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Southern Islandsget own weather forecastDue to increasing population and thearea’s unique climate, EnvironmentCanada’s Meteorological Service ofCanada (MSC) has decided to separatethe Southern Gulf Islands’ weatherforecast from East Vancouver Island.Depending on the weather pattern,conditions in the two areas can bemarkedly different and MSC is hopingto give residents of the Islands moreaccurate forecast information.

The Southern Gulf Islands forecast isavailable by phone (250-363-6717 or604-664-9010) and by radio (162.4 and162.550 MHz). The forecast will also beavailable online at MSC’s website:www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca. Online youcan also browse past weather data andsubscribe to an email service that notifiesyou when there local weather warnings.

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Federal MarineProtected Areas (MPA)Strategy released On June 8, Geoff Regan, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, andStéphane Dion, Minister of the Environment, released theFederal Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Strategy. The Strategy isa key deliverable of Canada’s Oceans Strategy and Canada’sOceans Action Plan, which was announced on May 27, 2005.

‘The Federal Marine Protected Areas Strategy was outlinedin broad strokes in the Oceans Action Plan,’ said MinisterRegan. ‘Now, on World Oceans Day, we’re putting the OAP intoaction. This Strategy will help us develop a coordinated federalapproach to establish a comprehensive network of nationalmarine protected areas, as well as interact more effectively withCanadians.’

‘It is fitting that we are able to release the Marine ProtectedAreas Strategy during the Canadian Environment Week, as thisstrategy is a key step in ensuring the future health of Canada'socean ecosystems,’ said Minister Dion.’

The Oceans Act provides the Minister of Fisheries andOceans with a leadership role for coordinating the developmentand implementation of a federal network of marine protectedareas. The responsibility for the network is shared between threefederal departments and agencies with mandatedresponsibilities to establish and manage marine protected areas:Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Parks Canada Agency andEnvironment Canada.

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Council helps Canada say no to GEfoods ~ Mike Logan

BC Ferriesapplying for fuelsurchargeBC Ferries is making a formal applicationto the BC Ferry Commissioner toimplement a fuel surcharge to recoverincreasing fuel costs. ‘Fuel is our secondlargest expense and the cost is growing,’said BC Ferries’ President and CEODavid Hahn.

BC Ferries is seeking authorization forextraordinary price cap increases, whichwill allow the company to implement afuel surcharge of 70 cents for passengersand $2.50 for underheight vehicles onmajor routes connecting VancouverIsland to the mainland. On smaller inter-island routes the surcharge would rangefrom 25 cents to 70 cents each way forpassengers and from 60 cents to $2.50for underheight vehicles. Highersurcharges would apply to northernroutes that have longer travel distances.

The surcharges would not be in effectuntil the Commissioner authorizes theincreases. Hahn says if the surchargesare implemented the company willdelay its planned fare increase fromNovember 2005 until April 1, 2006. 0

The Council of Canadians kicked off the‘GE-Free Canada’ movement inVancouver on June 2 at the MaritimeLabour Centre. Headlining the event werefamed Saskatchewan farmer PercySchmeiser and the whistleblowing formerHealth Canada official, Dr Shiv Chopra.Colin Palmer, chair of the Powell RiverRegional District, the first regional districtin Canada to pass a GE-free resolution,and Amy Watson, a Fraser Valley organicfarmer, also spoke at the event.

According to Tara Scurr, the organizerfor the Council’s 32 chapters throughoutBC and Yukon, the goal of the GE-FreeCanada movement is to have theFederation of Canadian Municipalitiespass a GE-free resolution when it meets inJune 2007. To that end, the Council isbuilding on existing and pending GE-freeresolutions.

‘This is an exciting movement to be apart of,’ Scurr said, ‘it’s such an exciting,dynamic issue.’ She explained that therewere ‘all kinds of creative ways’ thatparticipants, including high schoolers andoctogenarians alike, would be getting themessage out.

The Council, being an independently

funded NGO, has organized several large-scale public service movements, includinga mail-a-piece-of-bread-to-your-MPcampaign that resulted in Monsantobacking off from trying to pressure theCanadian government to adopt GE wheat.The GE-Free Canada event is focused ontying in the estimated 300 food safetygroups throughout the province whilegetting the message out.

‘In all polling that’s being done in USand Canada, over 90% of respondents saythey have the right to know what they’reeating so that they can make an informedchoice’, Scurr said, explaining, ‘people areconcerned, we don’t know what the longterm effects of eating GE foods will be.’

The importance of passing GE-freeresolutions and legislation is a ‘really hotissue on the West Coast,’ Scurr said,pointing out that in the European Union,162 provinces and regions and 4,500 localgovernments have passed GE-freeresolutions. She also acknowledges thatthe resolutions mean different things indifferent places; in an area where GEcrops already exist, it’s more practical to

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A recent meeting between Vancouver Island Health Authority(VIHA) officials and Salt Spring farmers’ market vendors foundcommon ground in the struggle to sell local eggs at the market(see Island Tides, June 2). Under the new agreement, VIHA hasamended the rules regarding the sale of ungraded eggs attemporary food markets. Under the new rules, eggs must becleaned, not cracked, and the cartons must be clean and labelledwith a ‘not inspected’ sticker. Additionally, the eggs must be keptrefrigerated and be from the producers’ own farm.

