Y2Y Founder & Shannon Phillips public meeting to discuss more trail closures..

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Folks, this was posted on Facebook. This is not fake news, but was overheard at next table by a concerned Albertan.

Today was a very sad, yet enlightening day for me. Also very timely given the post yesterday by Bryan Lichfield regarding the Yukon to Yellowstone (Y2Y) group.
This morning I was sitting with my family having Easter breakfast at Stella's diner in downtown Lethbridge. Lo and behold who should walk in, but everyone's favorite hypocrite, lie to her constituents, Lethbridge MLA and environment minister Shannon Phillips. She sat down at a table 3 feet from me.
Even more interesting was who she was with. She was with Harvey Locke, the founder of Y2Y and his wife Marie-Eve Marchand. If you are not familiar with these people, Google search them. You'll be very enlightened. If you have never met Mr. Locke, he loves to hear himself speak……. Loudly. This proved to be beneficial because I (and the rest of the restaurant) could clearly hear most of their conversation.
Mr. Locke had a map laid out in plain view on the table in a public restaurant for all to see. He was showing Shannon the map, pointing to areas, and telling her that trails need to be closed and access restricted because these were traditional Buffalo migratory paths and breeding grounds. The area on the map looked to me like either the Porcupine Hills or the Livingston Range because it was long and thin. It was definitely not the castle area.
They talked for quite a while, and in Shannon's defence Locke did 90% of the talking. Shannon was just looking at the map, smiling and nodding her head.
Then the scariest words of all were uttered, Locke turned to Shannon and said “now all we have to do is get you reelected” and their entire table burst out laughing.
Up until this moment I actually thought we had a chance to make a difference. I filled out my survey, I went to the public meetings and protests, and diligently wrote more letters than I can count. I realized today it was all for naught. These are Shannon's friends and they are her beliefs. She was an environmental activist before she was elected and will continue to be. We can protest and make white noise all we want but she will not change her mind. The Castle Park is happening and it would appear there are more closures to come.
People…….. we have lost the battle. We need to accept that and refocus our efforts on how we can now win the war.
We need to abandon the notion that they're listening to us. We need to accept the fact that despite them making it seem like we have a voice, we do not. They are not listening and we cannot change this governments mind. Instead we must devote our time and energy into changing the government itself. We need to transition from “protesters” into “campaigners” and ensure that come election time, the NDP are removed from power and replaced by someone more sympathetic to our way of life.
I attached a couple pictures I took. Shannon is the one in the yellow scarf. Im kicking myself for not trying to get a picture of the map.
Please share this post. We may have lost the castle (for now) but hopefully this knowledge can help some of our OHV friends elsewhere from also losing their riding area.
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Re: Y2Y Founder & Shannon Phillips public meeting to discuss more trail closures..

Why am I not surprised, does any one really think the NDP are going to give off-roaders a fair shake ?
Hell they don't do that with oil companies that pay the countries bills !!!!
 

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It blows me away how fawkin brazen that beach is
 

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She now has a full time staff dedicated to censorship on her Facebook/others and scouring social media to get intel.

There is a Facebook page dedicated to all those who have been blocked by her.

what a phenomal public servant
 

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Anyone that believes the NDP government is going to listen to any of our concerns is delusional. They are a runaway train and we have to hunker down until we can pull the tracks in front of them in 2019.
 

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Very poor job by the NDP,,,Bye, Bye
 

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Re: Y2Y Founder & Shannon Phillips public meeting to discuss more trail closures..

Thank you for posting this and dragging it over here to make safe copies.
 

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Y2Y Founder & Shannon Phillips public meeting to discuss more trail closures..

Our efforts should be repositioned so that we never have to see these idiots in power ever again ....
They will do as they please no
Matter how many letters we write . The only thing I took out of this is her concern to be reelected...
She thinks the greenies will put her back in power .

She is in for a rude awakening .
 

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y'all need to repost this to every website you can, and post to your own facebook pages and spread it around!!!
 

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it has disappeared from my fb page somehow.... are they paying off fb as well? wtf?
 

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Re: Y2Y Founder & Shannon Phillips public meeting to discuss more trail closures..

first stages of communism ;) ..... didn't hitler start editing absolutely everything in the beginning? lmao
 

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Re: Y2Y Founder & Shannon Phillips public meeting to discuss more trail closures..

