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MP Patrick Weiler proposes M-83 to end old-growth logging
Peak Web June 2, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer On May 3, Liberal MP Patrick Weiler initiated a private member’s motion, or M-83, to make forestry more sustainable in BC. The motion calls for three demands: the end of old-growth logging on federal lands, a ban on the selling of its exports, and a $27 million increase in the environmental and sustainability budget from $55 million to $82 million. Weiler, who represents West Vancouver, Sunshine Coast, and Sea to Sky Country, has been passionate about protecting old-growth forests ever since he took a camping trip to Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park when he was seven…
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Former MP Svend Robinson appointed as SFU’s J.S. Woodsworth Resident Scholar
News July 27, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer Civil activist and former Member of Parliament (MP) Svend Robinson has been named the J.S. Woodsworth Resident Scholar in the SFU humanities department. This is for a one-year term beginning September 1, 2020, during…
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