Earthroots, Press Release, May 18:

Ontario’s forests still at risk

Some of the world’s largest clearcuts still planned in the province

Toronto - Despite announcements made [yesterday], the devastation of Ontario’s forests continues largely unabated. Giant clearcuts, which level forested areas as large as pre-megacity Toronto (10,000 ha), still make up 94% of the area logged each year in Ontario. Canada’s logging industry employs only 2/3 of the workers per tree cut that Sweden employs, and Ontario has still not respected the human right of Indigenous peoples to say “no” to logging on their traditional lands.