The provincial government requires forestry companies to spray herbicides that kill plants such as aspen, in order to promote the growth of conifers and increase timber harvests. The problem is that broadleaf deciduous trees like aspen help limit the spread of wildfires.
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This is just one example of how government regulation in BC's forestry sector results in negative unintended consequences. Other political parties want to replace one kind of sweeping government intervention with another (e.g. a total ban on pesticides and/or herbicides).
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We prefer, as much as possible, to allow the voluntary sector (businesses, non-profits, community groups, individuals) to test out solutions to society's problems with minimal government interference.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/it-blows-my-mind-how-b-c-destroys-a-key-natural-wildfire-defence-every-year-1.4907358?fbclid=IwAR2xmvb8U-4XjqnWaZSPebgsZEPpSUPs5QgNgVF5lA_49ZN9z7EC1RxOVZA …
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Ah yes. The old “the government shouldn’t protect the environment but people working for free and charity must do it after billion dollar trans-national mega corporations chip down all the trees.
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is clown country. I’m forced to live as a despised minority in the land of my ancestors.