ROTHENBURGER – Council should just say no to Ajax, minus ifs, ands or buts
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KAMLOOPS City council has a big decision to make Monday, and it’s not as cut and dried as it seems.
True, the council will vote no on Ajax, because at least four out of the six members — Denis Walsh, Dieter Dudy, Tina Lange and Donovan Cavers — oppose the mine. Pat Wallace and Arjun Singh are question marks.
After that, it gets more complicated. It will be tempting to ask for conditions on the mine if the province and feds approve it despite council’s opposition.
ArmchairMayor.ca 
Thank you for your reply, Cindy.
The project cannot come with any “conditions”; the rejection comes because of changes that will come without the hope of remediation.
Regardless of what dream some folks might have about the mine that close being somehow “OK”, it won’t be. It never will be “OK”. “It” will take over.
Victoria and Ottawa are both a long way away when it comes to this mine affecting their respective population bases.
I think I’d far sooner have you in our corner as Mayor.
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i agree .Just say “no” and let the chips fall where they will.
NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN ??? Mel really????
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Surely you remember him, though you would have been much younger then….
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NO Ajax. The only answer that works as conditions allow the cat to be kicked until it’s a dead done deal.
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Cindy,
If you are elected as our new Mayor in the upcoming by-election, will you support the decision that will be made by the Deputy Mayor and Council on Monday of next week?
If the decision is “No” , how will you make your voice known to both our new Provincial government and also the Federal government even though you will not have had a vote on the decision?
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Let me start by saying that if this Council votes “yes” on Monday, I will have to do some serious consideration as to whether or not I would want to still run for leadership of a group that could not make the right call for Kamloops. Yet if I had been Mayor at the time of any “yes” vote, though, I would stand and then support Council, even if I had vehemently argued against it. But I also know that neither of those scenarios will come to pass – we have a good, smart Council.
There is a difficulty regarding how to proceed with a “no, but” clause in place should it come forward: I would defend and advocate for Council’s decision. That is what a leader does.
I do of course hope that it is a solid “no” Monday. Then the path is clear: the Mayor would need to meet with Horgan and Weaver as well as the relevant Provincial and Federal ministers. More than once. Until the message is heard. Persistent bulldog time. I do that very well.
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Yes! Well said! Agree! All of the above! Thank you, Mr. Rothenburger!
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