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WENDY ELLIOTT: Houston’s budget cuts both dramatic and devastating

More than a few Nova Scotians were feeling a bit flayed after last week’s provincial budget revelations. How could our government whip the skin off so many valued assets?

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The slashing started with public libraries back in November. Having worked in three different libraries years ago, I was shocked to learn that while inflation has increased 43 per cent since 2009, sustainable funding to libraries has only gone up by 10 per cent. As one of over 25,000 active Annapolis Valley library members, the thought of fewer hours, fewer books or even outright branch closures felt painful.

Next, the slash came for those who help preserve our natural world. On Feb. 19, Joan Baxter, writing in the Halifax Examiner, detailed staffing cuts related to biodiversity, ecosystems and habitats. The head of the wildlife division was sacked.

Retired wildlife biologist and president of Nature Nova Scotia Bob Bancroft, who once worked in Department of Natural Resource’s wildlife division, described the elimination of the division and changes to the department as “absolutely disgusting.”

Obviously, the view of the government is that the natural world is solely meant to be extracted. Last year’s nasty venture into the potential of uranium mining showed that penchant.

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