Most farmers, who ‘just wanted to be able to sell eggs legally’according to market coordinator Matthew Coleman, citedAlberta laws which allow farm-to-market sales of ungraded eggsif the producer has less than 300 chickens and follows similarhealth guidelines.

Though officials from the Ministry of Agriculture Food andFisheries (MAFF) have objected to the rules, noting thatregulations still prohibit the sale of ungraded eggs anywhere butthe farm gate, VIHA relaxed the rules based on guidance fromthe Ministry of Health.

In response to this cross-jurisdictional conflict, Salt Springcolumnist and farmer John Wilcox says, ‘The real question is

why is MAFF is attempting to quash sales made by small-scalefarmers?’ According to a MAFF official, 98.5% of BC eggs gothrough inspection and grading. That means the Egg MarketingBoard and MAFF are objecting to a mere 1.5% share of themarket (province-wide). Wilcox also points out that only 1/3 ofthe eggs eaten by residents of Vancouver Island and the GulfIslands come from area producers (the rest are shipped in fromFraser Valley, Manitoba, and the USA—which doesn’t evenabide by the Canadian quota system.)

MAFF official Brent Warner, who originally created theDirect Farm Marketing Association, says farmers need to have afocused approach in order to change the regulations. ‘We don’thave the ability to exempt small-scale farmers,’ he said, calling itan ‘obvious problem.’ However, with an estimated 50% of BCfarmers’ markets selling ungraded eggs, the potential fororganization is strong.

Though MAFF, the Farm Industry Review Board, and theCertified Organic Associations of BC are currently consideringexpanding the ‘specialty producer’ market for small-farm eggs,the current regulations stand. Meanwhile, for egg vendors at theSalt Spring farmers’ market, it’s business as usual. 0

Food Security: Part I ~ Mike Logan

Genetic Engineering and the Future of Food

They’ve been called ‘Frankenfoods’, but geneticallyengineered (GE) foods have also been heralded as apotential saviour of the starving masses. Like many

controversies, there seems to be no middle ground. Corporatescientists messing with Mother Nature sounds frightening, butmost of the food on store shelves is GE. There haven’t been anycontrolled long-term scientific studies proving or disproving thesafety of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), but neitherhave there been any reports of GMO-related illness outbreaks.The industrial agriculture giant Monsanto has been implicatedin several GMO incidents that are proving to be public relationsdisasters, but why shouldn’t a company be allowed to patent anddistribute GE seeds?

GMOs: the Public Assumes All RiskAny seed, crop, or food derivative thereof, which has had itsgenes artificially altered through scientific methodology isconsidered GE. This includes, according to Tara Scurr of theCouncil of Canadians, about 70% of the food on supermarketshelves. Currently, neither Canadian nor American regulationsrequire the labelling of any GE food product, leaving it up toconcerned consumers to search for food content information.

Proponents of GMO foods claim that cultivation of uniquestrains offers better varieties of foods to feed the public. Forinstance, by inserting certain genes that reduced a tomato’stendency to spoil in transit, a company known as Calgenecreated a modified (and patented) tomato meant to improvetaste, quality, and freshness. Unfortunately, the tomato didterribly in the fields, and after losing millions, Calgene waseventually bought out by Monsanto.

About 85% of US soybeans, 75% of US cotton, and 50% of UScorn are GMOs—100,000,000 acres in all. Most of the genefiddling is done to provide resistance to drought, pests andherbicides. A new form of GE agriculture is taking hold as well.Experiments involving insertion of Vitamin A orpharmaceuticals are underway in the hopes that antibiotics orvaccines be introduced to the food system. Tara Scurr describesthe process as ‘biofarming’ or ‘pharming’.

Scurr says that the real dangers are unknown. ‘Whendifferent genes are being ‘shot’ into organisms, there’s no way toknow…how it’s going to interact with the existing plant or otherplants in the wild.’ ‘There’s too many unanswered questions,’ shepoints out, noting that carefully controlled scientific experimentsdetailing long-term risk don’t yet exist.

Lisa Dry of the Biotechnology Industry Organization said ina recent Christian Science Monitor article that federal groupshave ‘scrutinized’ these foods for two decades, and havedetermined them to be safe for public marketing andconsumption. It should be noted, however, that although GEseeds are patented, they can be spread on the wind like any otherseed, and have the serious potential to interfere withsurrounding crops. This is what landed Canadian farmer PercySchmeiser in court with Monsanto.

Monsanto vs. a GE-Free CanadaThe Schmeiser case is now infamous. Percy’s canola crop wasnatural saved seed on the wrong side of the road. TheSaskatchewan winds, doing what they do best, carried GE seedsfrom passing trucks into Percy’s field, introducing into his ‘pure’canola, Monsanto’s patented Roundup Ready seed. Thecompany then sued Schmeiser, successfully, for illegallypossessing the crop without having purchased the seed. Thejudge ruled that it didn’t matter how it happened; once

Monsanto’s ‘property’ was in Schmeiser’s fields, Percy was liable.Percy’s counter suit, alleging that the company contaminated hiscrop and should have to compensate him, failed.

Such lawsuits have inspired activists around the world to takeup the cause on behalf of the consumer and the producer, and putan end to big agriculture’s domination of the marketplace. Food-safety advocates have also realized that, if they want to have GE-free zones, they need to work on local, provincial (or state) andnational levels. This has given rise to movements in Prince EdwardIsland (which would be the first province to pass such aresolution), Montreal (the first big city), and Powell River, whichhas already passed a resolution vowing no GE crops will be plantedin the regional district. The Council of Canadians is currentlyengaged in a nationwide movement, GE-Free Canada, to rally foodsafety groups to the cause (see related article, page 1).

