Mayor of the Town of Tantramar Andrew Black is hopeful that he'll be heading off to join a U.N. RAMSAR Wetlands group meet up in Aimens, France in the month of June... why?
Attend by teleconference to avoid the carbon emissions of a jet plane ride all those thousands of miles. Technology is a helpful tool... so use it.
Saving money and doing the right thing in 2023.
Andrew Black is shown on the right in photograph by Indie Media Eastcoast
Bruce Wark reports here:
Tantramar mayor invited to international wetlands conference | (warktimes.com)
Some commentary:
"This is an incredible honour and amazing opportunity. To be recognized as the only accredited Wetlands City in North America is a huge boon for a tourism strategy for Tantramar to go along with Johnson’s Mills, Fort Beausejour, Jolicure Lakes, Tantramar Wetlands Centre and the Tantramar Marshes, to name a few. Being present at the conference should not even be up for debate. The return on investment will be substantial for this area. The $2500 would perhaps buy you a couple of one time ads in a publication with a short shelf life. From a financial perspective the benefit from attending the conference is just a good business decision and represents a return of tens of thousands of dollars annually at the minimum.
We are gifted these natural surroundings and it would be ridiculous not to play to our strengths. The marshes connect us historically, naturally and culturally. To be able to showcase what we have on a world stage and be recognized is such a wonderful opportunity. We have something here that doesn’t exist elsewhere. We are unique, and because of that people will travel here and move here and study here and work here. All of which increases our tax base.
There is a golden opportunity in front of us and if we bypass it because of pettiness and small mindedness then we are doomed to be mired in the mistakes of our past. For a Councillor to not even vote in favour of debating the issue shows that he is not thinking of the greater good of Tantramar. We need to think beyond ourselves.
It is time to stop staring at our feet and start reaching for the sky."
Who's Robert Lyon? A well-supported local artist and nature lover..... CBC listener...
and a guy who assumes we are staring at our feet [for some reason]...
