Species at Risk; “Isn't it Ironic...don't you think”

Reading the July 17th press release from David Orazietti, the Ontario Minister of Natural Resources (MNR) announcing a “Species at Risk Stewardship Fund” I immediately thought of Alanis Morrisette's lyrics from her song “Ironic”;

“An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
And isn't it ironic... don't you think”

Picture from Hamilton Spectator article

The Minister's announcement appears to have been made in Hamilton at the Royal Botanical Gardens and an article in the Hamilton Spectator of July 17, 2013 carried this quote from Minister Orazietti about the $5 million fund;

"We, Ontarians, care deeply about our environment and our natural resources. That's why we're funding projects by the groups that are here with us today," he said.”

Ironically the story has a picture of the Minister holding a “species at risk” Blanding's turtle. The same Ministry had previously granted Gilead Power the rights to lease “Crown” land at Ostrander Point in Prince Edward County which granted the developer the rights to “kill, harm and harass” birds, bats, alvar (vegetation) and those same Blanding's turtles by giving Gilead the rights to erect 9 industrial wind turbines. That licence caused the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists (PECFN) and the Association to Protect Prince Edward County (APPEC) to appeal the Renewal Energy Approval (REA) in front of the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT). The appeal was a success and it was the Blanding's turtle that caused the tribunal to advise the Minister of Natural Resources that the REA was rescinded.
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