I just started canvassing with the Western Canada Wilderness Committee, a job that requires me to go door to door, inform people about current environmental issues, then charm the socks off them in hopes of petition signatures and/or memberships to our fiesty little non-profit. We are entirely membership-based and youth-driven and we get results. I like it.

One of the things I like best about it is learning, and then informing people about, what's going on behind the eco-scenes. A disturbing thing happening right now is the BC government's consideration of distributing our park land to mining companies. The South Chilcotin Mountains Protected Area, located 100km north of Whistler, is currently set to have its boundaries rolled back by as much as 20% to accomodate the mining lobby's demand for access.

It is interesting to note that Teck Cominco, BC's biggest mining company and supporter of the the BC Mining Association's South Chilcotin lobbying efforts, is one of the biggest donors to the BC Liberal Party, contributing $56,590 in 2003.

Funny how these sorts of news tidbits fall through the cracks of the mainstream media...

For more info, check out:
www.saveourparks.ca

Complain to BC Premier Campbell at:
Rm. 156, Parliament Building
Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
Tel: (250) 387-1715
Fax: (250) 387-0087
premier@gov.bc.ca