Add your name: tell Premier Eby to deliver on old growth

Premier Eby: Continue accelerating action on old growth


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Premier David Eby promised to accelerate action on old growth within his first 100 days of being sworn in as the leader of the BC NDP, which falls on February 25, 2023.

While he announced some transformational changes to the forestry sector on February 15, 2023, some of the most at-risk old growth forests are still being clearcut.

Eby must continue to accelerate action on old growth and begin to implement more of the recommendations of the Old Growth Strategic Review Panel.

Stand with us to remind Eby he isn't off the hook just yet.

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In 2020, the BC NDP promised to implement all 14 recommendations from the Old Growth Strategic Review.

The 2020 recommendations were tied to a three-year framework with the goal to have all implemented by 2023.

While Premier Eby took a step forward in announcing a $90M fund to support the forestry sector, and then again on February 15, 2023, to announce substantial changes to the forestry sector that First Nations and environmental groups have been calling for for decades, most at-risk old growth forests are still being clearcut in BC.

Sign the BC Greens petition to remind Eby to:

Accelerate action to implement the Old Growth Strategic Review Panel's recommendations

Provide provincial funding for conservation financing

Continue prioritizing working with First Nations and aligning all forest management with the principles of free, prior and informed consent

Incorporate the voices and insights of local communities into land use planning