A World IssueThe issue of genetic engineering is not confined to any particulargeographic region. In the US, for instance, three Californiacounties have banned GE crops (or new GE crops), while threeothers have failed to pass similar measures. Counties like Yoloare still embroiled in the debate, and, as reported by the DailyDemocrat, the local Farm Bureau isn’t putting a positionforward just yet, though they are on the ‘cautious side’.Meanwhile, several other states—Georgia, Idaho, Iowa andKansas among them—have passed legislation prohibiting localmunicipalities or counties from banning GE crops, effectivelyremoving the power from local citizens.

Articles promoting the use of biotech (another word for GE)crops also report on the high incidence of cross contamination.The EU has prohibited US corn products that aren’t strictlytested because of recent food pollution, and US markets in Asiawere lost when GE corn, not approved for human consumption,was found commingled with other grains.

Other parts of the world have experienced difficulties as well.In Thailand, a recent public outcry forced the government to closean experimental GE papaya field after it was found that the seedswere on Thai farms hundreds of kilometres away. Though thegovernment complied with public requests in the short term, it isstill facing pressure to resume testing, and has arrested two of theGreenpeace activists associated with discovering the GE seeds.

The Future of Food‘People have the power, we just don’t seem to see that yet,’ saidfilmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia following the screening of herpowerful exposé on GMOs titled ‘The Future of Food’. Her film,which she describes as ‘Silent Spring’ meets ‘The Battle ofAlgiers’, screened in Victoria and Vancouver at the end of May,and shows just how real the threat of GE foods are.

One example is American corn in Mexico. Because Americancorn farmers are subsidized, it is cheaper for Mexicans to purchaseAmerican corn than Mexican corn. In 2001, a University ofCalifornia Berkley microbial ecologist discovered that GE corn wasgrowing in remote Mexican farming plots around Oaxaca. Thisdisturbing discovery gave rise to a very real fear among peasantfarmers there—under international trade and patent laws,corporations could theoretically sue for patent infringement and‘reclaim’ entire crops, just as they had done with Schmeiser.

The biotech industry also claims that GMO crops can givehigher yields and help feed starving masses worldwide. In fact,corporate sponsored GMO crops are depressing crop prices so that

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Saturna Notes ~ Priscilla Ewbank

Some articles write themselves frombeginning to end. Some are a struggle toget off the ground, and then take off. I’ve

come to learn that when they don’t move at asmart clip, given all the interesting things thatthe Saturna community affords to write about,it is because I’m undecided about how toapproach some big community happening. So,since I’m vacillating and procrastinating, I’mjust going to jump right in.

At the café today a friend said, ‘I don’t likethat you put notices of someone’s death on thefront door of the Store. That’s not the way Iwant to find out that someone I care about hasdied—and I’m not the only one who thinks thatway!’ Several of us assured this person that theStore, under many ownerships, has alwaysprovided that courtesy to its community. Iwalked away thinking, ‘So how do any of uswant to hear that someone we care about hasdied?’ And this is how I have come to tell youthat Rick Tipple died suddenly on his wayhome with his wife Judy from Prince Rupert onSaturday, June 4. I didn’t want to hear thatnews delivered in any form that I can think of.

Rick Tipple Rick and Judy Tipplecame to Saturna, oh, Ican’t remember now,10 years ago, I think.They are a foundingfamily of the Group ofThirty, designed theirhouse and live on theland full-time. Theygot involved in all sortsof communityactivities—each withtheir own specialties.Rick, the Englishteacher, got involvedin our localnewspaper, TheScribbler, and away itand he went. Rick got everyone involved allthrough the community and took lots ofphotographs, excellent photographs, ofanything that was happening on Saturna withwhoever was doing it in the middle of thephoto. What a gift to see ourselves, personallyand as a community, in writing and inphotographs. Turning out a paper, even withlots of help, is a huge task requiring lots ofcomputer techie knowledge. And Rick had thepackage that kept The Scribbler an importantand anticipated publication event.

Rick never just belonged to any group, he didthings, he had lots to offer the SaturnaCommunity Club, the David Elford HoldingCompany aka the Group of Thirty, Recycling,and Saturna School. He and Judy, being lifelongteachers, tutored Saturna students. And now,just now, you begin to hear about the things hedid for people that made a difference in theirlives that you never would have suspected.

It takes time to fathom the death of a friend;in the community we comfort ourselves bytalking with each other. For Judy, she isbeginning a new journey and we will do whatwe can to be supportive. There will be acelebration of Rick’s life, July 9, one week afterthe Lamb BBQ (Rick would agree with Judy’schoice of date). You’ll see the announcement on

the door of the Store and read it in TheScribbler.

Parks and Rec BusyParks and Recreation is very busy this time ofyear. Besides sponsoring the Taylor Point Walkand Paddle with the Saturnina, lunchprovided, they are doing garden tours. CarolMoney toured about 15 people through herwonderful garden, enthusiastically talkingabout how she creates a harmonious wholewith color and texture, contrast and repetition.This past weekend, the public was welcome totour Margaret Wilson’s tiny garden, theHollingshead’s orchard garden, and DebraGibson’s native woodland garden. Great jobParks and Recreation!

