Pronnoit', profed'ion of fine environment 
     
    
   
   
    
     If you are interested in becoming more active in promoting en— . 
     
     vironmental well being, you are urged to attend a meeting on Nov. 26 at 
     
     1 p.m. at the CP Hotel, Charlottetown, in the Valient Room. . 
     
    

    
     A group, tentatively called the P.E.I. Env1ronment Council, has 
     
     already issued a questionnaire to all candidates in the upcoming Pederal 
     
     election on P.E.I., a press release on the questions and the meeting, 
     
     and will publish results of the poll. 
     
    

    
     The questions were: . 
     
    

    
     1. If elected what would you do to ensure longterm supplies of un- 
     
    

    
     contaminated groundwater? 
     
    

    
     2. If elected what steps would you take to encourage soil improvement 
     
    

    
     on P.E.I.? 
     
    

    
     3. How will the Free Trade Agreement benefit the environment? . 
     
    

    
     4. If elected what would you do to clean up P.E.I.'s streams, rivers 
     
    

    
     and estuaries? I 
     
    

    
     5. If elected what would you do to improve overall air quality? 
     
    

    
     While many groups on Prince Edward Island are concerned with the 
     
     environment, including the Natural History Society, many issues seem to 
     
     fall between the cracks and not fit into their mandates. Also, a group 
     
     such as the P.E.I. Environment Council would be able to look at a very 
     
     broad range of issues, from sand removal to forestry practices, from 
     
     developments to groundwater. 
     
    
   
   
    
     CE N ~ AEN update 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Canadian Environmental Network is already planning for its . 
     
     upcoming annual general meeting for the summer of 1989. At a recent 
     
     steering committee meeting in Ottawa, representatives decided on 
     
     "Empowering Watchdog Groups" as the theme for the meeting,, to be 
     
     held June 16-19. The CEN has shifted much of its attention towards 
     
     helping caucuses get off the ground and having proactive groups of 
     
     environmentalists across the country working on issues. Several 
     
     caucuses, such as the Environmental Planning and Assessment, and the 
     
     Canadian Environmental Protection Act, have been active in the past 
     
     year, while others such as forestry and wilderness are just getting 
     
     off the ground. 
     
    

    
     The CEN is administering an acid rain networking project funded 
     
     by Environment Canada. Groups or individuals wishing to take part in 
     
     the project or submit projects for funding are asked to contact the 
     
     editor of this newsletter. There is also a big drive on to raise funds 
     
     in an effort to lessen dependence on Environment Canada. A fundraiser 
     
     has been hired solely for this task. 
     
    

    
     Closer to home, the Atlantic Environmental Network has just 
     
     mailed out the new issue of Tides of Change, its quarterly newsletter. 
     
     This issue tackles the nuclear industry, and also covers opponents of 
     
     aerial spraying, free trade and the environment, the new wildlife cen- 
     
     ter at the Atlantic Vet College, and Native fishing rights. Copies will 
     
     be available at NHS meetings or at several locations in Charlottetown. 
     
    

    
     The AEN is also looking for funding to bring together people to 
     
     work on a sustainable forestry paper, which arose out of the AEN's last 
     
     annnual meeting. This has been a difficult, though not unforseen task, 
     
     since neither government nor the big user groups such as Irving or Stora 
     
     industries want to cough up funds to those that have critized their actions. 
     
    
   
   
    
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