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Motives in question Director worries about Canada’s sovereignty CANDACE WU news@pqbnews.com
Regional district director Julian Fell says the “international motives” of David Suzuki’s Blue Dot initiative “could compromise Canada’s sovereignty over its own resources.” Fell, who represents Coombs/Errington, urged fellow Regional District of Nanaimo directors at Tuesday evening’s regular meeting not to support a national campaign to enshrine the right to a healthy environment in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Blue Dot movement was brought to the RDN in May by Nanaimo-Ladysmith Green Party candidate Paul Manly, one of many individuals in Canada calling upon local governments to pass municipal declarations respecting peoples’ right to live in a healthy environment. It would see people have the right to live in a healthy environment including: the right to breathe clean air, drink clean water, consume safe food, access nature, know about pollutants released into the local environment and participate in decisionmaking that will affect the environment. But Fell called the movement “flawed. I suspect this proposal was put together by a group of people sipping merlot in a hot tub,” he said. “This motion is a knee jerk response to what sounds like a pretty good idea… upon considered review it is flawed and has serious, in my opinion, potential consequences… until the floor is fixed it should not be approved.” According to Fell, “as an international right, anyone on the planet could demand access to, and a share of, Canada’s water and I suspect California will be first in line along with Nestle.” See MOVEMENT ‘UNCLEAR’, page A6
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Pacific Prime Restaurant and Lounge in The Beach Club has made Wine Spectator’s 2015 Restaurant Awards list. The team behind the achievement is above: (back row, left to right) Arthur Wong, Ian Lane, Rick Davidson. Front row, Michel Pambrun and Dave Paul.
BEACH CLUB EARNS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FROM WINE SPECTATOR
‘This is a very big deal’ BRENDA GOUGH
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An outstanding wine list — combined with knowledgeable servers — has resulted in a significant distinction for The Beach Club Resort in Parksville. The Pacific Prime Restaurant and Lounge has made the 2015 Wine
Spectator’s Wine List Award. Food and beverage director Ian Lane agreed that making the list is the equivalent of receiving an Oscar. “This is a very big deal. There are only about 600 wine spectator award winners in the entire world and the large majority of those are in the U.S. We are the only one on the Island
north of Victoria. There are three in Victoria and a couple in Vancouver but that’s about it for the province,” he pointed out. The Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards Program has been honouring the world’s best wine programs since 1981. See CHEF PLAYS BIG ROLE, page A9
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