Saw this on Phillips' Facebook page just now. ;)

Something seems very shady here Ms Phillips. If all your initiatives are above board, then why are Facebook posts of your recent brunch with Harvey Locke and his wife disappearing from Facebook pages? This appears to be more evidence that you are only interested serving Yellowstone to Yukon's questionable interests and ignoring those of Albertans. Misleading the public, deceiving consultation groups, and now censorship? Shame, shame Ms Phillips.





Please people, understand that environmental preservation is extremely important, but DO NOT trust Y2Y or its affiliates. They are extremists that have no concern for your welfare or the welfare of Alberta. The majority of the Eastern slopes are already protected, so ask yourself why they are so committed to spending tax payer money during these hard times to protect the remainder. Before supporting a movement to "protect" the entire length of the Rockies in Alberta, ask yourself if aggressive development in Castle Park will be better for the wildlife there than it would be in its current rustic, more natural state.
 

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Re: Y2Y Founder & Shannon Phillips public meeting to discuss more trail closures..

Saw this on Phillips' Facebook page just now. ;)

I reposted this several times on her "official" facebook page and they were disappearing as quickly as I was putting them up.... guess what? now I can't post anymore, onto her page. My facebook page is fine ..... y'all need to copy and past this and repost it onto her "official facebook page wherever you can :



"Something seems very shady here Ms Phillips. If all your initiatives are above board, then why are Facebook posts of your recent brunch with Harvey Locke and his wife disappearing from Facebook pages? This appears to be more evidence that you are only interested serving Yellowstone to Yukon's questionable interests and ignoring those of Albertans. Misleading the public, deceiving consultation groups, and now censorship? Shame, shame Ms Phillips.

Please people, understand that environmental preservation is extremely important, but DO NOT trust Y2Y or its affiliates. They are extremists that have no concern for your welfare or the welfare of Alberta. The majority of the Eastern slopes are already protected, so ask yourself why they are so committed to spending tax payer money during these hard times to protect the remainder. Before supporting a movement to "protect" the entire length of the Rockies in Alberta, ask yourself if aggressive development in Castle Park will be better for the wildlife there than it would be in its current rustic, more natural state."
 

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Re: Y2Y Founder & Shannon Phillips public meeting to discuss more trail closures..

I reposted this several times on her "official" facebook page and they were disappearing as quickly as I was putting them up.... guess what? now I can't post anymore, onto her page. My facebook page is fine ..... y'all need to copy and past this and repost it onto her "official facebook page wherever you can :



"Something seems very shady here Ms Phillips. If all your initiatives are above board, then why are Facebook posts of your recent brunch with Harvey Locke and his wife disappearing from Facebook pages? This appears to be more evidence that you are only interested serving Yellowstone to Yukon's questionable interests and ignoring those of Albertans. Misleading the public, deceiving consultation groups, and now censorship? Shame, shame Ms Phillips.

Please people, understand that environmental preservation is extremely important, but DO NOT trust Y2Y or its affiliates. They are extremists that have no concern for your welfare or the welfare of Alberta. The majority of the Eastern slopes are already protected, so ask yourself why they are so committed to spending tax payer money during these hard times to protect the remainder. Before supporting a movement to "protect" the entire length of the Rockies in Alberta, ask yourself if aggressive development in Castle Park will be better for the wildlife there than it would be in its current rustic, more natural state."


Might be better to email LSP (Lyin Shanon Phillips) and CC'ing Notley along with Brian Jean and other MLA's but ALL on the same email so nothing gets missed (even some media outlets on the same email....be sure to include rebel media.....they might be viewed as wing-nuts but at least they will speak about it.) that might get some action.
 

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Re: Y2Y Founder & Shannon Phillips public meeting to discuss more trail closures..

Might be better to email LSP (Lyin Shanon Phillips) and CC'ing Notley along with Brian Jean and other MLA's but ALL on the same email so nothing gets missed (even some media outlets on the same email....be sure to include rebel media.....they might be viewed as wing-nuts but at least they will speak about it.) that might get some action.

Absolutely, but a large part of the problem is that we are having trouble reaching out to the general public. Much to my horror, there are still very large numbers of the OHV community that do not know or understand how they are about to be impacted. Meanwhile, Y2Y seems to be everywhere all at the same time. We need to try reaching the general public and get them to scrutinize what they have been indoctrinated to believe.

I think we also need to start a campaign to expose organizations like Y2Y. It would be nice if we were on the offensive for once instead of the defensive. WE, honest and motivated people with an actual connection to the wild life that needs protecting, should be the face of environmental preservation - not "them"!
 
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