The Editor,
Dear Sir:
Today I heard East Kootenay MLA Bill Bennett tell Mark Forsythe of the CBC Radio program BC Almanac that he was enthusiastic about the win of US President-Elect Barack Obama, and that he hoped it would improve relations between our countries.
Fortunately for all of us, MLA Bennett is in a position to help move this agenda along. Unfortunately, he's on record as doing the opposite.
A very senior Democrat, Senator Max Baucus of Montana, the Chair of the US Senate Committee on Finance, was re-elected with a huge majority in the same election. He's not a fan of MLA Bennett, because Mr. Bennett actively promotes the creation of new coal mines and the extraction of coalbed methane in the watershed of the Flathead River, a river of vital interest to Montana.
According to an article about Senator Baucus in Wikipedia, "In February 2008, Baucus touted success in preventing a coal bed methane project that was proposed by BP Canada in British Columbia, Canada. He claimed that this project would have had environmental impacts in Montana which is downstream from the project. It was later revealed that this project was not in fact canceled"
So may I suggest to MLA Bennett that if he really wants to help and not just mouth platitudes, he could start by mending fences with Senator Baucus, our influential next-door neighbour. Promoting the establishment of a park to encompass the Flathead watershed would be a good beginning.
Sincerely,
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