Great Lakes Provinces' classified and public actions

[Pikachurin]

[b]PRIVATE[/b]

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[b]Date/Date:[/b] 16 July 2011 / 16 juillet 2011

[b]TO/À:[/b] Mays Billy, President of the Great Lakes Provinces
[b]FROM/DE:[/b] Lilian Meridian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Disparu

Greetings President,

That isn't acceptable, as that will cut off Akimiski Island from the rest of Disparu. We would like to propose that you change your claims to this instead:

[IMG]http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii55/LT_imageserver/DisparueanWaters-IntPass.png[/IMG]

The yellow line is where our claims end. Keep in mind that the area may be controlled by the Imperial Hudson Reich, so you will have to refer to their government instead. Keep in mind that we have an ODP with the IHR, and any hostile acts against them can be considered as an act of war against the IHR and Disparu.

If that isn't acceptable, we are willing to reach a compromise between our governments - a compromise that will benefit both parties.

Regards,
[i]/s/[/i]
Lilian Meridian
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Member of the Empire Party[/quote]

[HHAYD]

Private reply:

Given the fact that IHR has very little territorial water in the southern part of the Hudson Bay, I seriously doubt they are willing to give up more of their territorial water.

Perhaps the black strip we proposed can be a dual-territorial water zone. It will be open to civilian and military traffic, unless if both of us agree to closing it to either or both traffic. However, part of the strip that is at most 5 miles away from our coastline will be GLP's territorial water. The rest of it will be dual-territorial.

Edited August 3, 2010 by HHAYD

[Pikachurin]

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[b]Date/Date:[/b] 16 July 2011 / 16 juillet 2011

[b]TO/À:[/b] Mays Billy, President of the Great Lakes Provinces
[b]FROM/DE:[/b] Lilian Meridian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Disparu

Greetings President,

We are completely fine with the second part of your proposal. In fact, you can extend your claims from 5 miles to 50 miles (or 43.5 nautical miles), since that's the distance from your coastline to our territorial waters. See the enclosed map for a visual representation of this.

[IMG]http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii55/LT_imageserver/DistancefromShore.png[/IMG]

We cannot agree with the first part, however, since there is the possibility of our laws conflicting with each other. We would prefer it if the part of the black strip within Disparuean waters should continue to be part of Disparu. However, we will be able to allow civilian ships to pass through Disparuean waters, as long as they follow all Disparuean laws, regulations and protocols (for example, the Government has the right to board and search any ship within Disparuean waters that is classified as suspicious or dangerous). As for military ships, they will be allowed to pass as long as the government of the GLP notifies the Government of Disparu about them and their route. Of course, the Government has the right to deny those ships passage if they pose a threat to Disparu and its allies or if they compromise Disparu's neutrality in a certain conflict.

Regards,
[i]/s/[/i]
Lilian Meridian
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Member of the Empire Party[/quote]

[HHAYD]

Private reply:

That would be fine.

[Pikachurin]

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Private reply:

That would be fine.
[/quote]
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[b]Date/Date:[/b] 16 July 2011 / 16 juillet 2011

[b]TO/À:[/b] Mays Billy, President of the Great Lakes Provinces
[b]FROM/DE:[/b] Lilian Meridian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Disparu

That's good to know. Would you like to make a written agreement for this? I can make a draft of it, if you want.

Regards,
[i]/s/[/i]
Lilian Meridian
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Member of the Empire Party[/quote]

[HHAYD]

Private reply:

Sure, where do you want it to be signed?

[Pikachurin]

[quote name='HHAYD' timestamp='1280860981' post='2399724']
Private reply:

Sure, where do you want it to be signed?
[/quote]
[b]PRIVATE[/b]

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[b]Date/Date:[/b] 16 July 2011 / 16 juillet 2011

[b]TO/À:[/b] Mays Billy, President of the Great Lakes Provinces
[b]FROM/DE:[/b] Lilian Meridian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Disparu

You can just send your signatures digitally, if you want. The agreement itself will be transmitted shortly after this message.

