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"Ah... the Money, the Money, the Money" - The Battle for Saltspring

"Saltspring Island... close to a city, but full of magical, almost untouched places. A small town with a Saturday market. And in the middle of the island... trees, lots of trees." When the roar of chainsaws shatters the quiet of this idyllic setting, director Mort Ransen and other residents awake to an unexpected intrusion. A logging operation is underway in a central pristine valley. Within hours, a group of islanders rallies to oppose the cutting--only to discover that a logging company has purchased one of the largest expanses of undeveloped wilderness in the Southern Gulf Islands. Concerned about its potentially devastating impact on Saltspring's ecology, economy and natural beauty, the residents set out to stop the logging. The award-winning director of Margaret's Museum , Mort Ransen, turns his camera on his own community to document a lively and provocative debate. On one side--the developers, who defend their right to do what they want on private land. On the other--Saltspring residents, who blockade roads, chain themselves to logging trucks and lobby government to protect their island.
Directed by Mort Ransen - 2001 | 51 min
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  • @notsure4083
    @notsure4083 Жыл бұрын

    The ironic thing is that Saltspring is one of the wealthiest places in Canada. That wealth is mostly from logging and fishing the surrounding islands. Those protesters are living off the money their parents made clear cutting forests and overfishing. Look at a satellite map of the gulf islands.

  • @peanutrbuckle9123

    @peanutrbuckle9123

    Жыл бұрын

    Some of them yes, the rest got money from elsewhere. They’re all dickheads with nothing better to do though

  • @mang0donald874

    @mang0donald874

    2 ай бұрын

    Utterly false. Your lies are super weird?? Easily disproven as false dude.

  • @Qwijebo

    @Qwijebo

    Ай бұрын

    @@mang0donald874 It's an expensive place to live, the lots the houses are not cheap. The hippie nature, bran muffin brigade thing is false, a majority of home owners on this island are from the Lower Mainland, Toronto and the US. Like most of the islands, including close to Vancouver Bowen are expensive. BC made its wealth from resources. Trees do grow back and selective logging on a smaller area such as these islands is the way to go, the thing is you need big machines, trucks and labor. I'd love to live on Saltspring, it's a dream but it's out of reach because everyone want the same thing. Supply and demand = higher valuations.

  • @aquious953

    @aquious953

    Ай бұрын

    Maybe that's true, but clear-cut ting the Gulf Islands, especially in the South, is off the table for me.

  • @joeking8028
    @joeking8028 Жыл бұрын

    They should clean all the logs off the shoreline before they can be allowed to cut the trees

  • @Qwijebo

    @Qwijebo

    Ай бұрын

    Yea and you'll protest that too: noise, destruction of habitat, the logs belong to the people...