They are operating a ski resort within a national park. There’s no infringement of anyone’s private property rights involved. If you are operating a for-profit business on public land, particularly a national park, you ought to know that following the rules and filling out the paperwork is a critical part of the business model. If anyones’s property rights were violated, it is the Canadian people’s rights that were violated. Whether cutting those trees has any effect or not on the species, they weren’t the ski resort’s trees to cut.
those are my thoughts exactly. They should get fined that steep, next time they will think twice before just cutting. And it's all public land, it's a privilege they are operating there, not a right.
I agree, missed the part about national park. Reminds me a little of that rancher out west that was overgrazing his cattle on blm land and caused that big stink several years ago.
Me thinks the ski area is gonna raise the price of their tickets, you don't think the owners of the ski area are gonna pay do you? Drinks, burgers, chips & rentals. All those few bucks here and there will add up to oh, say, $2,000,000.