Oystercatchers on aWinning Streak

Did you know that the Saturna Oystercatchershave won the last eight baseball games theyplayed! Every week now through the summerthey play at Hunter field or have ‘away fromhome’ games. The scene is great with cheering,the little kids tootling about visiting—obliviousto most of the action, the teenagers lolling

about, and everyonedowning hamburgersand other munchies.The field always looksgreat and it’s fun to seeyour friends dressedup in blue suits anddoubling as superathletes.

Lamb BBQPrep Moving

AlongThe Saturna LambBBQ Wood CuttingBee went likeclockwork, organizedby Ian Gaines, with

alder wood donated from the Group of Thirty,and moved to the site by the Gaines family.From five to six people chainsawed, split andstacked a couple of cords of wood in an hour-and-a-half to keep those 26 lambs cooking toperfection on BBQ Day. The Mint SauceMaking Party was a success, also, with plenty ofmint sauce for the diners and to sell prepared.

The next BBQ Work Bees are on June 18, toprepare the site and the kitchen stuff at theCommunity Hall. Everyone is welcome at bothsites.

Thanks and Congrats!Derm Carberry, Saturna’s mechanic-at-large, isowed thanks by the community for creating alawnmower (out of three others and probably amotor boat) to be kept in the cemetery shedand used to mow the graveyard.

Corinne Muir House graduated this weekwith a Bachelor of Arts in English from theUniversity of Victoria. With her on this specialday were her mom and dad, Bill and FloraHouse, sister Raeanne, grandmother Renie,and always supportive, dear friend BillSheffeld. Corinne has applications in to teachEnglish in Japan and as soon as she has a jobshe will leave. Saturna wishes this youngwoman all the best and congratulates her on

RICK TIPPLE

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Mayne FilmmakerWins Prize

The 7th film by Mayne IslanderGail Noonan, called MoreSensitive, won Best Animationat the Female Eye Film Festival(www.femaleeyefilmfestival.com)in Toronto. The two-minutefilm uses a multitude ofanimation techniques including cutouts, hand-colouredphotographs, plasticine and stop motion.

The film incorporates both the music and the face of jazzmusician and fellow Mayne Islander Kim Darwin who hasplayed for years with various groups around Vancouver. Heoriginally penned a song as a self-parody of his days playingpiano lounges in Vancouver. As soon as Gail heard the song sheknew that it should be set to animation.

This is the second award for More Sensitive. It won theGovernment of Canada Best Short Animation Award at theVictoria Independent Film and Video Festival in February 2004.Since then it has screened at 20 festivals across Canada, the US,Europe and Australia. For more info, you can visit Noonan’swebsite at www.cartoonan.com. 0

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Gabriola Radio ShowUsing a shoutcast server, the power of the Internet, theprogrammer’s pseudo recording studio, and some pro-equipment (a gift from CFUV), Gabriola’s ‘ciuf-fm’ has launchedan experimental broadcasting effort. Every Thursday from6–7pm, ‘Live from Gabriola Island’ will feature music from

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Time to Act on BC-STVDear Editor:Regarding the overwhelming landslide in Saanich North and theIslands in favour of BC-STV, with the finalized ‘yes’ vote herebeing 61.4%, I have written Murray Coell to ask him exactly howhe intends to represent the obvious wishes of his constituents tothe government and in the Legislature.

He has responded with ‘I will keep the feelings of myconstituents in mind during this discussion.’ I personally wouldlike to know exactly where he stands on this and I have writtenhim back.

I don’t see how any of our MLAs, Liberal or NDP, can chooseto ignore this issue, given the landslide ‘yes’ vote of 57.7%.Remember, the BC Liberals won all but two seats in theLegislature in 2001, with a similar percentage of voters givingthem their support. And they are currently claiming to have amandate for their vision of the province with a 45.8% minorityof the popular vote. Surely 57.7% voting in favour of somethingis a huge mandate for change.

I would urge all those who voted ‘yes’ to take a few minutesand write or email Mr. Coell to help him clarify his views, andsend a copy to our premier. The people have spoken, it is now upto our representatives to act.

Jim Traversy, Mayne IslandGaliano Cops for Cancer Fundraiser

Dear Editor:Since there is no ‘Balding for Dollars’ event on Pender Island tosupport, I’m having my own ‘Cops for Cancer’ event on June 12.At about 10am at the Lions Hall on Galiano Island, we’ll behaving a brunch and head shave. After this, I’ll be cycling fromthe Lions Hall to the North Community Hall (26km). Fromthere, I’ll be running back to the Lions Hall (another 26km).When I get back to the Lions Hall, we’ll be having a Bingo.

All money raised will go toward this year’s Cops forCancer/Tour de Rock. Then, on Canada Day, we’ll be havingPart II of our head shaves in conjunction with our Canada Daycelebrations. Since we are having two head shaves, I’ll be gettinghalf of my head shaved on June 12, and the other half shaved onCanada Day.

If you have any questions, give me a call at 250-539-2309. Constable Scott Hilderley, Galiano IslandIsland Planning

Dear Editor:With reference to Patrick Brown’s article on Island Planning(Island Tides, May 12), I applaud some of the principles heespouses but question some of his statements regardingtransportation.

There seems to be no logic in firstly pointing out theinadequacies of Island roads,not to mention their dangerlevel and then suggesting thatregular bus service, using fullsize school buses be instituted.To begin with, not all Islandshave a school bus (Maynedoes not), and there are manytypes of tour buses (which hecondemns outright) whichoccupy considerably less roadspace than a school bus.

