Ukraine urgently needs air defence systems – because they save innocent lives.

Today, Minister Pistorius and I announced that Canada will contribute $76 million to a German-led initiative that will quickly source and deliver air defence systems and missiles to Ukraine.

The First Peace Summit for Ukraine is in June — and Canada will be there.

I look forward to joining other world leaders to advance our shared goal of just and lasting peace for Ukraine.

“…the investor class actually had the nerve to say red tape was to blame for the decades-long decline of the forestry sector, a sector that lost nearly half of its work force at the same time the floodgates were opened to deregulation and big capital.”

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NRDC: Forest Degradation Increases Community Vulnerability to Extreme Floods nrdc.org/bio/julee-boan…… #clearcutting #logging #flooding #communities #forests #bcpoli #cdnpoli

Russia can lose. And it should lose, for the sake of the world – and for its own sake.
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Ecologist Suzanne Simard on 'Mother Trees,' How to Safeguard Forests and Tackle the Climate Crisis noozhawk.com/ecologist-suza… #forests #ClimateCrisis #forests #bcpoli #cdnpoli

B.C. is in a biodiversity crisis with over 1,800 at-risk species, write Kegan Pepper-Smith and Sarah Korpan #ClimateChange #ProtectNature #bcpoli nationalobserver.com/2024/05/08/opi… #ownership #access #biodiversity #ecosystems #forests #bcpoli #cdnpoli

Anyone who thinks negotiation with Russia will work should consider the obscene and genocidal language to which the highest-ranking Russian officials resort when rejecting peace plans.

Hemp is more sustainable than timber – here’s how it could transform low-carbon construction theconversation.com/hemp-is-more-s… via The Conversation #carbon #hemp #construction #forests #bcpoli #cdnpoli

Canada Needs to Get Tough on Wood Pellet Exports via The Tyee thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/…
#pellets #biomass #energy #OldGrowth #PrimaryForests #forests #bcpoli #cdnpoli

“The likelihood is that even more of the shrinking stock of primary forests in BC and Canada will be logged to supply bioenergy companies with wood pellets,” says Ben Parfitt who in his new report calls for significant changes in forest policy.
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Why tree planting in BC is not reforestation
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#reforestation #TreePlanting #survival #forests #bcpoli #cdnpoli

Russian terror is only possible because we have fewer weapons and decisions to protect life than Russia has means to destroy it.

Everyone knows how effective Patriot, IRIS-T, NASAMS, Hawk, and other modern air defense systems are. We need them here in Ukraine: in Kharkiv,…

Cash crunch puts Surrey's Teal Jones Group into court protection from creditors vancouversun.com/news/local-new… via The Vancouver Sun #forests #bcpoli #cdnpoli

“I leave the CCPA both excited at the prospect of new adventures and secure in the knowledge that my CCPA comrades will continue to do great work, work made possible by thousands of people like you”—resource policy analyst Ben Parfitt

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Biggest thing these guys can do is advocating legalizing fire resistant broadleaf in BC interior. 95% minimum (no maximum) conifer domination requirement in section 46.11 of FRP regulation which requires spraying and brushing deciduous is a recipe for more fire. Most participants…

As Trump’s lawyers are reminding us, a president who is above the law in principle is a vicious dictator in practice.

Opinion: Biodiversity creates stability in our forests
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#biodiversity #wildlife #habitat #brushing #plantations #planting #forests #bcpoli #cdnpoli

If the world doesn’t act, Canada’s newest honorary citizen Vladimir Kara-Murza will die.

Mr. Putin’s regime is again trying to kill Mr. Kara-Murza, this time with prison instead of poison.

Article with Brandon Silver Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights & Bill Browder calling for action:
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Primary forests & old growth: 'Based on the Ministry of Forests own satellite imagery, 20,500 ha of the Old Growth Technical Advisory Panel’s recommended deferrals had been logged by June 2023' (SAFT). #PrimaryForest #OldGrowth #deferrals #logging #forests #bcpoli #cdnpoli