Regards,
[i]/s/[/i]
Lilian Meridian
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Member of the Empire Party[/quote]

[quote][center][size="6"][font="Book Antiqua"]THE JAMES BAY AGREEMENT[/size][/font]

[size="4"][font="Book Antiqua"][i]A treaty between the[/i]
Federation of Disparu
[i]and the[/i]
Great Lakes Provinces[/size][/font][/center]

[font="Book Antiqua"][size="3"][center][b]Article I - Sovereignty[/b][/center]

The Federation of Disparu (henceforth referred to as "Disparu") and the Great Lakes Provinces (henceforth referred to as "GLP") shall always recognize and respect the sovereignty of each other, and shall not commit or support actions that hinders the other signatory's sovereignty.

[center][b]Article II - Non-Aggression[/b][/center]

To promote the spirit of Article I of this treaty, both Disparu and the GLP shall refrain from committing or supporting acts of war against each other, and the allies of both signatories.

[center][b]Article III - Passage[/b][/center]

[center][i]Section A[/i][/center]

Disparu shall allow civilian and military ships from the GLP passage through its territorial waters in James Bay, except in certain cases.

[center][i]Section B[/i][/center]

Ships from the GLP must follow and comply with all of Disparu's laws, regulations, policies and protocols. These includes laws passed by the provinces of Disparu. Ships from the GLP shall allow themselves to be boarded and searched by Disparuean authorities if they are deemed to be suspicious and/or dangerous.

[center][i]Section C[/i][/center]

If the ship in question is owned and/or operated by a military or paramilitary group based in the GLP, the Government of the GLP must notify the Government of Disparu about it. The Government of the GLP must be ready to provide information about the ship, which includes, but is not limited to, its route, destination and intended use. The Government of the GLP may withhold certain information if the information in question may compromise the sovereignty and national security of the GLP.

[center][i]Section D[/i][/center]

Disparu may deny access to its territorial waters to a ship if it is deemed to be harmful to the sovereignty and well-being of Disparu, Disparu's allies and the North American continent. Disparu may deny access to its territorial waters to a military ship if its passage compromises the sovereignty and national security of Disparu and its allies, or if it compromises Disparu's neutrality in a certain conflict.

[center][b]Article IV - Cancellation[/b][/center]

Should, for any reason, a signatory deems it necessary to cancel this treaty, the signatory shall give a ninety-six (96) hour notice to the other signatory. The treaty shall remain in effect during that time period. If one or more articles in this treaty is broken, Article IV shall immediately be activated and the waiting period will be cut to forty-eight (48) hours.

[center][b]Signatures[/b][/center]

Signed for the [b]Federation of Disparu[/b],

Signed for the [b]Great Lakes Provinces[/b],

[center]~***~[/center][/size][/font]
[/quote]

[HHAYD]

Private reply:

You left out one part, GLP may also enforce the same actions on Disparu's ships. Nevertheless, I will sign it.

[i]President Mays Billy[/i]

Please be warned that I have to submit this treaty to the Legislative for official approval. It will take a few hours to even weeks for it to be approved or rejected.

[Pikachurin]

[quote name='HHAYD' timestamp='1280862710' post='2399777']
Private reply:

You left out one part, GLP may also enforce the same actions on Disparu's ships. Nevertheless, I will sign it.

[i]President Mays Billy[/i]

Please be warned that I have to submit this treaty to the Legislative for official approval. It will take a few hours to even weeks for it to be approved or rejected.
[/quote]
[b]PRIVATE[/b]

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[b]Date/Date:[/b] 16 July 2011 / 16 juillet 2011

[b]TO/À:[/b] Mays Billy, President of the Great Lakes Provinces
[b]FROM/DE:[/b] Lilian Meridian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Disparu

I don't see how that's necessary, as this agreement only concerns your ships' passage through Disparuean waters. A Disparuean ship going through GLP's waters would be an entirely different matter. You are free to enforce your laws freely within your own territorial waters, therefore you will be able to enforce the same actions on our ships if they were in your territorial waters. In this case, I am talking about the small area of James Bay adjacent to your and IHR's coastline that isn't claimed by Disparu. Refer back to my previous messages if you're still confused.

The delay is understandable. Since this is a somewhat controversial subject, I will be proposing this to the Commons of Disparu, so it will also take a while for us to either approve or reject it.

Regards,
[i]/s/[/i]
Lilian Meridian
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Member of the Empire Party[/quote]

[HHAYD]

A few days later...