The idea of connected,linear, vehicle-free trails is a

good one. The reality of such systems being available within fiveyears is slim indeed. Presumably, Mr. Brown is advocatingbiking, hiking and walking along these trails, since the chaoticroads are becoming too dangerous for these activities to takeplace. He is right in saying that Ministry of Transportation andHighways will not build them. Should any eventually be built,they will very likely come through the efforts of the variousIslands’ parks commissions, all of whom are struggling to findsufficient volunteers to maintain the parks and trails theycurrently have.

As the principle driver and data keeper for MIDAS Taxi onMayne Island, I applaud his recognition of the value of such aservice. Taxi licences are hard to get and harder to retain. Inmany cases, Island taxis perform a variety of community servicejourneys and tasks, very often at no cost.

Alan Guy, Mayne IslandRemove Caterpillars, Not Trees

Dear Editor:I live at Plum Tree Court, North Pender Island, which is ownedand operated by Pender Island Seniors Housing Society. Thecomplex, like other properties on the Islands, has been infestedwith tent caterpillars to various degrees over the years. A coupleof weeks ago I returned home to find the management of thecomplex attempted to deal with these irritants by deforesting aportion of the complex.

As of this writing, the cut trees are laying on the ground, someleaning into still standing trees. I spoke with a member of theConservancy about the cut trees and was informed that the age-old problem of what an owner can do to his/her property inregards to logging, for whatever reason, remains of concern. Butthere was little, if anything, they could do.

I am aware that there are alternative methods to deal with thecritters, although perhaps labour intensive. I am also aware thateven a tree that has been infested will not necessarily die but willeventually regain its ability to leaf. I invite the public to take adrive around the complex and see an example of what not to do.Of interest is the fact that some alder has still been left standing.Now, I am concerned about the fallen tress and underbrush thatis exposed. Fire season is upon us, and the site just awaits acareless smoker to start a major fire here on the complex.

It might be an appropriate time for Island Tides to reprint itsarticle on management of tent caterpillars.

Gary Marjerrison, North Pender IslandEditor’s Note: To read a copy of our article on tentcaterpillars called ‘These Crawlies are Not so Creepy’, visit ouronline archive at www.islandtides.com and download ourMay 20, 2004 issue. The article is on page six.

Mount Erskine has $200,000 to GoDear Editor: Thank you for your coverage of our Mount Erskine campaign(Island Tides, June 2). One mistake. We were $240,000 fromour goal at the time the article was published. The total price is$650,000 and $410,000 was raised.

Currently, we have surpassed the $450,000 mark, with$200,000 left to go. We feel we are definitely at base camp andheading for the summit.

We want to encourage everyone to keep donating until we getthere. Islanders have been extremely generous. It has been thenicest project to work on because all we have had to do is informeveryone that there is a campaign on and the money keepscoming in. No one wants to lose the top of Mt. Erskine.

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A Sorry State Of AffairsDear Editor:On June 3, I was lucky enough to hear Dr. Shiv Chopra speak onSalt Spring about the sorry state of affairs at Health Canada, anorganization originally put in place to protect the health of allCanadians, but now just a rubber stamp to push through anydrug/procedure that industry wishes.

I urge every Canadian, in fact everyone in the world, to checkout his message. He is a very honest, honorable, dedicated man,who is concerned with your health, and the health of youroffspring. He is one of the most incredible, and powerfulspeakers I have heard for a long time. Some of the disturbingthings Dr. Chopra said:

1) He worked for Health Canada for 35 years, during whichhe was instrumental in preventing Bovine Growth Hormonefrom being released in Canada. Unfortunately when he startedto speak out about health concerns, and require companies toshow data that the drugs they wanted to release would not harmus, the companies would/could not produce these studies. Butthey still wished him to pass their drug. Chopra says theCanadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Health Canadaare not concerned with the health of the Canadian public, butinstead are there to satisfy corporations.

2) As a whistleblower, he spoke out about unsafe drugs andwas frequently suspended, then eventually fired (a common fateof bureaucrats who don’t do what the companies wish).

4) The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has now beenmade a private agency with no ties to government, and actuallyhas the powers to OK drugs to be allowed to be sold in Canada,and also to promote the drugs once they have been passed. Itbasically has become a rubber stamp for industry, but also hasbeen put in a conflict of interest position, being both the OKerand also the promoter of drugs.

5) There is also legislation now before the Martingovernment that will give the Minister of Health the power to‘temporarily’ pass any drug for use by the Canadian public.

6) Try driving a car or putting on a public event withoutinsurance. The government will not let you, because someone

might get hurt. Dr. Chopra proposed that in the least the drugcompanies could put aside a percentage of their incredibleearnings, as an insurance policy, in case some of their drugs,which are getting rubber stamped and which companies claimwill not hurt the public, turn out to harm the public after all.Chopra says no one at Health Canada was interested in doingthis, or in any way interfering with these companies.

7) Dr. Chopra says mad mow disease is being hidden in theUS, so we are being duped to think there is more in Canada thanin US.

What can you do according to Dr. Chopra:1) Make sure everyone gets educated as to what is happening.

We elect these politicians. Why are they not looking out for ourhealth?

2) Work locally to prevent Genetically Engineered foods frombeing introduced. (Powell River has declared itself a GE freezone.) According to Chopra, it is easier to work locally. Heshowed how much opposition he got when trying to workfederally against these injustices.

