In this mornings LAcadie Nouvelle... Forestry: a filmmaker book a charge against the Irving company The Acadian forest is unique, it has an incredible wealth. Instead of forcing nature, must be working with nature. We will always need big business, but first and foremost, we need a strong Government which establishes parameters and lists barriers.» MONCTON - New Brunswick is a province captured by the Irving company, and its inhabitants are suffering from the Stockholm Syndrome. Such is the opinion that a Charles Thériault, filmmaker, who seeks to awaken consciences. He wants the population appropriates its greatest asset: the Acadian forest. Acadie Nouvelle: Damien Dauphin Charles Thériault wants that the people of New Brunswick to regain control of the public forest. - It is the Al Gore of the province, who, by dint of investigations, supports making public a truth that bothers: collusion between political power and the industry, which holds the real power. Conference recently at the Université de Moncton, Charles Thériault explained to an audience of 50 people how the Government has, according to his analysis, lost control. Irving controls 50% of the public forest, but it is also sous-licencié in all the others. It left industry grab our main natural wealth and get rid of its competitors, he denounced. It is no coincidence that the conference took place a week after the unveiling, by Fredericton, the new forest plan. M. Thériault, who does not mince his words, criticizes a lack of transparency and questions on areas of shadows of the plan. Everything is done in secret. The province has signed with Irving, it is unclear what they have signed, but Irving is happy, he quipped. M. Thériault told his audience he had no way of knowing what he meant, because the access to information Act contains a flaw. If an application is an economic activity in relation to a company, it has the right to veto the application. He also questioned the encrypted promises that contains the plan of the province. The mill in Kedgwick uses 300,000 m3 per year and employs 57 people. How can be that twice that amount, the 600 000 m3 which have been granted, will create 500 jobs?» Charles Thériault did not hesitate to declare that the Irving family has managed to take control of the New Brunswick legislative machine. A family that few venture to criticize, because it provides jobs. Wielding the art of metaphor, he compares the situation to the Stockholm Syndrome, when a kidnapped person comes to believe that her captor wishes him well. The filmmaker calls for forest stewardship public New Brunswick is entrusted to a group of experts led by scientists. It is of the opinion that considering the forest as a living entity, then it may prove to be economically viable in a perspective of sustainable development. Paradoxical as it may seem, it wishes to the advent of a minority Government in the next elections. According to him, this third waycould have a lot of power. Passionate and voluble, M. Thériault interviews in her community to give a voice to the people. To disseminate his work, he created a website on which it will publish documentaries on the State of the Crown lands, as well as documents, interviews and reports on the subject.
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:49:51 +0000
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