We all know that the "Prosperity" Mine project will be approved, with cosmetic changes. There is money, lots of money, involved and Harper knows where his funds come from. The obvious manipulation of stocks is just a sideshow.

Bang on,...I agree completely, sardonic!

With a little cooperation Baird and the environmental committee could come to Williams Lake. I heard that after all the huffing and puffing Kemiss North is back on track. This project can happen without flooding a lake.

I would think that in the normal world without much political interference, the approach would be simple.

1. Taseko makes a proposal, likely with some discussions with the regulating agency

2. The proposal was rejected by the review panel.

3. The rejection had reasons for the decision attached to it.

4. Taseko can make changes to address the issues, again in discussion with the Feds.

5. Taseko re-applies with an alternate plan which addresses the key sticking points.
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As far as the province goes, I would think the discussions they should have with the Feds is what are the salient differences between the two standards which cause the province to give it the go ahead and the feds to deny the proposal.

Once those differences have been identified, start workoing out a way of melding the two processes.

If they can manage to go from GST + PST to HST in a concerted manner, they should be able to do the same with environmental reviews.

By the way, if environmental losses cannot be avoided or mitigated to a level where full recovery can be assured, Social and Economic considerations do not trump Environmental losses. Go elsewhere to mine.

Imagine waking to headlines that read:

MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR GOLD COPPER BODY FOUND WEST OF PRINCE GEORGE.
(Developer applying for use of Cluculz (West/Bednesti/Purden etc.) Lake to neutralize damaging effects of waste ore.)

I ponder the uproar that would be heard all over the North Central Area then, especially form those who promote the use of Amazy (Duncan) Lake or Fish Lake for the same purpose.

Lets hear from those who live around Cluculz Lake if this were reality!!!

Wonder why the B.C.government seems to want this mine so badly?
Who are their "friends" here?
It was a dirty project from the start,and I am suprised they would go anywhere near it.
They actually backed the project as it stood,with using the lake for tailing pond.
You really have to wonder about a government that would do that?
Lot's of stink on the federal government over the handling of this, in regards to inside leaks as well.
Something very odd about this one!
It would seem that the politicians would want to gat as far away from it as possible, but that's not the case,obviously.

Andyfreeze,

The "friends" the B.C. government are worried about are the royalty dollars and taxes from the mine. This government operated on the assumption the good times would keep rolling forever. They need some economic good news to point to when the next election comes around.

I support mine developements. As long as we do not leave a significant foot print for our great grandchildren to deal with.

What is there to discuss, its already turned down for those reasons, why do they need to go to Ottawa. They sent the report to them. Deal with them and put in a real proposal. Pat don't feel sorry for them. They just chose a bad cheap plan, that cost them two years.

So, Bell is trying to have the project restarted even if it means damage to the environment? Typical Liberal burger flipper mentality!

There was a lot of speculation as to whether or not this mine project was going fly.
Dumping mine sludge in a lake is not considered poltically correct in any way, but the Campbell Liberals sure seemed to quietly think it was ok.
Once the provincial government got on board,share prices began to rise slowly and then went into a holding pattern,waitng for a favourable announcement from the federal government.
A lot of mining speculators were pretty sure it would be a go.
I blog with a lot of these people, and I was amazed that so many were so sure it would get the nod from the feds, with some adjustments of course.
One of the biggest shareholders was CIBC and they started selling off their stock around the 14 October.
They were one of the first to start selling off and others soon followed.
The stock was falling when the announcement was made by Jim Prentice to the suprise of alot of mining people.
And nobody knew ahead of time?
Lots of anger, which tells us something.
Shortly thereafter,Jim Prentice bailed out of government and went to work as vice-president of CIBC.
And we wonder why there are accusations of insider information?
Pat Bell needs to get the hell away from this until there are some answers forthcoming on what really took place.
Not that this will ever happen, and Jim Prentice sure isn't going to tell!
There is no doubt the Conservatives will make this go away.
We see this all the time in the mining industry, but nobody is ever held accountable.
Signals are sent by people in high places without actually saying anything directly.
A wink,a headshake,even a sad facial expression, and those in the know understand.

Oops,missed something...the share dump actually started in earnest about 10 days or so BEFORE the no go announcement by the feds.

"Fish lake" is about 110 hectares in size and an average of 12 ft deep. It holds about 90,000 undernourished very small trout that are easy to catch because they are so hungry they will bite on anything. Many of the trout are deformed.

When you catch them they are usually too "muddy" tasting to eat. The local Natives in the area DO NOT see Fish lake as a food lake as they state,that line is just part of their opposition strategy. In addition there are an abundance of trophy trout lakes in the area that taste much better.

So Taseko wants to replace Fish Lake with a new and bigger lake stocked with about 30,000 trophy trout, and complete with a state of the art hatchery to be run by the Natives.

Hard to see anything wrong with that plan.

The way the Harper gang are acting when someone mentions Taseko in the house,Bell should not be suprised when the new minister runs screaming from the room when he says the word "Taseko"!