An Article in todays Winnipeg Free Press spoke of how NorthDakota Farmers along the Manitoba / North Dakota border are threatening to take a backhoe across at night and make cuts in a dike that runs along the Canadian side of the border to release water which has backed up on the American side. Manitoba claims it is a road and does not contravene any treaties or laws. The plot thickens. Both parties had reached a cross border agreement regarding boundary waters. North Dakota was to have installed a filter on the contraversial Devils Lake outlet to prevent foreign biota from entering the Red River and Lake Winnipeg. The outlet went into operation without the filter. Part of the same agreement was to have Manitoba install culverts along the road in question to releive the flooding. Though some culverts were installed Provincial crews plugged them while making some breach repairs last week.
If the Doer Government is quietly playing hardball with the North Dakotans it should continue. Manitoba has tried to negotiate with North Dakota for years regarding the Devils Lake outlet as it has potential to be an ecelogical disaster for Lake Winnipeg but only to be ignored. Maybe it's our turn to ignore the yappin from the other side. (sorry no link, requires subscription)
If the Doer Government is quietly playing hardball with the North Dakotans it should continue. Manitoba has tried to negotiate with North Dakota for years regarding the Devils Lake outlet as it has potential to be an ecelogical disaster for Lake Winnipeg but only to be ignored. Maybe it's our turn to ignore the yappin from the other side. (sorry no link, requires subscription)