An ambulance was heard wailing as it raced from the Legislative building, carrying a Nationalist party member who fell unconscious (due to exhaustion and severe dehydration) after speaking for nearly 72 hours without any rest to filibuster the treaty from being approved. As the ambulance sped away, the treaty was approved by all of the other Legislative members.
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Private message to Disparu from President Mays:

The treaty has been approved. Any words from the Commons of Disparu?

Edited August 5, 2010 by HHAYD

[Pikachurin]

[quote name='HHAYD' timestamp='1280977407' post='2401292']
Private message to Disparu from President Mays:

The treaty has been approved. Any words from the Commons of Disparu?
[/quote]

[b]PRIVATE[/b]

A note was quickly sent to President Mays. The lack of use of the official format for messages made it look suspicious, but further inspection would reveal that it was, in fact, legitimate.

[quote]It's currently being delyed due to...er...certain reasons, though I'm fairly certain it will get passed soon enough. ~LM[/quote]

Edited August 5, 2010 by Pikachurin

[HHAYD]

GLP National News:

Recently President Mays had signed [i]Education Reinforcement Act[/i]. It would double the funding for all public education facilities under one condition, they must submit to an annual random financial inspection to encourage schools to keep their facilities clean and to avoid wasteful spending or risk losing their new additional funding. The bill also required that all schools in each province to receive equal funding per student instead of by district and that each classroom should have at most 30 students.

Critics objected to the increasing government involvement, claiming that the government itself will waste money. However, Mays responded, "I am tired of seeing schools literally filing bankruptcy and slashing every last non-required courses due to insufficient funding while less than a mile in another district a school is buying $4000 Mac laptops for each student and wondering what to do with their multi-million dollar surplus. That is highly insulting to students who are stuck in the poorer school. For the financial inspection, I find it amazing how some cities build schools that cost over $10 million dollars and then explain they can't cough up enough cash for freaking library and teachers to teach AP classes. One unnamed high school that only had 500 students cost $100 million dollars and they only had 12 teachers. That's right, about 42 students per teacher. Nor did the high school have a sports program, extracurricular activities, and only had classes to teach the required basic courses. Utterly insulting."

Mays had proposed a bill to give every GLP citizen access to at least an affordable DSL. However, most Legislative members struck down on the bill, claiming the bill would be too expensive and that it would be up to private companies if they want to offer such service. As of now, over 50% of GLP citizens are limited to dialup, including in parts of major cities such as Toronto. The average amount of money that DSL providers charge is $50 per month and the average DSL bandwidth per customer is 400 KB/s

OOC: Bought my Great University wonder

Edited August 8, 2010 by HHAYD

[Pikachurin]

[b]PUBLIC[/b]

"We applaud the Great Lakes Provinces' new initiatives in their citizens' education."

[quote name='HHAYD' timestamp='1280977407' post='2401292']
Private message to Disparu from President Mays:

The treaty has been approved. Any words from the Commons of Disparu?
[/quote]

[b]PRIVATE[/b]

"The treaty has been approved by the Commons. Consider it to be in effect." noted Chancellor Atkin during a private teleconference.

[HHAYD]

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[b]PRIVATE[/b]

"The treaty has been approved by the Commons. Consider it to be in effect." noted Chancellor Atkin during a private teleconference.
[/quote]
Private reply:

"Good to hear, though I will have to make it public due to GLP's laws regarding foreign agreements or treaties."
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GLP National News:

GLP and Disparu governments had approved a treaty regarding non-aggression and water access:

THE JAMES BAY AGREEMENT

A treaty between the
Federation of Disparu
and the
Great Lakes Provinces

Article I - Sovereignty

The Federation of Disparu (henceforth referred to as "Disparu") and the Great Lakes Provinces (henceforth referred to as "GLP") shall always recognize and respect the sovereignty of each other, and shall not commit or support actions that hinders the other signatory's sovereignty.

Article II - Non-Aggression

To promote the spirit of Article I of this treaty, both Disparu and the GLP shall refrain from committing or supporting acts of war against each other, and the allies of both signatories.

Article III - Passage

Section A

Disparu shall allow civilian and military ships from the GLP passage through its territorial waters in James Bay, except in certain cases.

