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PRINCE
GEORGE
THIS
WEEK
APRIL
27
MAY
3
,
1994
Unemployment
and
environmentalism
by
Jennifer
Revel,
Editor
Contemporary
Canadian
society
faces
an
uncertain
future.
New
technology
and
its
array
of
software
in
a
growing
number
of
fields
is
changing
faster
than
people
can
understand
it,
never
mind
study
or
apply
it.
This
is
not
news.
What
may
be
news
to
some
people
is
how
stressful
this
Jennifer
Revel
situation
is
for
students.
College
students
experience
the
same
uncertainty
regarding
technology
changes
as
people
currently
in
the
work
force.
However,
there
are
crucial
differences.
One
difference
is
that
students
are
no
longer
guaranteed
they
will
find
a
job
at
the
end
of
their
education.
The
obvious
reason
for
the
lack
of
jobs
are
the
existence
of
a
slack
economy,
and
a
shrinking
Canadian
dollar.
The
less
obvious
reason
is
that
many
students'
education
is
redundant
by
the
time
they
finish
their
program.
This
redundancy
leaves
students
less
qualified
to
compete
for
existing
positions.
It
is
less
expensive
for
employers
to
retrain
current
employees.
This
bleak
and
depressing
picture
is
the
reality
of
current
Canadian
society.
Perhaps
there
is
little
students
can
do
about
the
effect
of
changing
technology.
However,
there
is
something
we
can
do
to
help
the
economy;
we
can
stand
behind
our
forest
industry.
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students,
we
should
be
supporting
the
government
and
the
private
sector.
We
should
support
their
efforts,
especially
in
timber
harvesting
and
reforestation.
Radical
environmental
organizations
such
as
Greenpeace
are
eroding
the
very
fabric
of
our
economy.
These
groups
used
to
suggest
we
stop
killing
the
whales
and
slaughtering
baby
seals
in
the
1970s
and
1980s.
Many
will
remember
supporting
Greenpeace
then.
Well,
now
they
are
trying
to
save
the
trees.
Save
the
trees?
From
what?
Extinction?
Well,
perhaps
I
am
too
much
of
a
realist
to
believe
trees
have
a
"stream
of
consciousness,"
so
I
certainly
do
not
believe
we
are
raping
or
pillaging
our
forests.
No,
we
are
utilizing
a
valuable
and
necessary
resource
on
our
land
base.
Timber
harvesting
is
not
the
most
pleasing
sight
when
cruising
along
the
highway,
but
this
is
only
short
term
.
That
is
part
of
Greenpeace's
problem,
perhaps."
They
are
short-sighted
and
long-winded.
Groups
like
this
one
say
that
government
and
industry
aren't
doing
enough
to
protect
our
forests
in
British
Columbia.
Well,
what
more
should
they
be
doing?
The
Ministry
of
Forests
has
an
extensive
reforestation
program.
Perhaps
groups
like
Greenpeace
should
examine
what
a
PHSP
(pre-harvest
silviculture
prescription)
is.
Or
perhaps
they
simply
refuse
to
believe
that
the
science
of
silviculture
really
works.
Sorry,
Greenpeace,
but
I
should
know.
I
work
in
silviculture
every
summer,
and
I
see
plantations
grow
and
prosper.
I
see
men
and
women
genuinely
concerned
about
the
environment
logging,
burning,
sowing,
planting,
pruning,
spraying,
remeasuring
and
manufacturing
products.
These
people
are
not
simply
"protecting
their
interests".
And
no,
it
is
not
a
massive
government
cover-up,
or
conspiracy.
We
are
trying
to
invest
in
our
future
by
maintaining
our
economy
and
preserving
the
fabric
of
our
society.
No
thanks
to
you.
CONGRATULATIONS
A
COLLEGE
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Looking
back
at
the
boardwalks
and
portables
in
the
early
years.
Lois
Boone
Prince,
George,
Mt.
Robson.
The
buildings
move,
which
took
place
back
in
1971.
'The
year
1
969
seems
so
long
ago.
But
here
we
are
heading
into
the
21st
century
and
the
College
of
New
Caledonia,
who
leads
the
way
is
celebrating
it's
25th
Anniversary.
To
all
the
staff,
teachers
and
students
past
and
present,
this
is
a
special
time
to
reflect
on
and
we
congratulate
you
all."
From
your
Prince
George
MLA's
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