441-02655 (Environment)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- Indigenous peoples have rights and title to their traditional territories and have been stewards of these lands since time immemorial;
- The climate crisis requires action by all levels of government and industry;
- Old-growth forests provide immeasurable benefits, including carbon sequestration, biodiversity, culture, recreation, education, food and more;
- Valley-bottom high productivity old-growth ecosystems in British Columbia are endangered;
- Of the remaining 2.7% of original high productivity old-growth forests in British Columbia, 75% are still slated to be logged;
- Only 9% of the original 360,000 hectares of valley-bottom high productivity old-growth on Vancouver Island remain today, and only 2.6% of those forests are protected in parks;
- The last unprotected intact old-growth valley on Southern Vancouver Island, Fairy Creek, is slated for logging, along with the upper Walbran Valle and other remaining pockets of old growth; and
- Most Canadians support sustainable harvesting of second and third growth forests, but do not support logging old-growth trees or destroying their surrounding ecosystems.
We, the undersigned, Citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
- 1. Work with the provinces and First Nations to immediately halt logging of endangered old-growth ecosystems;
- 2. Fund the long-term protection of old-growth ecosystems as a priority for Canada's climate action plan and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples;
- 3. Support value-added forestry initiatives in partnership with First Nations to ensure Canada's forestry industry is sustainable, and based on the harvesting of second and third growth forests;
- 4. Ban the export of raw logs and maximize resource use for local jobs; and
- 5. Ban the use of whole trees for wood pellet biofuel production.
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Elizabeth May
(Saanich—Gulf Islands)
October 3, 2024 (Petition No. 441-02655)
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Total signatures | 483 |