Emily Lowan

PRINCE GEORGE, BC — More than 30 people took part in a demonstration outside the BC Ministry of Forests office in Prince George on Tuesday, Nov. 18 to show their animosity toward the continued logging of old-growth forests in the province. Among the protesters at the Ospika Bouleveard office was BC Green Party Leader Emily Lowan. …“We’ve seen massive backsliding from the province,” said Lowan. “From the minister of forests on the protection of primary forests. We’re seeing a continuation of decades of neglect, of a rip-it-and-ship-it mentality in the province that is purely driven by the profit motive rather than protecting critical primary and old-growth forests.” …Lowan emphasized how large forestry monopolies and the province’s continued old-growth cutting may have further consequences for small and medium-sized forestry businesses in the North.