Dear Hon. Sterling Belliveau,
Firstly, let me thank you sincerely for your response
which I included at the end here. But I think there are some significant
misunderstanding(s), hence clarification is noted here. I also include words in
capitals for emphasis only! Pardon any
typos/grammar.
Several politicians (of all political stripes) and
regulatory staff, present as well as past, always seem to be of the erroneous
opinion that I make all the submissions as an
individual.
That is totally incorrect although when I send updates
and/or `FYI’ emails, they are indeed written by myself especially since they are
repetitious anyway.
CORDIAL INVITATION:-- If any senior member of either
your department, e.g., Mr. David
Briggins (Cc’d here), or of the Executive Council (i.e., the
Premier’s office) wants to know who our international members and/or associates
are, I herewith extend an unconditional invitation to visit me (again) and I
will show them `SIGNED AFFIDAVITS’ indeed! I will also show the international
credibility and publications in some cases! More info follows
below.
My group is predominantly a scientific –plus-
engineering entity!
And a significant number of our members/associates have
doctoral degrees in the sciences and/or in the engineering
domain.
We even have around fifty (50) professors, present
and/or retired, and you may be surprised to know, Mr. Minister, that some senior
professional civil servants at all levels of governments were indeed students of
my professor‑members!
We are approximately four hundred (400) strong with
around two hundred (200) domiciled across Nova Scotia. Rest are elsewhere in
Canada and the
USA,
mostly.
But most professors of Nova Scotia in our group now are
of the engineering background and the recently retired staff engineer of your
department, Mr. John Theakston MEng PEng, knew a couple of them (I am unsure if
he took courses from them when he attended TUNS
though).
The ones with the scientific (i.e., non-engineering)
background mostly do not live in Nova Scotia;
they are primarily in Ontario and several
states of the mighty USA!
I am proud to state that some of my members are indeed
`stalwarts’ in their disciplines and have been recipient of the top
international awards!
Indeed, the two scientists who are considered as the
`Grandfathers of Acid Rain’ are indeed members of my
group.
We even have a handful of scientists who were part of a
recent Nobel Prize winning team (they are actually our
associates).
But most members are not pragmatically active in our
operations since they all have their own priorities and some have left Mother
Earth during the last decade or so!
One of our FOUNDING MEMBERS during the 1980’s was the
locally well respected Prof. Dr. GORDON OGDEN III Jr. who taught theoretical
limnology for the longest time at the Dalhousie University Biology Department.
When he retired, his work was not continued to this day. I believe Mr. DAVID
BRIGGINS might have known him! Pete Ogden passed away during the
1990’s!
Mr. DAVID BRIGGINS already came to my place in year 2003
along with a previous Deputy Minister, Mr. RON L’ESPERANCE, but they only stayed
for one (1) hour and did not ask me about our
membership.
I recall extending a permanent invitation to David (Mr.
Briggins).
====== In addition, as I mentioned to the Hon. MARILYN MORE when she kindly visited me around three times, I also receive `PLEAS FOR
HELP’ from the general stakeholders who are not members of my
group.
Mr. Minister, to this day, I have not figured out why
the general public approaches me although I have ZERO
POWER/INFLUENCE!
I presume they contact me as a `last resort’ when your
department and/or the municipalities are NOT ADDRESSING their concerns
effectively.
====== Even many recent past bureaucrats at the HRM also
approached me asking for all kinds of scientific data, studies, etc., without
compensating me either for the Intellectual Property (IP) or for my professional
time, and I can prove it all; as partial proof, kindly read the attached 1-page acknowledgement from a previous CAO of HRM, Mr. GEORGE
McLELLAN!
I also supplied some scientific info/reports to a
predecessor of yours, the Hon. ROBBIE HARRISON and to some former staff of your
department (kindly click
here to read a selection of our dealings with your department dating back to
the 1980's).
Thank you all,
Shalom
(Clicking on the underlined words
will launch the relevant web pages)
Shalom M.
Mandaville Post-Grad Dip., Professional Lake Manage.
“Narrative on Water Quality”;
“Our sampling
protocols, in brief”; and a 30-minute video on "Environmental Impact on
Water Courses” in WMV
format!
Chair, Soil & Water Conservation
Society of Metro Halifax-(Homepage), a multi-discipline
scientific/technical stakeholder group
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia,
Canada B2Y 3C4
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Cc: Premier Darrell Dexter (Nova Scotia); Hon. Marilyn More
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Kim MacNeil (Deputy Minister-NSE)
> -----Original Message-----
From: Hon. Sterling W (ENV) Belliveau
[mailto:MIN_ENV@gov.ns.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 12:30
PM
To: limnes
chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Your September 16, 2010, e-mail to the
Minister of Environment
Mr. Shalom M. Mandaville
Soil & Water Conservation Society of Metro
Halifax
Dear Mr. Mandaville:
Thank you for your e-mail correspondence of
September 16, 2010, regarding the health of lake systems in Nova
Scotia. As indicated in my recent email on behalf of the
Premier, please be assured that your statements have been carefully
reviewed and will be given due consideration.
I appreciate your concerns, your shared expertise,
and continued vigilance of lake water quality in the province.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
Sterling Belliveau
Minister
Nova
Scotia Environment
Cc: Premier Darrell Dexter
