Betwixt the Sea and Sky

I read something in the Spectator on Saturday. It was a letter to
the editor that made me think a bit. For those who don't get the
paper, here's a copy of what was said:

"Cootes Paradise and the RBG must be a provincial park.

I believe it is high time that all the Cootes Paradise and the
RBG lands at the head of Lake Ontario be designated a provincial
park. It is the prettiest head of all the Great Lakes and it is the
only one in Canada. All the other heads of the Great Lakes are in
the United States or shared with them.

Bronte Creek Provincial Park is the only provincial park in this
vincinity and it isn't even on Lake Ontario. It is not enough for
this hugely populated area, which is forecast to grow immensely in
20 to 30 years. It is definitely now time to add some provincial
park estate to the Southern Ontario mix.

It is not acceptable that any of these lands be lost to any
other development that takes any of it away from the public because
we couldn't get our act together to protect this gorgeous piece of
Ontario, which includes a portion of the Niagara Escarpment and the
famous Bruce Trail and numerous waterfalls as well as Cootes
Paradise.

If you take any 10 kilometer stretch of Highways 401 and 403
from Montreal to Windsor, the section from Aldershot to Ancaster,
which has Cootes in the centre, is the prettiest section hands
down. It's not called "paradise" for nothing. Way back in the 18th
century, they knew what they were talking about. Are we, the people
of the early 21st century, going to let that disappear piece by
piece and seen as fools by the rest of history?"

Roger Stermann, Hamilton
Hamilton Spectator
Letter to the Editor
June 25, 2005

And on the heels of that Andrew Dreschel's column in the Spec today
gave an update to what has been done (and not done) with the RBG.
The current administration has apparently done everything to keep
finances in check but the various governments have not done anything
except make promises.

This made a lot of sense but unfortunately I don't think it will
ever get done because politicians rarely ever do anything that
requires common sense. What do you guys think?

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