A huge crowd gathered in downtown Victoria Saturday to voice opposition to old-growth logging in B.C. and call on Premier David Eby to speed up efforts to protect ancient forests.
announcing another round of affordability creditsIn the capital, demonstrators gathered at Centennial Square and marched down Douglas Street to the legislature building, where they listened to speakers and took in a surprise musical performance by Neil Young.
The initial group of signatories to the declaration included the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, Elders for Ancient Trees, Sierra Club BC, Stand.earth, and the Wilderness Committee. "Old growth forests are vital for the health our lands and waters, our salmon and our culture, and the days of cutting them down need to end," said walas 'Namugwis, David Knox, a Kwakwaka'wakw Hereditary Chief and member of the Kwakiutl Nation, in a statement from organizers.
The declaration accuses Eby's BC NDP government of failing to implement the 14 recommendations from the Old Growth Strategic Review, despite promising to do so during the 2020 election campaign under former leader John Horgan.
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