On Mondays Global news cast was a story about the rebirth of Mackenzie, a forestry mill town in northern BC. It is a story that contained a number of ironic twists.<\/p>\n
There is a certain irony in the part that demand from China is playing in the rebirth of forestry, in the economic benefit as lowest cost provider to China that is a result of BC\u2019s location and in the fact that the Liberals will undoubtedly claim credit for what is, at it\u2019s core, blind luck.<\/p>\n
There is a higher level of irony involved in the fact the hated HST, which the people of the Prince George – Mackenzie riding (and people throughout BC who will benefit from the returning health of the forestry sector) signed a petition to repeal, contributed to the rebirth of the forestry sector.<\/p>\n
But the largest and most darkly humorous irony in the report is the reality of life reflected in a seemingly small but very significant change between the 6 PM and the 11 PM Global newscasts.<\/p>\n
On the 6 PM newscast the products of the forestry industry were referred to as BC\u2019s most valuable export.<\/p>\n
On the 11 PM newscast the products of the forestry industry were referred to as BC\u2019s second most valuable export.<\/p>\n
This change is reflective of the reality that BC Bud (marijuana) is, by a substantial margin, BC\u2019s most valuable export. A further irony is that it was the substantial size of the marijuana business and the recession proof nature of the export market for BC marijuana that protected BC\u2019s economy from the hard, deep economic downturn that would have hit had BC been forced to rely on its traditional (and legal) economy and exports.<\/p>\n
Reality does not care what we want to be nor is it changed or affected by denial; Reality simply is. A very ironic truth for politics, politicians and many others in BC \u2013 and Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Mondays Global news cast was a story about the rebirth of Mackenzie, a forestry mill town in northern BC. It is a story that contained a number of ironic twists. There is a certain irony in the part that demand from China is playing in the rebirth of forestry, in the economic benefit as lowest cost provider to China that is a result of BC\u2019s location and in the fact that the Liberals will undoubtedly claim credit for what is, at it\u2019s core, blind luck. There is a higher level of irony involved in the fact the hated HST, which the people of the Prince George – Mackenzie riding (and people throughout BC who will benefit from the returning health of the forestry sector) signed a petition to repeal, contributed to the rebirth of the forestry sector. But the largest and most darkly humorous irony in the report is the reality of life reflected in a seemingly small but very significant change between the 6 PM and the 11 PM Global newscasts. On the 6 PM newscast the products of the forestry industry were referred to as BC\u2019s most valuable export. On the 11 PM newscast the products of the forestry industry were referred to as BC\u2019s second most valuable export. This change is reflective of the reality that BC Bud (marijuana) is, by a substantial margin, BC\u2019s most valuable export. A further irony is that it was the substantial size of the marijuana business and the recession proof nature of the export market for BC marijuana that protected BC\u2019s economy from the hard, deep economic downturn that would have hit had BC been forced to rely on its traditional (and legal) economy and exports. Reality does not care what we want to be nor is it changed or affected by denial; Reality simply is. A very ironic truth for politics, politicians and many others in BC \u2013 and Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,44,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-point-of-view","category-media","category-provincial"],"yoast_head":"\n