I guess the feds don't believe in global warming

[Leafless]

Article: The Ottawa Citizen, Saturday, December 30, 2006. Pg.-F2.

Title: "Government picks up $95M infrastructure tab for latest Mont-Trembly development"

This article is not on the net.

The Mont Trembly resort in Quebec will get get a $95M break from the government for its massive expansion tagged at $1B.

The federal and Quebec governments will in in $47.5M each to build roads, waterworks and sidewalks at the future Versant Soleil and Versant Nord villages and of course will include a new Casino.

Officials expect the latest 1,700 units will attract 1.5 million new visitors and create 1,500 permanent jobs.

Intrawest Corporation (head office in Vancouver) has a long history of receiving government aid and already was given more than $100M in federal cash between 1993-2004. Interawest was also a major donor to the Liberal party.

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We all know what global warming is doing to the snow supply in Eastern Canada and how the success of this project in the most part depends on snow.

Is this really a good investment?

And Intrawest itself who is listed in the 'Troubled Company Reporter'.

http://bankrupt.com/TCR_Public/051006.mbx

And a history of the company:

http://www.intrawest.com/about-us/corporat...iew/history.htm

[geoffrey]

I hope those Easterns stop complaining about the olympics they couldn't win then... government hand outs to just business is much more silly than creating a healthy living infrastructure that would be available to all Vancouverites (and Canadians).

I'm unsure of how much a subsidy our ski industry in Alberta/BC gets? I'm going to suggest alot less than a sub-par resort like Tremblant does anyways. The snow sucks, if the government is into building ski hills, let's build where the skiing is good.

Especially if global warming is coming. If this year is the sign of things to come, let's start building on the AB side of the Rockies ASAP.

Or the government can just leave ski hills to ski hill companies?

[DarkAngel_]

Ok, listen to this: in the 1960's, cigarette corps. were hiring 'scientists' to legitimately say on national television, that, they were not addictive.

well the same thing is happening with global warming, though, a better name for it is, 'climate shift.' if it continues any longer, good old CA will be well beneath water, by about 40-60 feet, just as well, it could leave this lovely planet, uninhabitable, and for the most part, that oil that gives the 'man' all his money, would be worth toilet paper.

Alternative fuel is an ok solution, but, it may just prolong the problem. so i was holding together several different idea's that just, popped in there, about 'habitat improvement facilities.'

Basically, a big building that takes in air, separates other pollutants, and turns them into solid, transportable, bricks. then, sends them out to a dump yard to be sold for other uses, or to be transformed into other useful things. but that’s not all; it would also let out other elements, control humidity and CO2 levels, the helium and outer ozone layers, how much oxygen is released, hydrogen released, as well as releasing viral anti-bodies to help cure disease in the air!

it would be controlled by a highly trained science team, and guarded by the national guard most likely.

and looking at how much is dumped each day, it would take about 10,000 of these to be built globally just to slow it down, and, if any went out of control, it could be disastrous, but it seems to be the best bet.

so what do you think?

should all the world invest in such a plan?