Time for Premier Horgan to keep his promises on old-growth
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- Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00
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Govt must act quickly to keep old-growth promises
Hi Paov,
Because of you, Premier John Horgan has made some big promises on old-growth forests. Now our task is to make sure he keeps them.
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In September, the government released an independent report on old-growth in BC, classifying old-growth logging as unsustainable. It called for a paradigm shift in the way forests are managed. Government made some temporary logging deferrals and a vague commitment to “a new direction for old-forests.”But during the election campaign, thousands of citizens raised their voices and Indigenous groups called for the report’s recommendations to be implemented. An active blockade at Fairy Creek in the premier’s own riding stretched into its third month — the longest blockade to protect old-growth in BC in several decades. Old-growth was an election issue for the first time in a long-time.
Horgan pledged to implement the old-growth report “in its totality” and the party stated that old-growth is irreplaceable and will be protected.
But old-growth forests are still being cut down today. More will be logged tomorrow. So little of the most productive, valley bottom old-growth forests with the biggest trees remain that it could all be destroyed if the NDP doesn’t move fast enough. That’s where you come in. Take action now! Many of you have sent emails, made calls and taken other actions in the past — that’s what motivated the premier to make his promises. But now, our suite of actions have been updated to reflect the old-growth report and the government’s election promises, and are all suited to the new normal of COVID-19 restrictions.
As the government steers the province through this pandemic, it will have a lot of priorities. It’s up to us to make sure that keeping its promise to finally protect old-growth forests is one of them.
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