Fredericton citizens rally to protect the 80-metre wetland buffer in the UNB Woodlot

[SquAlDS]

FUCK WETLANDS I WANT TO GO SHOPPING!

[Cocopot63]

All the fuss that we have made has led UNB to at least honour an 80 metre buffer for the development across from the proposed rink. I am sure that would not have happened if we had not made all the fuss in the Fall of 2009. We just need to send UNB the message that the public is watching, and that UNB should do better than the development that they have done so far. UNB has environmental management experts who submitted green proposals that UNB could have used as a showcase, but UNB ignored them

[Hoodinosaurus]

Oh god I can't wait for Costco to open!!!! :D <3

[Cocopot63]

I hope that you realize that the issue has NOTHING to do with Costco, but it has everything to do with the fact that nature cannot be the afterthought that it has been due to Climate Change, and the fact that wetlands need to be protected for our own future. Costco chose a location that it should not have. Don't be an ignorama. Get educated about the issue.

[trekat71]

@Cocopot63 FYI, I am not an Igorama, I am very well-educated , too late if you would have started this before Home depot started in 2006 you would have had a chance, Just sayin

[Cocopot63]

@trekat71 People started speaking up as soon as the trees fell. UNB did not do adequate public consultation, so no-one knew what was going to happen until the trees had fallen. When something bad starts, it can always end. it is never too late to turn the ship around if one truly cares. UNB needs to be MADE to care about more than short-sighted economic goals. Just because you need money that does not give you the right to do the wrong thing. Especially if you are a publicly funded institution.

[trekat71]

@Cocopot63 I think UNB cares in some degree but at the end of the day its about one thing and one thing only and that is the money. Costco is a done deal gas bar and all and that can not be changed. Maybe you can worry about the other future development in that area.

[dynomax666]

@trekat71 And the biggest thing is there is people all over that will support it.

Buying local is gone, like it or not. I could do without the costco

[trekat71]

@dynomax666 honnestly i dont care about the local stuff I still go to the market I just want costco and with the prices in gas I wont have to travel to Moncton or Saint John, at least I am saving the enviroment in one way and in my pocket

[Hoodinosaurus]

@Cocopot63 Who said I wasn't educated on the issue? All I said was that I was excited for Costco to open!!! Get bent!!!