We're calling on the @bcndp to review the BC-based wood pellet operations of Drax, to ensure that no whole logs from primary forests are being used in wood pellet production.

And to immediately suspend Drax’s operating licenses pending this review. 1/ #bcpoli #oldgrowth
This company, whose executive includes BC’s former Chief Forester, operates a monopoly on wood pellet operations and obtains clean energy subsidies to log and process primary forests in British Columbia, which are burned as wood pellets in the UK. 2/ #bcpoli #oldgrowth
The @bcndp dances around numbers and definitions of wood products but internationally renowned media outlets have reported & collected video evidence that contradicts this government's statement that whole trees from primary forest are not being sued for wood pellets. 3/ #bcpoli
It’s time to protect our forests from international corporations.

It's time for the @bcndp to follow through on their promises.

It’s time for a review of Drax’s operation in British Columbia. 4/4 #bcpoli #oldgrowth
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Oct 19
In the last 16 months we’ve experienced a heat dome, an atmospheric river, and record breaking wildfires and droughts.

At the same time the @bcndp meets with #oilandgas lobbyists as often as 80 times a month. 1/ #bcpoli #ClimateEmergency
The @bcndp don’t just meet with oil and gas lobbyists. They’re embedded right into their party. They aren’t just acquaintances, they aren’t just friends. They’re family. 2/ #bcpoli
This government’s regular political pundit Moe Sihota is a lobbyist for Woodfibre LNG. The Minister of Health’s former Chief of Staff and the Minister of Jobs’ former campaign manager, Stephen Howard, is a fossil fuel lobbyist. 3/ #bcpoli
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Oct 19
Corporations are encroaching on our #healthcare system

They are putting family doctors and other health professionals behind paywalls.

I first asked @adriandix about this in February.

8 months later and still no action. Unacceptable! 1/ #bcpoli
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This report and the actions taken by the Medical Service Commission can have massive impacts on the future of our healthcare system and the role private corporations play.

It should be made available to the public. 2/ #bcpoli #healthcare
.@adriandix and the @bcndp talk a lot about the importance of equitable access to #healthcare but the role of corporations and privatized health care have grown under their watch.

Their indifference to this issue is 180 from their comments in opposition. 3/ #bcpoli #healthcare
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Oct 18
The @bcndp says that no whole trees from BC's primary forests are being turned into pellets to burn.

But a confidential note from @KatrineConroy’s estimates briefings says 75% of wood pellets are made from saw mill residuals. Where is the rest coming from? 1/ #bcpoli #oldgrowth Image
There is video evidence from @BBCPanorama, @cbcfifth, and @Conserva_North showing whole trees being cut, transported, and processed at the Drax site.

I asked @KatrineContory again, are whole trees from primary forests being turned into wood pellets in BC? 2/ #bcpoli #oldgrowth
The Minster said a whole lot of nothing about the company that her former Chief Forester now helps run.

I asked if she believes the reports from renowned investigative journalists, backed up by video footage, from @BBCPanorama and @cbcfifth to be false? 3/ #bcpoli #oldgrowth
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Oct 17
Let's take inventory of what's happening under the @bcndp's watch.

✅Drilling a gas pipeline under a sacred river.

✅Primary forest being cut for pellets to be burned.

✅Old growth still being logged.

✅Work underway for more LNG development.

1/ #bcpoli
This government wouldn’t know a climate emergency if it hit them like a tonne of bricks.

Except if a climate activist runs to be leader of their party – they’ll respond to that like it’s an emergency. 2/ #bcpoli
More fracking, more drilling, more pipelines.

This government has made it clear: it has no interest in transitioning our economy.

You can see the evidence in the budget. It’s in the revenue from gas and drilling – and in the billions of subsidies. 3/ #bcpoli
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Oct 6
It shouldn’t be this hard to pay your bills or buy groceries. The price of essentials like rent, food, and baby formula are breaking records.

At the same time companies are reporting record profits. #bcpoli 1/
Oil and gas companies, grocery chains, telecom companies: they're all profiting while BCers cannot afford the essentials
Examples of #profiteering over the first quarter of 2022:
Petronas - owner of #CGL - made $6.87 billion
Telus - made $4.3 billion
Loblaws - $12.3 billion. 2/
The role of govt is to protect the public interest.
So today I asked: what is the government doing to protect British Columbians from the corporations who are using them to line their pockets? 3/ #bcpoli
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Oct 4
We cannot allow our primary forests to be cut, turn to wood pellets, and burnt. This is an egregious situation.

Today we called on the @bcndp to immediately suspend the operating licenses of all Drax-owned subsidiaries in BC. 1/ #bcpoli #oldgrowth
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Drax has been consolidating wood pellet operations in BC, controlling approximately two thirds of the industry.

Last year BC’s Chief Forester left her role and joined Drax immediately as VP for Corporate Sustainability. 2/ #bcpoli #forestry
❌A British company is cutting our primary forests for wood pellets and burning them
❌Burning wood pellets is more carbon intensive than burning coal.
❌Revolving door from the Ministry of Forests to forest industry
❌Over $10 million in provincial subsidies
3/ #bcpoli #forestry
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