3) Quit feeding animal parts to animals and nevermind ourbiggest trading partner, the US. If we quit feeding animal partsto animals, our meat will become much more valuable, andmuch more in demand by Europe and Japan. We will get to sellall we produce and for more money.

Dr Chopra has just written a book, called ‘Corrupt to theCore’, which I would urge every Canadian to read. It will makeyou scared. Check out Dr. Chopra on the Internet. Search forShivChopra on google.ca. It pulled up over 38,000 hits. Wow!

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Our wishful thinking also incorrectly listed the MountErskine Campaign as having only $140,000 left to go,see letter on previous page for fundraising details.

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GE FOODS from page 2

farmers cannot often reclaim money they put into farming.Meanwhile, 800,000 people starve to death each year, andaccording to Richard Kimball at the Centre for Food Safety, it’s notbecause of a lack of food supply, but a lack of access to the food.

Bioequivalence‘[Biotech corporations] try to tell you it’s the same as naturalfoods, they call it bioequivalence,’ said Dr Shiv Chopra, theformer Health Canada official fired for whistleblowing, at arecent conference, ‘it’s absolute rubbish.’ He explained furtherthat nature has never allowed a fish gene to be inserted into aflower. ‘The Future of Food’ expands on this point; in order forgenetic modification to take hold, viruses and bacteria such as E.coli are used in a process known as cellular invasion.

Another oft repeated mantra of biotech enthusiasts is that

GMO foods are fundamentally no different from natural foods.While it’s true that birds and the naked eye cannot tell thedifference, it should be noted that health studies have showndepressed immune systems and unexplained mortalities inanimals fed GMO foods. Roundup Ready seeds issued byMonsanto rely on a genetic trait from a soil microbe naturallyresistant to the herbicide roundup. As one astute farmer pointedout, that means the other soil microbes are not resistant. The soilis dying.

GE-Free Islands and Other SolutionsIn December 2004, the Islands Trust Council agreed at aquarterly meeting to ‘support the avoidance of geneticallyengineered crops in the Islands Trust area’. The resolution is an

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But the Council is not satisfied that the Department will havethe resources to implement the new plan, saying that it isfocused on budget cuts instead of managing the fishery resource.The Council questions the government’s capacity to do aneffective job in areas of enforcement, habitat protection andrestoration, salmon enhancement, research and stockassessment, and also calls for the Department to open itsmanagement decisions to public scrutiny.

‘The Council’s work over the past year found that reductionsin assessment budgets and reduced survey coverage of Pacificsalmon are occurring at a time when better data are urgentlyneeded for salmon management,’ said the Honourable JohnFraser, who is the retiring chair of the Council but who iscontinuing on as a member. He will be replaced as interim chairby Dr Paul LeBlond of Galiano Island.

Public Shares DoubtsThe public appears to share the Council’s skepticism about theDepartment’s capabilities. Feedback from recent consultationsrevealed a widespread suspicion that Fisheries and OceansCanada might be looking for further funding cuts.

Last year, the PFRCC held public consultations in PrinceRupert, Nanaimo and Chilliwack following the release of itscontroversial report on salmon hatcheries. The report found thatwhile there have been positive outcomes from salmonenhancement programs, wild salmon and steelhead can benegatively affected by large-scale hatchery operations. Itconcluded the uncertainty and risk regarding impacts on wildsalmon are too high to support the current scale of enhancementactivities.

‘Based on what we heard, the Council clearly understands thatthis is a topic people feel very passionately about, and they wouldrather have hatchery salmon than no salmon at all,’ said LeBlond.

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CPAWS-BC asking forMPA action nowThe governments of Canada and British Columbia recentlysigned an Oceans Memorandum of Understanding whichcommits them to an agreement on MPAs.

‘We have been waiting since 1998 for the two governments tofinalize a coordinated approach for the establishment of anetwork of MPAs for the BC coast.’ says Jodi Stark, CanadianParks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) BC marine campaigncoordinator. ‘This cooperation between governments isessential to advance MPAs in BC.’

CPAWS says this agreement is an important step towardssafeguarding Canada’s oceans, but immediate action is alsoneeded to protect Canada’s marine ecosystems.

‘Marine protected areas are a cornerstone of any marineconservation strategy,’ says Sabine Jessen, CPAWS-BCConservation Director. ‘However, actual protection of importantmarine areas in Canada will require the federal government towork with the provincial, territorial and First Nationsgovernments to develop action plans for MPA networks on eachof Canada’s coasts.’

CPAWS wants to see these plans include concrete actions,timelines and immediate interim protection for key areas likethe globally unique Hecate Strait glass sponge reefs, andaggregations of deep sea corals on both the east and west coasts.‘Without this immediate protection,’ Jessen says, ‘these areaswill suffer further damage and degradation.’

Scientists around the world have called for the establishmentof MPAs as an important foundation to the conservation ofmarine biodiversity. It is also recognized that MPAs cannot solveall of the problems in the ocean, and that other elementsrequired for marine conservation include: ecosystem-basedmanagement, marine planning, sustainable fisheries andmarine industries policy reform. 0

provincial ridings on the north coast of BC showed only 14%support for salmon farms. Of some 600 respondents in theBulkley Valley-Stikine, North Coast, and Skeena, 62% wantedthe provincial fish farm moratorium reinstated. Eight-threepercent cited sea lice infesting wild salmon stocks as a majorconcern.

