The Tsolum River on Vancouver Island has been poisoned for over 40 years due to an abandoned copper mine on Mt. Washington. The leachate from the mine decimated pink, coho and cutthroat trout runs, almost to extinction. Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans, BC Ministry of Environment, Pacific Salmon Foundation and the Tsolum River Restoration Society spent millions of taxpayer dollars trying to remedy the problem. Blaming environmentalists for this situation is as laughable as Christy Clark telling us she is helping the taxpayers by cuts to environmental enforcement.