Section B

Ships from the GLP must follow and comply with all of Disparu's laws, regulations, policies and protocols. These includes laws passed by the provinces of Disparu. Ships from the GLP shall allow themselves to be boarded and searched by Disparuean authorities if they are deemed to be suspicious and/or dangerous.

Section C

If the ship in question is owned and/or operated by a military or paramilitary group based in the GLP, the Government of the GLP must notify the Government of Disparu about it. The Government of the GLP must be ready to provide information about the ship, which includes, but is not limited to, its route, destination and intended use. The Government of the GLP may withhold certain information if the information in question may compromise the sovereignty and national security of the GLP.

Section D

Disparu may deny access to its territorial waters to a ship if it is deemed to be harmful to the sovereignty and well-being of Disparu, Disparu's allies and the North American continent. Disparu may deny access to its territorial waters to a military ship if its passage compromises the sovereignty and national security of Disparu and its allies, or if it compromises Disparu's neutrality in a certain conflict.

Article IV - Cancellation

Should, for any reason, a signatory deems it necessary to cancel this treaty, the signatory shall give a ninety-six (96) hour notice to the other signatory. The treaty shall remain in effect during that time period. If one or more articles in this treaty is broken, Article IV shall immediately be activated and the waiting period will be cut to forty-eight (48) hours.

[HHAYD]

Public

[quote name='Sargun' timestamp='1281322271' post='2406139']
"[b]Was[/b] being the key word. Your racist and incredibly insensitive remarks show just how despicable your government is; we refuse to say the name of your country in protest and will be refusing all flights to and from your country and disallowing any ships to pass through our part of the Strait of Gibraltar effective immediately. [i]Any of your citizens in our country will be detained for espionage and interrogated[/i]."

OOC: If there was ever a reason to think even less of you, BABYD, this is it.
[/quote]

Highly insulting, we demand Sarnungian Republic to return our citizens and to pay for any harm inflicted on them or we will return the favor to your citizens. You have three days to comply (one RL day).

Edited August 9, 2010 by HHAYD

[HHAYD]

Classified, Virtual Training Facility:

Although we have some harsh terrains such as mountains, tundras, forests, and urban, we lack access to deserts and swamps. If we ever get into another war and are forced to fight in conditions that our military was not trained for, we will be at a disadvantage. The facility consists of:

For infantry:

-Stimulated giant thin mesh hamster ball. Each time a soldier moves, the movement is tracked and accordingly displayed on the virtual battlefield.
-Large LED display goggles. They will allow the soldier to see into the virtual battlefield and being able to see themselves in a virtual form.
-Fake weapons. The direction of the weapon being pointed and fired is tracked by sensors inside the hamster ball and displayed in the virtual battlefield.
-Environmental control, if it is hot, then the heaters will kick on. If it is cold, then the A/Cs will kick on. If it is raining, then sprinklers above the hamster ball will turn on. The mesh will redirect very little water and most of it will fall through.
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For vehicles:

-Vehicle crews will sit inside replicas of their vehicles' interior. Machine gunners will also have the large LED display goggles.
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All of the data will be processed by a Jaguar supercomputer though the graphic rendering will be processed by graphic cards built into the display goggles. The data from the weapons and movements will be sent over uncompressed wireless N and then over fiber optic wires before reaching the super computer, and the data will be sent back to the goggle on a different fiber optic wire. Delay time between input and output is less than a split second, though too much units operating on the supercomputer will cause lag.

Construction time will be about six months.

Edited August 9, 2010 by HHAYD

[HHAYD]

Classified message from President Mays to Disparu:

"We are wondering if it is possible to expand the St. Lawrence Seaway to accommodate larger ships, more specifically, up to the size of standard capesize/bulk carrier ships (usually have around 175,000 DWT). What would be the estimated total expansion cost?"

[Pikachurin]

[quote name='HHAYD' timestamp='1281404080' post='2408807']
Classified message from President Mays to Disparu:

"We are wondering if it is possible to expand the St. Lawrence Seaway to accommodate larger ships, more specifically, up to the size of standard capesize/bulk carrier ships (usually have around 175,000 DWT). What would be the estimated total expansion cost?"
[/quote]
[b]PRIVATE[/b]

"Which part of the Seaway are you referring to?"

