This is a tough nut to crack. I am pretty sure Canada uses revenue from logging and mining to help pay for healthcare. This makes it difficult to curb logging and mining.
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Logging is about $12 billion/year against a total revenue of $422 billion.
Tiny as compared with other sources.
$12 billion/yr is not tiny.
I lived in BC for many years, many Canadians put up with the "bad haircut" and things like Highland Valley Copper because they help fund healthcare and other services. I'm not saying this is good, it's just how it is. You don't need to convince me, I think BC should stop logging full-stop and am amazed they still log old-growth.
There are specific communities where it's a big deal, but it's 3% of Canadian federal revenue. That's replaceable
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