Assignment 4

January 17, 2025 By: Robert (Borealis) Dowe- Douglas

The Article that this small reflection will be focused on is a CBC article based on the issues facing the logging industry. Naturally the media and the expert that they brought in from UNBC mediated the concerns from the perspectives of the Economy and the environment. Is it the perspective that this reflection takes to which the concerns of the environment are always sidelined to those of the economy, or are always looked at as not as much as a concern in comparison to the environment. The Article made a great deal to show the impact of the logging industry “Bleeding”[1] as one of the interviewed said. The news media introduced them as someone who lost their job taking advantage of sympathy since they also mentioned that he was a father of two kids. And when they were interviewing the expert from UNBC they had confidence that things will work out for the environment, with new technology and that things will adapt now that we have to since the pine beetle killed many trees however they made emphasis that things will be fine but he was worried about how many people will lose their jobs before they do improve showing an obvious bias in priorities which isn’t surprising considering the capitalist nature of our world nowadays and the article started with showing an old report from the early 2000’s then explaining that these issues have persisted and not changed since then showing an acknowledgement that things aren’t changing like they should. This to me is concerning, because contrary to belief our planet does not have all the time in the world to wait to be addressed.

[1] “What Are the Biggest Challenges B.C.’s Forestry Industry Is Facing Today?” YouTube, September 26, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46RkwmYfMDo.