Within days of the announced proposal, (made after over one year of secret meetings with the developer) the Wilderness Committee filed 10 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) requests on behalf of the people of Manitoba about the proposed Meditation Lake development, including about water quality.

"This is about our parks," stated Eric Reder, Campaign Director for the Wilderness Committee. "People must realize that the precious wild spaces that used to exist in Whiteshell Provincial Park are disappearing. On top of the lack of parks management planning, putting a kids camp on a lake with deadly water quality could be criminally negligent."

Manitoba Wildlands director Gaile Whelan Enns commented. "Manitoba's is losing protected parklands every year, instead of establishing new protected areas. Our parks, including Whiteshell, are long overdue for management plans."

The public open house is at 7 p.m. Thursday April 30th at Victoria Inn, Winnipeg.