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@causeburn

Western alienation is real, and is to a great degree justified. Note: I'm not a separatist or anything, I'm not partisan (no Canadian party represents my views), I just live in the prairies and have a front-seat view.

The issues that cause this #alienation are longstanding. This didn't just arise because of Trudeau, or even just because of the last generation of governments. It goes back further than that. The west sees many reasons to believe (rightly or wrongly) that they get short shrift from the federal #government.

One recent example: Ottawa saw a threat to Canadian auto workers (southern Ontario only, natch) in desirable Chinese electric vehicles that have taken much of the world by storm. So Ottawa slapped a 100% #tariff on Chinese electric vehicles. It's not only the US that can play stupid games.

The #stupid prize they won is a 100% #tariff by China on the import of Canadian canola oil and #canola meal. This is a hugely important cash crop all across the prairies, and China represented farmers' biggest #market. This tariff has decimated that income. Farmers are hurting because of it, and the prairie provinces' economies are still significantly tied to #agriculture.

Ottawa basically doesn't care. Have to protect Ontario jobs. Eastern farmers aren't affected. Why do anything to help prairie #farmers and provinces?

Note this is just one example. There are many, in all areas of society, politics, and economics.

#Canadian#west#prairies
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On the right, Jay (see previous post). On the left, a young 19 year old guy we met somewhere in #saskatchewan , "crazier" than us. Started walking on the road in Vancouver to head back to Montreal. Thousands of kms in, he bought some rollerblades and poles and went along gliding on the shoulder listening to beats in a quasi-dancing fashion. He slept in the ditch in his clothes with no tent. Great smile and positive attitude!
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#throwback series about this #lifechanging #trip in #2010 ~ 5300km from #Vancouver to #Quebeccity in 38 total (32 riding) days. .
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#photography #roadside #ride #crazystories #fitness #lifeadventure #peopleyoumeet #friendship #camping #prairies #cycling #touring #outsideisfree #breathemorelife #picoftheday #wanderlust #fitness #training #freedom #smallfootprint #ecotourism #rest #encounters #tangibleactions #biketouring #explorecanada
#explorecanada#dunset
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Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦

Grassland bird population declined 70 per cent in past 50 years
“Much of the decline is attributed to the disappearance of grassland habitats across Canada, located largely in the Prairies. Birds that live only in grasslands have declined even more steeply, suffering a 90 per cent collapse since 1970, the report found.”
#Grasslands #prairies #Canada #Birds #Saskatchewan #Alberta

nationalobserver.com/2024/10/0

Canada's National Observer · Grassland bird population declined 70 per cent in past 50 yearsGrassland birds are the most threatened populations of birds in Canada, with a 67 per cent decline since 1970, a report published Tuesday found — but a surprising alliance with beef producers is emerging to protect their habitat.
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DoomsdaysCW

From 2023: #OneidaNation's #environmental restoration project to receive funding in proposed [#Wisconsin] state budget

#Wildrice, or manoomin in #Ojibwe, is central to Ojibwe identity and is part of the culture’s migration story.

by Frank Vaisvilas
February 17, 2023

ONEIDA – "Part of Gov. #TonyEvers’ proposed budget includes $875,000 to help fund the Oneida Nation’s environmental restoration project on the reservation.

"Over the past year, the tribe has restored about 3,000 acres of #wetlands, #grasslands, #prairies and #forests on the reservation.

"The governor’s budget includes an annual investment of $175,000 for five years for continuing the Oneida Nation’s #HabitatRestoration work and bird monitoring project just west of #GreenBay.

"'We know that #nature can provide for itself if allowed to. A years-long restoration of Oneida’s lands in Northeastern Wisconsin has led to improvements in water quality and the return of #wildlife,' said Oneida Chairman Tehassi Hill in a statement. 'We appreciate Governor Evers for supporting our work to restore and protect Wisconsin’s natural spaces.'

"The Oneida Nation also started a bird monitoring project on its restoration sites in coordination with the Northeastern Wisconsin #Audubon Society and UW-Green Bay’s Cofrin Center for Biodiversity to research how birds are responding to the tribe’s conservation efforts.

"'We’ve witnessed firsthand as state-threatened bird species, like the #HenslowsSparrow, have returned to restored Oneida Nation lands, an incredible testament to the importance of this restoration work,' said Erin Giese, president of the Northeastern Wisconsin Audubon Society, in a statement.

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"Evers’ budget proposal also includes a $200,000 investment in restoring and protecting natural wild rice areas in Wisconsin.

"Experts say wild rice is an essential food source for many of the #MigratorBirds in the area, including many species of #ducks, #pheasants, #owls, #cranes, #geese and #songbirds.

"The plants also help to improve the #environment.

"'Emergent plants, including wild rice, help promote #water quality through the filtering and storage of nutrients and slow down wave action in the #CoastalWetlands of Green Bay,' said Dr. Amy Carrozzino-Lyon, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay restoration project manager in the natural and applied sciences department. 'A diversity of native wetland plants helps the community function at its best.'"

Read more:
greenbaypressgazette.com/story

#RestoreNature #WaterIsLife #RestoreTheWetlands
#SaveTheMarshes
#SaveNature #NatureBasedSolutions
#IndigenousWisdom
#Collaboration

Green Bay Press-Gazette · Oneida Nation's environmental restoration project to receive funding in proposed state budgetBy , Green Bay Press-Gazette
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Daniel MacPhee 🔬🧬🧫🇨🇦

The Prairies are heading into another drought. Here's why we're more vulnerable this time around.

Scientists have been quite accurate with predicting these type of vulnerabilities. No governments were listening.

#Canada #cdnpoli #Prairies #Alberta #Saskatchewan #ClimateChange
cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/th

CBCThe Prairies are heading into another drought. Here's why the region is more vulnerable this time | CBC NewsDroughts are nothing new for southern Alberta, but experts say it is becoming more common to see similar conditions appear in northern parts of the province. While drought conditions might not be felt by most people living in northern Alberta, conditions hint to potentially worse conditions in years to come. 
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