OoC:

[HHAYD]

[quote name='Pikachurin' timestamp='1281404924' post='2408838']
[b]PRIVATE[/b]

"Which part of the Seaway are you referring to?"

OoC:
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Private:

Both, Saint Lawrence River and Welland Canal, unless if you already secretly upgraded the locks and channels.

OOC: Name me one lock in the St Lawrence Seaway that can accommodate a ship that can't fit in the Panama Canal.

Edited August 10, 2010 by HHAYD

[Pikachurin]

[quote name='HHAYD' timestamp='1281405240' post='2408848']
Private:

Both, Saint Lawrence River and Welland Canal, unless if you already secretly upgraded the locks and channels.

OOC: Name me one lock in the St Lawrence Seaway that can accommodate a ship that can't fit in the Panama Canal.
[/quote]

[b]PRIVATE[/b]

"We do not know anything about the Welland Canal, as we do not control any part of it. Your government should know, since the canal is entirely within your territory if I correctly remember." noted Chancellor Atkin. "As for the cost of upgrading the locks and canals along the St. Lawrence River, I suspect that it would cost more than a hundred billion Disparuean dollars, give or take a few billion. That doesn't even count the cost of setting up a Royal Environmental Inquiry into the project, running hundreds of safety checks and other processes required by law on projects such as these."

Edited August 10, 2010 by Pikachurin

[HHAYD]

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[b]PRIVATE[/b]

"We do not know anything about the Welland Canal, as we do not control any part of it. Your government should know, since the canal is entirely within your territory if I correctly remember." noted Chancellor Atkin. "As for the cost of upgrading the locks and canals along the St. Lawrence River, I suspect that it would cost more than a hundred billion Disparuean dollars, give or take a few billion. That doesn't even count the cost of setting up a Royal Environmental Inquiry into the project, running hundreds of safety checks and other processes required by law on projects such as these."
[/quote]
Private, inside President Mays' office:

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...
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"Environment inquiry? Over a hundred billion dollars?! Total BS! I can run an expansion project that less than half of the cost!" President Mays shouted.

"Its either that or our blue water navy can't reach the Great Lakes. Including large cargo and passenger ships" one of his advisers replied.

"So if we ever get into a war and are forced to deploy our navy outside of the Great Lakes, you are telling me that I am forced to deploy naval ships the size of lake freighters to go up against giant enemy salties naval ships?!"

"You don't have to, the larger blue water ships floating in the Hudson Bay can be deployed instead. And besides, unless if Republic of York or USA somehow managed to float a battleship in the Great Lakes, we only need white water coast guard ships."

"What about the civilian ships?"

"Sucks to be them."

"........."

"What?"

"$%&@ this, I am going to contact our department of transportation and tell them to start drawing up plans for a canal to link the Hudson Bay to the Great Lakes!"

"But those two bodies are separated by mountains and forests."

"We don't dig in the mountainous area, we pile two giant dirt and clay embankments and fill the middle gap with water. Cheaper than digging in rocky soil or exposed rock. We only dig in area where it is cheaper than transporting and building the embankments"

"What about the trees?"

"When the plan is approved, tell all of the lumber companies that they got two weeks of unregulated logging to chop down all of the trees that are standing on the planned canal. Reduces the hassle of removing the trees ourselves."

"What about the railroads and highways?"

"We dig tunnels for them. Good thing there aren't that many in the mountainous region."

"Dear god, ships sailing over trains and cars. You aren't even an engineer."

"I was an engineer. Thank you for insulting me."

Edited August 10, 2010 by HHAYD

[HHAYD]

GLP National News:

Recently the GLP government contacted Disparu's government and asked them if GLP and them could expand the St Lawrence River along with the waterway locks in it to accommodate large cargo and passenger ships. Some suspect it would allow GLP's future naval fleet to freely move in and out of the Great Lakes.

