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e-1360 (National parks)

E-petition
Initiated by Tony Iannella from Oliver, British Columbia

Original language of petition: English

Petition to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change

Whereas:
  • We do not want areas of the Southern Okanagan turned into a national park reserve;
  • This park would offer no additional protection to the land;
  • This park would not be financially viable as parks are running at a deficit;
  • This park would take the use of the lands away from the locals in the way they currently use them and would only open them to resource exploitation by special interest groups;
  • Ranchers, hunters, recreational users and far more people will lose their rights to enjoy crown land in this area; and
  • We voted this down previously and it should not be pushed forward without the consent of those who will be most affected by it.
We, the undersigned, residents of the Southern Okanagan, call upon the Minister of Environment and Climate Change to ask that the proposal of forming a National Park Reserve in the Southern Okanagan be ended and that there be a referendum and vote on this subject once and for all.
Government response tabled on May 4, 2018 (Sessional Paper No. 8545-421-61-03)
Open for signature
November 16, 2017, at 4:54 p.m. (EDT)
Closed for signature
March 16, 2018, at 4:54 p.m. (EDT)
Presented to the House of Commons
Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay)
March 21, 2018 (Petition No. 421-02183)
Government response tabled
May 4, 2018
Photo - Richard Cannings
South Okanagan—West Kootenay
New Democratic Party Caucus
British Columbia