Canadians get to hear from Mrs. Palin... just before leaving office
Mark Hume -
THEGLOBEANDMAIL - July 27, 2009
Had it not been for the vice-presidential bid last year, perhaps few Canadians would know who she is. --Ed.
One of the last issues tackled by Sarah Palin, before she stepped down as the Governor of Alaska yesterday, involves a British Columbia mine that has haunted her state for nearly 50 years.
In a letter to Premier Gordon Campbell, Ms. Palin asked B.C. to tackle the chronic problem of acid waste spilling out of the Tulsequah Chief Mine, in the northwest corner of the province.
An estimated 16 tons of heavy metals have been flowing with waste water into the Tulsequah River annually since the mine was abandoned in the 1950s. The Tulsequah runs into the Taku, which winds into Alaska, where it is rated as one of the state's most important rivers because of its annual run of two million salmon.
It is surprising that Ms. Palin – who as the U.S. vice-presidential candidate last year summarized her ecological concerns with the chant, “Drill, baby, drill,” – would become an environmental champion.
But in Alaska salmon matter, and Ms. Palin found time in her final weeks in office to urge Mr. Campbell to join with Alaska in resolving the problem....
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