Thanks to the alert eyes of Reg Gilbert at Great Lakes United, here's a link to a major campaign promise by Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin -- headed for a January 23 election. He proposed "a 10-year, $1-billion comprehensive four-part strategy to clean-up problem areas of the St. Lawrence River basin and the Great Lakes as part of a new national environmental revitalization plan."
Election years bring out Great Lakes promises. In 2004 the Bush Administration declared the Great Lakes "a national treasure" and set in motion a planning process that has resulted in a $20 billion restoration plan. In February it will be known whether the President's budget contains any new money for the Lakes.
Let's hope these promises on both sides of the border for the Lakes are fulfilled.
http://www.liberal.ca/news_e.aspx?id=11330
Posted by Dave at January 8, 2006 02:27 PM