already been "around the horn and heard her blow" as my father used to say Does this federally imposed criteria mean that potential business immigrants must first plod their way through a less relaxed and slower moving Canadian program in order to be rejected, before they can qualify for the Nova Scotia program? If so, that may account for the 26 month lag between the NSNP launch (June 28, 2002) and the Arichat Candy Store Opening (August 18, 2004) Economic Development Minister Ernie Fage states that more than 60 entrepreneurial individuals have been nominated for immigration to Nova Scotia and another 110 are being processed Let's hope they all don't take as long Gail Martin is an editor, researcher and freelance writer of sustainable living related articles-Martin is also a founding member of the Bay of Islands Sustainable Economic Development Centre (2001) in Moser River, Highway 7 References: CBC:http://novascotia.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ns_arichat20040818
Dateline: March, 2004 Public Input Deadline Looms
Nova Scotians have until March 31 to comment on proposed rules for all-terrain and other off-road vehicles. The Voluntary Planning Task Force on Off-Highway Vehicles had originally set Monday as the deadline for responses to its preliminary report but wants to make sure people have enough time to respond. "It is an extensive document, and we continue to encourage feedback from Nova Scotians," task force chairman David Bellefontaine said in a release. The interim report released Feb. 12 has 48 recommendations on training, policing, public safety and other areas. Among proposals are increasing the registration fee to $50, making training mandatory and banning children younger than 14 from operating the vehicles. The report is available online at http://www.gov.ns.ca/vp or at Access Nova Scotia centres. People can submit comments by e-mail to volplan@gov.ns.ca by fax at 902-424-0580, or by mail to: Voluntary Planning, ATV Manufacturers & Owners Join Forces in Attack Against Task Force Recommendations (Submitted Anonymously by Highway 7 Reader) Unbelievably, All Terrain Vehicle Ass'n of Nova Scotia (ATVANS) appears to be the lead group coordinating this assault and it looks like it's growing quickly. Beyond ATVANS though is strong evidence that the national manufacturers lobby association CATV is actually behind this movement. in other words, the manufacturers and the local dealers are fanning the flames in order to neuter the taskforce recommendations. Under pressure from rider groups, the VP Taskforce has extended the deadline for submissions by two weeks, to the end of the month. This move was to allow them more time to organize opposition to the taskforce report. You can bet there will be a flood of signed petitions and submissions from more irate ATVers attacking the report. It is therefore most important that the task force receive as many supportive submissions as soon as possible. The report is available online at http://www.gov.ns.ca/vp or at Access Nova Scotia centres. People can submit comments by e-mail to volplan@gov.ns.ca by fax at 902-424-0580, or by mail to: References: Dateline: January 2003 Water, Water Everywhere, Not Enough
to Eat! Dateline:
July 23, 2002
Regional Links and Resources Did you know?
Nova Scotian communities once had their own telephone companies?
Read more History
of Telephone & Telegraph Companies in Nova Scotia.
• Electoral
Boundaries on the "Forgotten Shore" (Sherbrooke Transcript) Other Links to the News: Common Dreams
Council of Canadians TheCouncil of Canadians has run highly influential citizen campaigns against cutbacks and changes to Canada's system of public pensions, the proposed mergers of four of the country's biggest banks, and the introduction of Bovine Growth Hormone into the nation's milk supply. The Council has also worked with groups and individuals across the country to fight the alarming concentration of media ownership in Canada. More recently, the Council has launched campaigns to prevent the bulk export of Canada's fresh water and to protect Canada's public health care system from privatization. Lighthouse Publishing
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