I have met a lot of people in municipal, provincial and federal levels of government and can count on one hand the number of people who are the right person in the right position committed to doing the right thing instead of doing the right thing for themselves… The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO) is one of those people.
Many people in Ontario have not heard of Mr. Miller but the work he and his team are doing is making our province and our country a better place to live. The Commissioner is basically the environmental ombudsman for Ontario who answers to Queen’s Park but not necessarily to the Government in power. This position makes the ECO office independent and free to comment on any and all aspects of government policy. To that end, Gord Miller is a conservationist who has not hesitated to lambaste government policies during his tenure and yesterday’s comments on the failed Environmental Fee policy drawn up by the McGuinty Government under the guidance of Stewardship Ontario is a further example of the good work this Commissioner is doing. Why would a fly shop comment on this ? Because if we don’t have people looking out for our environment we won’t have any place to fish…
For more information on the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario go to http://eco.on.ca/
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