The document lists 26 "tracks" or changes within the Department of Fisheries being carried out to help reduce Canada's federal budget deficit. Very few of those tracks' descriptions make claims for bolstering or improving marine safety, contaminant research, protection of fish habitat or the efficacy of the Coast Guard. Instead, the document details numerous actions which create reductions or total elimination of these environmental services. They include: •The shrinkage of 20 Marine Communications and Traffic Service centres down to 11;

•The reduction of Inshore Rescue Boats;

•The reduction of Marine Search and Rescue services;

•The defunding of species at risk recovery oriented programs in the Maritimes;

•The closure of 21 Conservation and Protection offices, as "part of a broader departmental footprint reduction plan." Comox, Pender Harbour, Quesnel, Hazelton and Clearwater all lost offices;

•The closure of the Kitsilano Lifeboat Station in Vancouver;

•Closure of the Experimental Lakes Area;

•The killing of all biological effects contaminant research within the department. The document explains that ending the capacity to do public research on freshwater and ocean pollutants such as bitumen spills "involves eliminating the in-house research program aimed at biological effects of contaminants, pesticide and oil and gas, and establishing a small advisory group to oversee the outsourcing of priority research needs."

Sounds like "quiet little rooms" if you ask me.

Environmental activists through out the world celebrated when George W. Bush was finally out of office. Since the election of Harper's regime, the world now has Canada with a leader, who like Bush, prides himself in the part that he plays in the destruction of the planet. Maurice Strong, the Canadian diplomat who was secretary-general of the famous 1992 Earth Summit, calls Harper’s government, “the most anti-environmental government that we’ve ever had, and one of the most anti-environmental governments in the world.”

Canada holds more than 20 per cent of the surface freshwater in the world, and its rivers and streams annually transport almost 10 per cent of the world flow of freshwater. Canada is also one of the world's largest seafood-exporting nations. All of which is now at risk of damage or destruction along with scientific evidence documenting the pollution and the damage to marine and freshwater systems.

The below corporations along with Charles and David Koch are pushing a libertarian brand of political activism that presses a large footprint on energy and climate issues. They have created and supported non-profit organizations, think tanks and political groups that work to undermine climate science, environmental regulation and clean energy. They are also top donors to politicians, who support the oil industry and deny any human role in global warming.

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Canadian Energy Pipeline Association

Petroleum Services Association of Canada

Propane Gas Association of Canada

Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors

Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association

Alberta Chamber of Resources

Alberta Chambers of Commerce

The Cement Association of Canada

Canadian Council of Chief Executives

I recommend reading the Tyee articles. There is to much atrocity documented there to elaborate on in one Dkos diary.