SPLIT IN PARKS PHILOSOPHY HURTS MORALE
A significant philosophical split among
Parks Canada personnel is hurting morale and causing "no end of
grief" to parks staff dedicated to ecological preservation, says Rick
Searle, a geography instructor and the author of an upcoming book on
the country's national parks system. Searle, who visited all of
Canada's parks to research his book, says there are many "very
committed people in Parks Canada but there are others willing to
compromise and put people first" ahead of ecological integrity.
Searle adds that a lack of funding, contracting out services and
assigning employees from other departments to Parks Canada positions
have all contributed to Parks Canada's malaise. Searle's book,
tentatively titled Phantom Parks: The Dis-Appearance of Canada's
National Parks, is scheduled to be published in the fall, 2000.
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Keywords: split, parks, philosophy, hurts, morale