NNNOOOO, Canada!
Remember the post about the dead waterfowl in a Canadian lake? Well, there's more to Canada's waterways than meets the bird's eye.
Canada's laws allow for lakes and rivers to be reclassified as waste dumps for use by mining companies. Yeah. How ridiculous is that? This way, the bodies of water, no longer offically called "lakes" or "ponds" or "rivers," are exempt from pollution regulations. It's like, if I change your name from "Phillip" to "BoyCow" that means I can castrate you and barbeque your assmeat. Sounds crazy right?
Basically, a mining company can knock on the government's door "That shouldn't be a fish-filled pond. No way. That should be downright a pond-o-carcinogens, that's what I say." And the government will respond "Oh boy, a pond of cancer-goo. We shoulda thoughta that before. Please, take it. We got too much clean water here in Canadaland and folks're becomin' jealous." Come on, Canadians. Fight for this. The contaminants will NEVER stay in one place. You know better. They'll leach into your groundwater and into your waterways and your cancer rates will skyrocket. Make me proud, Canada.
Read the article here and have a box of tissues handy.
Source: CBS News Canada