Ben Parfitt
@BenParfittCCPA
Followers
2K
Following
8
Media
30
Statuses
880
Keeping an eye on forests, the environment, fracking and water resources in BC. Policy analyst @CCPA. Views my own.
Victoria, BC
Joined May 2013
Great Q and A with Sarah Cox on her new book Signs of Life: a deep dive into all we're doing wrong and could be doing right to save species in Canada. And mark April 25 in your calendar when she'll speak at Vancouver's downtown public library. #bcpoli
thenarwhal.ca
In Signs of Life, Cox speaks to Indigenous communities, ranchers, scientists and even the Canadian military about efforts to save at-risk species
0
3
7
BC's Ministry of Forests still remains focused on one thing to exclusion of all others. TIMBER! Time long overdue for stewardship - Anthony Britneff, who served with distinction in Forest Service for 40 years. #bcpoli #OldGrowth
timescolonist.com
Politicians offer up flavour-of-the-month, appeasing initiatives, which are bound to fizzle and fail because their requirement is not rooted in law.
2
11
12
Congratulations, indeed! To a great reporter and a great human being. May the coming adventures be many and great.
Congratulations to @wilsondeborah who is working her final day today for @CBContheisland and @AllPointsWestBC at CBC Radio in Victoria. She is the last original staffer of the seven-person crew who opened the station in 1997.
0
0
2
Head'n to CCPA-BC gala fundraiser Thursday. A great evening in offing with special guest speaker and Tsleil-Waututh territory defender, Rueben George. Oh yeah, and the funny and sharp Charlie Demers will be in the house. Consider coming too!
0
2
4
Time to End Information Hide-and-Seek Games via @TheTyee
https://t.co/td1gf0EWdL You know you're in trouble when government "communications" staff tell you to file a Freedom of Information request just to find out who works for you. #bcpoli
thetyee.ca
Governments deny the public access to the most basic information. Here’s one example.
0
3
3
Being told to file a formal Freedom of Information request just to find out who works for you? Welcome to Orwellian world of access to information in BC where "communication" is all about delay #bcpoli #cdnpoli @CCPA_BC
policyalternatives.ca
No one should be told to file a Freedom of Information request simply to learn who works for them. Government must give members of the public access to up-to-date and useful information on who is...
0
2
5
Straw and plywood homes for tranquilized bears in #SiteC dam flood-zone? #BCHydro can do better. How about overbuilt concrete structures (a hydro specialty) and heat pumps powered by "clean" electricity? For latest Site C insanity see @thenarwhalca #bcpoli
thenarwhal.ca
BC Hydro is rushing to move bears out of the Site C dam flood zone into artificial dens so they don’t drown
0
7
10
“Fighting to protect the delta is really us fighting to protect who we are." A must-read on the threats #BCHydro dams and #oilsands industry pose to the Mikisew Cree and Wood Buffalo National Park by @sarahcox_bc in @thenarwhalca
thenarwhal.ca
UNESCO has given Canada three years to address threats to Wood Buffalo National Park or it could be listed as World Heritage ‘in danger’
0
3
5
Great to see conversation growing in response to my FOI exposé on the province's dismal regulation of dikes in today's @TheTyee. Read comments at end of article Add your voice. British Columbians deserve better. #bcpoli #ubcm @CCPA_BC
thetyee.ca
An FOI request reveals a lack of government action to address known risks.
0
3
1
FOI points to advance knowledge of "severely compromised" dikes in Merritt, BC, dikes that later failed during November 2021's monster floods. Don't miss great read by CP's @brennaowen on what else that FOI, obtained by @CCPA_BC, reveals
cbc.ca
B.C. government and City of Merritt officials were aware of significant problems with dikes for several years before the southern Interior community suffered devastating flooding in 2021, documents...
0
5
5
What's a few billion more? FOI documents obtained by @thenarwhalca show BC Govt wants Canadians to foot $3 billion bill to electrify province's LNG industry. Somewhere, Shell & Petronas execs must be laughing . . . all the way to the bank. #bcpoli #cdnpoli
thenarwhal.ca
Internal documents show taxpayers could be on the hook for a ‘fossil fuel subsidy’ to help supply electricity to liquefied natural gas projects
0
6
9
Roost easy? BC government approves yet more logging in forests needed for #endangered spotted owls & tells gun owners to come to area and blast away. Yeah, that'll really help "recovery" efforts @thenarwhalca @sarahcox_bc @ecojustice_ca #bcpoli #cdnpoli
thenarwhal.ca
With one spotted owl remaining in Canada’s wild, B.C. is approving clearcuts, shooting in habitat area meant for endangered owls to recover
0
8
5
Stumped. How did it came to pass that thousands of hectares of primary forest were clear-cut on treaty lands belonging to McLeod Lake Indian Band? @TheTyee #bcpoli #cdnpoli #UBCIC
thetyee.ca
The McLeod Lake Indian Band clear cut almost all its northern BC treaty lands, leaving lots of stumps and questions. A special report.
2
5
8
Smoke and mirrors? #Drax predecessor claimed pellet mill would mean cleaner air & less waste burned at logging sites. Instead, logs got turned to pellets and burning continued. See today's @TheTyee and add comment. #bpoli #ubcm #climate
thetyee.ca
Smithers area residents want tougher rules for UK-owned operation to protect air quality.
3
14
27
New name, same old captured regulator. BC Oil and Gas Commission, now BC Energy Regulator, gives $24-million break to Canada LNG and Coastal Gas Link. How's that for climate inaction? Great read by @sarahcox_bc in @thenarwhalca #bcpoli #cdnpoli
thenarwhal.ca
BC Energy Regulator — formerly BC Oil and Gas Commission — is giving fossil fuel subsidies to Coastal GasLink and LNG Canada, observers say
0
9
6
Record earthquakes happening smack dab in the middle of intense oil sands industry operations. Don't worry, Alberta Energy Regulator says. They're completely natural @TheTyee #bcpoli #cdnpoli #oilsands #tarsands
thetyee.ca
The regulator is silent on possible links, but study finds an obvious connection.
1
2
6
Will they choke on hypocrisy? Federally-owned Transmountain Pipeline gives $5,000 to buy food for endangered, captive-bred spotted owls while it's allowed to destroy last #oldgrowth forests where owls could live. #bcpoli #cdnpoli @thenarwhalca @sarahcox_bc
thenarwhal.ca
Logging along the route of the Trans Mountain pipeline destroys spotted owl habitat Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault vowed to protect
0
9
11
Houston, we have a problem. World's biggest sawmill opened in Houston BC in 2004. 20 years later, monster mill is shutting down. Forests gone. Jobs gone. When will we learn more from less is way to go? #bcploli #ubcic #oldgrowth #ppwc #unifor @TheTyee
thetyee.ca
The go-big era crushed local employers. Now Houston’s supersized sawmill, like others, is closing. Who’s innovating a better path?
1
7
4
And for more on the deepening forest crisis . . . listen in on special event tonight in Prince George hosted by Community Futures, PPWC and Stop the Spray B.C. Honoured to be part of that conversation too #bcpoli
ppwclocal9.com
The Public and Private Workers of Canada (PPWC) Local 9 is a democratic labour union representing hundreds of workers in Prince George, British Columbia.
1
0
9