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ing the preservation of Clayoquot
— what we're all here about is
really our long-term security.

“I's a question of how we sce
that long-term security. | think
what we are seeing is a clash be-
tween two fundamentally different
points of view.

“One view sees human beings at
the top of the chain, outside of
nature, so that the whole planet is
a great resource for us to use.

“We have confidence in our
knowledge and our ability to un-
derstand and control and manage
it.

“And so everything we sec
about us is a resource given to us
for our use in any way we see fit.

“And the other view, which f
believe is now overwhelming the
planet, is an understanding that
we are a part of nature — that we
are dependent on nature for our
livelihood. That as long as the
forests are alive and healthy and
flourishing, we will all flourish.

“That’s the issue it seems to
me. But where do we start? Do we
start from a position that is out-
side and above nature or do we
start from position that is deeply
_imbedded in it and respectful of
nature?’’ Suzuki asks the
gathered. ;

According to Greenpeace, the
clearing of B.C.’s old-growth
rainforest is occurring with in-
creasing speed.

The amount of forest cut has
increased by almost 400% over the
last 40 years, while the number of
loggers employed has decreased by
nearly 300%.

- According to Ministry of

- Forests and Statistics Canada, in
1950 the industry employed 2.3
people per 1,000 cubic metres of
forest and cut 19.8 million cubic
Metres. By contrast, that ratio
dropped to 0.8 jobs and 78.9 mil-
lion cubic metres cut in 1986.

But here is Forest Alliance. of
B.C. chairman Jack Munro on the
other side of the issue: ‘“This pro-
vince has committed to preserving

. 12% of the land base, as recom-
mended in the Brundtland Report,
so that we can maintain biodiver-

. sity and protect our natural

“resources, :

“Productive forests cover about
a third of B.C.’s land base. If all
of the 12% was removed from the
productive forests, it would have a
-major impact on the provincial
economy.

“The allowable annual. cut
would be reduced by a third, and
so would our mills, our jobs and
tax revenues from the forest sec-

torn’? .. :

But says Midnight Oil's Garrett,
‘We're here to help wake up the
world to the fact that Canada’s
rainforests are being destroyed.

‘‘Logging ‘corporations with

_ their cut-and-run policies are
robbing the world of a vital
heritage.’’ :

Some see the band’s appearance
at the Black Hole as a quick and
easy | self-promotional opportuni-
ty.

"Vet Midnight Oil brings with it
an activist pedigree. Garrett was
formerly president of the
Australian Conservation Society.

He is a metnber of the board of

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directors of Greenpeace Interna-
tional.

The band itself has been active
in political issues — international
forest issues, nuclear disarma-
ment, aboriginal land rights and
the protection ‘of wildlife species
— for over 15 years,

Before the concert begins, the
crowd is told that due to its
presence, trees destined to fail that
day continue to stand.

According -to a MacMillan
Bloedel press statement, approxi-

mately 80 employees were told not:

to come to work.

The company feared a poten-
tially volatile and unsafe situation
brought about by crowds attracted

to the rock concert.

“It?s been a weird day,” said
MacMillan Bloedel spokesman
Dennis Fitzgerald. ;

“This big crowd drives into
town, puts more than 80 pecole
out of work, listens to a little
music, then leaves before lunch.

Gne day later Midnight Oil
kicked off a nine-city concert tour
backed by. $1 million worth of
Labatt Breweries promotion.

Said Kimberly Van Der Zon,
brand manager for Labatt Genu-
ine Draft, ““The magnitude and
energy of this nationwide event is
in step with the theme we've given
Labatt Genuine Draft — where
you are is where it’s at.”’

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