This one slipped under my radar when it was announced, but it’s a good example of the goofiness governments sometimes engage in.
The B.C. Government has given a $50,000 grant to celebrate 100 years of the B.C. Forest Service. But instead of putting that money into something that would actually help either the forest or the service, they are spending it on a “tribute in music, poetry and stories” and providing for a tour of the province.
The show started last year but government jumped in with the money to cobble it on to the Service’s centenary, with two weeks of shows in Vancouver
I think I speak for many taxpayers when I say I appreciate the immeasurable contribution of our forestry workers to this great province, and to the men and women who have staffed our Forest Service. But a travelling show when there are so many parts of the Forest Service that could use the dough? Come on.
No word yet if the classic Monty Python sketch, I’m a Lumberjack and I’m Okay, is featured.
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