Disparu told the GLP government that it would take over a hundred billion dollars to accomplish such task. President Mays did not want to pay such heavy price tag and with the help of the Department of Transportation, he proposed a much cheaper way of getting large ships in and out of Great Lakes. The proposal involves building a canal connecting the Great Lakes to the Hudson Bay. In some areas, the canal will be partially dug and have embankments to hold in enough water to allow the larger ships to pass through. In the mountainous area, the canal will entirely consist of the embankments and hardly any digging will take place. Any railroads, roads, and highways crossing the path of the elevated canals will have tunnels drilled. To clear the trees, he suggested letting the logging companies do the job, any trees in the planned canal path are fair games. President Mays claimed that despite being much longer and harder to build, it would be cheaper than joining with Disparu in expanding the St Lawrence River.

However, many critics warned that the environmental damage would be massive, much larger than simply expanding an existing waterway and its locks. They also warned that if the embankments fail, then a catastrophic flash flooding will slam a large area around the canal. They claimed that building additional rail lines would serve as an excellent substitute for bulk shipping.

A few hours after the proposal was suggested, the Legislative rejected the proposal by one vote to President Mays' dismay. Cam Jen, a Democratic member, said, "If you are going to tear up the forests with a massive canal, over my dead body!"

Fanky Renny, a Economist member, said, "Completely retarded idea. The risk of a massive flash flood outweighs the economical benefit. I would hate to see a 20 meter tall raging wave plowing into my home town."
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Private message to USA and Republic of York:

We are requesting for funding assistance to expand the St Lawrence Seaway to allow much larger ships to sail in and out of the Great Lakes, which would improve the economies of regions bordering the Great Lakes.
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Private message to Disparu:

The expansion costs shouldn't be that big, the newest Panama Canal locks and waterway cost a little less than $6 billion dollars to construct. Surely an expansion shouldn't be that expensive, at most $30 billion without environmental inspections.
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Private, in President May's office:

"How the $%&@ did the media get hold of the classified information?!"

Edited August 10, 2010 by HHAYD

[Pikachurin]

[quote name='HHAYD' timestamp='1281412157' post='2409002']
Private message to Disparu:

The expansion costs shouldn't be that big, the newest Panama Canal locks and waterway cost a little less than $6 billion dollars to construct. Surely an expansion shouldn't be that expensive, at most $30 billion without environmental inspections.
[/quote]
[b]PRIVATE[/b]

"Well, you see, the largest problem in this are the environmental concerns. It is required by Disparuean law to have environmental inquiries in massive projects like these, which could easily get bogged down in red tape. Plus, I'm sure this will be met by local opposition from, say, cities along the St. Lawrence River, like Montreal."

[HHAYD]

[quote name='Pikachurin' timestamp='1281458089' post='2409789']
[b]PRIVATE[/b]

"Well, you see, the largest problem in this are the environmental concerns. It is required by Disparuean law to have environmental inquiries in massive projects like these, which could easily get bogged down in red tape. Plus, I'm sure this will be met by local opposition from, say, cities along the St. Lawrence River, like Montreal."
[/quote]
Private reply:

St. Lambert Lock:
[img]http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/7370/54021625.png[/img]
Expanding the locks will require removing a large chunk of land on either side, environmental impact shouldn't be that bad. Now the major concern is the highway interchange system, which means it can only be expanded to the right unless if you want to move the entire interchange.

Côte Ste. Catherine Lock:
[img]http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/4137/po2.png[/img]
I see a small environmental impact. Again, expensive to move a chunk of land, resurface, and rebuild the structures that were demolished.

Beauharnois Locks:
[img]http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1093/po3e.png[/img]
Look closely, there are only a few trees in the way. Expansions will not affect settled areas.

Snell and Eisenhower Lock:
[img]http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/3788/po4.png[/img]
Nowhere close to any settlements, again small environment impact.
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We only need to expand and deepen the waterway locks. I am okay with the project delayed, but I find it ridiculous how it takes nearly $100 billion to complete such expansion. The construction of the original St Lawrence Seaway cost about $3.4075 billion dollars and the expansion should cost less. We will pay full price for the expansion, you deal with the red tapes. Deal?

Edited August 10, 2010 by HHAYD

[Pikachurin]

[b]PRIVATE[/b]

"Now that you gave us a more detailed plan, I can see that the project would be much cheaper than I thought." noted Chancellor Atkin, facepalming. "We will be able to deal with the first three, though you'll have to consult with the Republic of York with the last one since that's their own territory. Also, we can pay for part of the price [i]and[/i] deal with the red tape. Would that be okay?"