Andrew Williams of Friends of Wild Salmon, whichcommissioned the poll, described salmon farming as a ‘keypolitical wedge issue’. The poll had a statistical margin of errorof plus or minus 4%, 19 times out of 20.

The poll also found that 66% of Liberal supporters in theregion opposed salmon farms. And when it came to the May 17provincial election, the Liberals won only one riding: BulkleyValley-Stikine. The NDP, who would like to re-impose themoratorium, took North Coast and Skeena.

‘We refuse to become the next Broughton,’ said GeraldAmos, a member of the Haisla First Nation and the Friends ofWild Salmon. ‘The Skeena and Nass Rivers are intact, the wildsalmon runs are healthy and we plan to keep them this way.’

The PFRCC also acknowledged the success of measures takento recover coho salmon in both northern and southern BC, thesuccess of selective fishing in reducing by-catch, Skeena steelheadrecovery, and innovative federal government agreements withFirst Nations to speed the recovery of endangered stocks. 0

SATURNA from page 3this major accomplishment.

$1200 for Sea GypsiesOur Saturna School kids finished their efforts to help buy fishingboats for the Tsunami victims. The kids and their hardworkingparents raised another $600 on top of the $600 they hadpreviously raised. One little Island raised, between the efforts ofkids, parents and their community, $1,200! (Which is half ofwhat it takes buy a replacement for one Sea Gypsie fishing boat.)

HappeningsSaturna Island Talent Night is June 18. You can tell somethingis up because lots of people are talking about getting togetherand practising and they won’t tell you what it is they are doing!‘Come to the Show!’ they say. And we all do—the Hall is alwayspacked for this effort. The Talent Show has big surprises, andrepeat entertainers that are favourites. Bring your chequebooks,this is your last chance to buy the cheap Early Bird Saturna Artsand Concerts Society tickets for next season’s entertainment.

The Saturna Community Club meeting is Monday, June 20,7:30pm in the Hall. Everyone welcome.

Parks Canada will have their last Saturna Open House togather feedback about the interim management guidelines onJune 25. You are welcome to drop in from 12:30–3:30pm at theCommunity Hall, see the display panels and talk to Parkpersonnel. 0

COUNCIL from page 1say no new GE crops, but in an area currently free of knownGMOs, communities are urged to adopt a ‘GE-free’ zone.

The Council wants to see at least 20 BC municipalities adoptGE-free measures, including Vancouver. ‘The challenge is thatthe resolution will look different in different communities,’Scurr said. She explained that in an urban centre, a ‘no GE crops’rule doesn’t make much sense, and a GE-free purchasing policywould be more appropriate. ‘British Airways certifies GE-freemeals,’ she said, ‘and if they can do it, I think the parks board cando it. The real challenge is how [resolutions or regulations] arecrafted at a federal level.’

Scurr is certain that Canadians will adopt the principles hereonce they know what’s going on. ‘The GE-Free Canadacampaign is just a little piece of a much bigger picture, andthere’s so many avenues for people to explore and get the bigpicture, and use their creativity,’ she said, ‘it’s a really positivething that people can get involved in.’For more information visit www.canadians.org. 0

FEDERAL MPA from page 1• Oceans Act Marine Protected Areas established by Fisheries

and Oceans Canada to protect and conserve important fish andmarine mammal habitats, endangered marine species, uniquefeatures and areas of high biological productivity or biodiversity.

• Marine Wildlife Areas established by EnvironmentCanada to protect and conserve habitat for a variety of wildlifeincluding migratory birds and endangered species.

• National Marine Conservation Areas established by ParksCanada to protect and conserve representative examples ofCanada’s natural and cultural marine heritage and provideopportunities for public education and enjoyment.

The Federal Marine Protected Area Strategy outlines howthese departments and agencies will work together to establisha comprehensive network of marine protected areas that willconserve and protect Canada’s natural and cultural marineresources.

See related MPA article at top of page. 0

assurance that the Trust Council is behind the idea, even if itcannot be meaningfully enforced. For that to happen, the CapitalRegional District would have to enact a resolution. Such ameasure would put Greater Victoria and the Gulf Islands on parwith Powell River and, if all is successful in their provincial bidfor being GMO-free, PEI.

Local action is exactly what concerned citizens need tocombat genetic engineering. Consumer activism, andsupporting local, organic foods, ensures conscious food choice.

Greenpeace offers a shoppers guide—available for a $2donation—that specifically lists which foods contain GMOs. Themost effective tools against GMOs are knowledge, purchasingpower, and populism. As Deborah Koons Garcia said, ‘we willreassert ourselves, if we can all work together.’

Visit www.greenpeace.ca to order a GMO-free shopping guide,and www.thefutureoffood.com to order ‘The Future of Food’ onDVD. 0

GE FOODS from page 5

FISH from previous page

Matching money to boostMt Erskine fundraisingTwo of the Mount Erskine fundraising partners, HabitatAquisition Trust and Islands Trust Fund, announced on June 10that they are offering to match donations they receive to helpraise the remaining $200,000 needed to buy and protect thesummit of Mt Erskine on Salt Spring Island.

The Habitat Aquisition Fund has made up to $10,000available in matching funds from its land acquisition trust andthe Islands Trust Fund has made up to $5,000 available from itsopportunity fund.

Donors who wish to take advantage of the matching funds cancontact HAT at 250-995-2428 or Islands Trust Fund at 250-405-5186. Tax receipts will be issued for donations over $20.

