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Earth Day this week was no concern to premier Ernie Eves, aka Ernie the Eco-Bandit, who’s considered armed and very dangerous to the planet because of his penchant for shooting down environmental protections and asking questions later.
WANTED
for the following offences against the people of Ontario:
Hijacking For making a mockery of Ontario’s Living Legacy protection plan by allowing mining, sport hunting and logging roads in protected areas
Armed robbery — For stealing from the people by spending less than one-quarter of the $240 million promised after Walkerton to help cities upgrade water and sewer systems
Criminal negligence — For implementing only 50 of 93 recommendations made by the Walkerton tainted water inquiry
Reckless endangerment — For cutting the number of provincial water monitoring stations from 730 to 240
Assault — For making daily life miserable for thousands by spending 75 per cent of SuperBuild’s transportation fund on highways
Aggravated assault — For terminating funding for public transit in Toronto altogether
Abandonment — For handing over to the forest industry negotiations with aboriginal people on the sharing of forestry resources
Malicious fraud — For breaking promises to save the Oak Ridges Moraine and develop policies to conserve old growth forests
Criminal harassment — For lifting the 260-hectare maximum on clear-cuts
Conspiracy — For plotting behind the scenes to bring back the spring bear hunt
Disturbing the peace — For passing a recreation act that puts commercial development and high-impact recreation ahead of conservation
Kidnapping — For snatching cash from the Toronto school board and making it close six of eight outdoor education centres
Acts of omission causing danger — For failure to protect 31 species currently listed as endangered in Ontario.
Last seen: Last week, hanging with fellow bandits and corporate thieves at a Tory fundraiser in the ballroom of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
