In Response to the approval for foreign (slimy American) development in Jasper National Park:

Here’s an idea: If you want to see Canada’s national treasures in our national parks, learn to hike, learn to camp, learn to ski, learn to climb, kayak etc. learn to exist and explore within the wilderness and services that are already here. Learn to do it with respect towards the environment. We don’t need to blast holes in the sides of our mountains for private, 80% American owned companies to increase their profits by slowly taking control of full access to National Heritage sites by only making them accessible to every tourist with 30 or 40 extra bucks in their pocket.

I grew up in these mountains and I’m sorry, but for me, an avid hiker, skier, camper and overall lover of the magnificent mountains all around us, a profit driven tourist trap does not “respect the ecological and cultural integrity of our national parks” nor does it “ensure that these special places are protected for future generations” as Parks Canada would have you believe are “facts.”

My question is, if we start here, where do we end up? Where does the line end up being drawn between supposed “education” and exploitation for foreign profit?