Good News Of Environment

On Tuesday, Feb 27 the 2018 Federal Budget came out and the government committed an unprecedented $1.3 billion to create new protected areas over the next 5years. 

This is huge and is the money Canada needs to meet our targets to protect 17% of land and 10% of oceans by 2020 under the United Nations convention on Biodiversity. Further, the budget also includes an additional $167 million over 5years to protect and recover endangered whales.

This is a wonderful opportunity to take action and press the federal and provincial governments to follow through on the creation of a National Marine Conservation Area Reserve in the Salish Sea. This initiative has been stalled for nearly 20 years because of the previous government’s inaction on environmental concerns. 

The continued loss of habitat has put species like the Southern Resident Killer whales at high risk of extinction. Their numbers are now in the low 70s. Add to habitat loss the increasing presence of industry in the Salish Sea the number of freighters parked in Trincomali and other areas of the southern Gulf Islands has increased yet again this year. 

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This will only get worse when (if) Kinder Morgan starts shipping from an already congested Port of Vancouver).

Let the government know that now is the time to make a National Marine Protected Area in the Salish Sea final. And remember to thank them for their commitment to conservation and the environment.

Professor Relations Are Priceless?

A recent grad (name and university withheld at graduate’s request) was candid with us about her romantic involvement with a professor: “The affair was certainly exhilarating at first, but I regret all of it. 

The dynamic of the whole situation just wasn’t normal or right. He was old enough to be my father, and I think I was looking for a protector of sorts, since I was new to the school. For him, I’m sure it was ego-inflating to be with a young girl. 

But I got my heart crushed in the end when I found out he’d been married to the same woman for over 20 years and also that he was sleeping with another student. Did I get an A? Yep. Was it worth it? No. It ultimately cost me my dignity and self-respect.”

When one person is in a position of authority over another, as with a professor and student, ethical issues are involved if a sexual relationship develops. This can be likened to inappropriate liaisons between a supervisor and employee, a doctor and patient, or a high-ranking officer and military personnel of a lower rank. Essentially, there is a power imbalance.

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