Information about Mount Erskine is available atwww.mounterskine.org. 0

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Dramatic rescue in rough waters Patrick BrownEvery night the TV news brings us accounts ofsurvival and rescue in dangerouscircumstances of all kinds. Recently there wasjust such a dramatic rescue in Gulf Islandwaters. This one, at least, didn’t end tragically,and an unfortunate powerboater (mercifullyunidentified) has Pender Islanders Kim andJoyce Davis to thank for that. Nevertheless, it’sa cautionary tale.

It was Sunday afternoon, May 29, and theDavis family, including daughter Jasmine, wasenjoying a brisk sail down the west side ofPender Island towards Bedwell Harbour. As sooften happens in the Gulf Islands, a suddendrop in the wind was accompanied by thedevelopment of a nasty tidal chop as the tidechanged off the mouth of the harbour. As Kimstarted to change to a larger jib, he heardsomeone yelling, and spotted a man ahead inthe water, about 200 metres offshore in themiddle of the rough stuff. Kim immediatelystarted his engine and went to the rescue.

The man, large and wearing only hisunderwear (and no lifejacket), had clearly beenin the water for some time and was too fatiguedto climb out. Kim was trying to figure out howto get him onboard his relatively small sailboat,when a large trimaran under full sail came outof Bedwell. They can help, he thought.

Kim waved. The two men on the trimaranwaved back. Kim waved again, and eventuallythey got the message and sailed over to help.They had a life ring and, with a rope tied to it,

threw it to the man in the water. Kim’s boat was slightly ahead of the

trimaran, and across its bows. Just when you don’t want a gust of wind is

when you get it (one of the rules of sailing). Youcan guess what happened: the trimaran, stillunder full sail, accelerated sharply, pushingKim’s much smaller vessel sideways, with Kimand Joyce holding it off by the bows.

Kim says he yelled at the skipper of thetrimaran to release the mainsheet, which wouldhave stopped the trimaran.

‘Can’t!’ replied the skipper. ‘Why not?’ asked Kim. ‘It’s tied to the life ring!’ was the answer.The sight of the trimaran pushing Kim’s

boat sideways had by that time attracted someattention, and a number of boats converged onthe scene. The unfortunate victim was last seenclimbing up a ladder on a large powerboat,hauling on his underwear, which wasreportedly reluctant to keep up with him.

The reader at this point will no doubt havequestions, like what was this individual doingswimming way offshore in a tide rip in hisunderwear? And where was the Coast Guard?(No, he didn’t have a rip in his underwear. Goback and read it again.)

The answers came later. The swimmer wastaken back to Bedwell Harbour, where heretrieved his boat and his wife and left quickly

Perhaps no other person knows more about thedepth of government corruption, secrecy andineptitude that directly affects Canadian’s healththan Dr Shiv Chopra, who spoke to a packedFulford Hall on Salt Spring Island on June 3.

Dr Chopra is a nationally renownedwhistleblower, and one of the primaryopponents of recombinant Bovine GrowthHormone (rBGH), which, thanks to him andhis colleagues, is not used in Canadian dairycows. He spoke in great detail about variousincidents of corruption in Health Canada’shalls. The marriage between corporations andbureaucrats is unmistakable, he said.

Dr Chopra is admittedly no saint; he silentlyobserved ‘corrupt science from the beginning,’without intervening. It was 20 years into his 35-year career when the turning point finallyarrived—his wife was hit by a car. ‘Thatchanged my personal life…forever,’ he told theFulford audience, ‘I felt I was part of thecorruption because I remained silent.’

He spent the next 15 years fighting racismand corporate influence in Health Canada.Some companies accused him of being biasedagainst their work simply because he

demanded to see relevant scientific data. Dr Chopra related dizzying descriptions of

modern day ‘science’: files disappearing fromlocked cabinets, million dollar bribes, and anactual blueprint for a multinational corporationto infiltrate governments so as to influencepolicy in favour of corporations (and yes, DrChopra says he has a copy of the document).

After a time, Dr Chopra and his colleagueswere separated from each other, told to reportby email every time they left their desk (I’mgoing to the washroom, I’m back from thewashroom), and eventually fired for‘disobedience’. But Dr Chopra hasn’t quit, andhe says he’s still in the field of public service,whether ‘fired, retired, or not.’

‘Through these stories I’m … describing howdeeply corrupt the whole system of governmenthas become,’ Dr Chopra said in hispresentation, ‘you could be the voice for theleadership that this country needs.’

Dr Chopra’s book, ‘Corrupt to the Core’, is dueout in November.

Editor’s Note: See Readers’ Letters forfurther discussion of Chopra’s talk. 0

Dr Chopra talks of governmentcorruption ~ Mike Logan

without talking to anyone. Apparently, hispowerboat’s propeller had become entangled inthe lines of a crab trap, and he had bravelystripped off his clothes and gone overboard inthe cold water to free it. In this he was successful,but in the process he became separated from theboat in the strong tidal currents.

His wife, who could not operate the boat butwho could, it turned out, operate the radio, put

out a Mayday call. The Nu-To-Yu rescue boatfrom Pender Island responded, but missed thecluster of vessels in the tide rip. And on theirway home, Kim and his family were passed bythe Coast Guard hovercraft at full speed.

Kim Davis says if you are going to rescuesomeone, don’t wait for someone else to takecharge. Boaters reading this may draw a fewother lessons from it, too. 0

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