There are a number of myths circulating about the impact of the gateway project such as; gateway will create jobs, reduce congestion and reduce carbon emissions. This report debunks these various myths.
Campaign Publications: Stop Gateway
04/15/2009 (All day)
03/24/2009 - 17:00
If you like fishing or camping, the laws that are enacted to protect our parks, forests, rivers and wildlife are important to you too. In fact, we all depend on the environment for everything from clean air, pure water and greenhouse gas storage to recreation, nature appreciation and inspiration for arts and culture. That’s why the laws and regulations that are in place to protect our environment impact your life in a thousand different ways every day.
We own the clean drinking water and beautiful wilderness landscapes that sustain our bodies and spirit as well as our wildlife and our tourism industry. Even our agricultural lands, which tend to be in private hands, are protected for the common good within the Agricultural Land Reserve. But what about the future? If we could create a future we all want, what would it look like?
03/14/2008 (All day)
We know that our communities face serious problems associated with fast growth and urbanization. The question is, can we carry on the tradition of good decision-making, and pass on the best of this place to future generations? I believe the answer is, yes we can - if we step up and do the right thing now...Read this educational report
01/01/2008 - 01:00
Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he asks who should be in charge of planning our communities - us, the people who live here - or big business?
11/01/2007 (All day)
Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he explores the history and changing relationships between First Nations and Environmental activists.
05/15/2007 (All day)
Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he describes the disasterous environmental impacts of the Gateway freeway and port expansion program.
03/19/2007 (All day)
BC's government seems to be pushing ahead with the Gateway freeway expansion project despite criticism concerning the environmental impacts of the plans. The Gateway plans have been developed without a full and impartial cost/benefit analysis, without public consultation, and without a cumulative effects assessment. Please read this paper. It represents the concerns of a number of environmental groups about this issue and is call to get you involved or to speak out...Read this educational report
09/15/2006 (All day)
Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he contemplates all the blood sweat and tears that have gone into protecting BC's expanding provincial park system.
05/15/2006 (All day)
Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he writes about the stand taken at Eagle Ridge Bluffs.
03/15/2005 - 01:00
Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he writes about holding our leaders' feet to the fire on environmental protection.