This Week on GR

by C. L. Cook

This week Dogwood Initiative Executive Director and Conservation Voters of B.C. Chair, Will Horter and another kind of war in the woods in B.C.'s enviro. community; long-time front line eco-activist, Ingmar Lee and smelling the political winds blowing through the wild coasts of the province; and Victoria Street Newz publisher, Janine Bandcroft keeping an eye of the capital's streets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As British Columbia readies for another election, the isues that have long defined the political divide here are again coming to the fore. First among these is the balance between providing energy and employment while practicing enlightened environmental stewardship in a place whose short history of colonial resource extraction now threatens ecological collapse. Differing from 'War in the Woods' style confrontations of old, which saw a clear delineation pitting mainly rural resource workers against mostly urban environmentalists, today the growing influence of the Green Party, emerging alarm over Climate Change, and the shape of B.C.'s energy future conspire to fracture progressive politics here into a political turf war. All this is music to the ears a week away from a poll for what should, by rights of its dismal management of the province, be a terminally-embattled Liberal government. Will Horter is the Executive Director of the environmental non-government organization, the Dogwood Initiative, and is Chair of the Conservation Voters of British Columbia, the CVBC. Will Horter in the first half.

And; never in the post-colonial history of British Columbia has the province faced such a dire moment. A combination of ecological fragility and irresistible human rapaciousness threaten our very lives. Throughout the province, the effects of industry and climatic changes are stressing the lands and pushing the wildlife into extinction. Coastal B.C. is currently standing at an abyss, the fisheries crashing, and the oil business is knocking down the resistance that has so far spared the inside passage its own, much worse, Exxon Valdez disaster. Ingmar Lee is a long-time environment and rights activist, and he's well-known to all in British Columbia's loose-knit environmental activist community, and to listeners here. Ingmar Lee in the second half.

And; Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring news from Victoria's streets. but first, Will Horter and British Columbia's vying environmental initiatives.  

 

 

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