Should Canada allow the logging of old growth forests?

They should be managed similar to in Germany and work done by Canadian companies. 8 years ago from a New Democratic in Dartmouth

Clear cutting s/b outlawed as well as foreign ownership, but old growth could be logged if done with caution with an eye on its effects. 8 years ago from a Liberal in Victoria

No clear cutting to make farms and then backing out with all the money from the trees. 8 years ago from a Progressive Conservative in Brockville

Logging of old growth forests must comply with the tenets of sustainable development and be restricted to areas identified for commercial development. This areas must be surplus to old growth forests designed for non-commercial activity in the different provinces…. 8 years ago from a Liberal in Vankleek Hill

Complex. Must respect need to preserve viability of old growth forests but also rights and collective needs of first nations in ancestral lands. 9 years ago from a Bloc Québécois in Toronto

The market will always determine the need. 9 years ago from a Conservative in Brantford

Property owner can decide. 9 years ago from a Conservative in Dartmouth

If it is on private property, the owners should make the decision. 9 years ago from a Liberal in Barrie

Privatize resources and let owners determine the use of their property. 9 years ago from a Conservative in Kitchener

Yes, if the profits stay within Canada and there are plans to regrow or replace the trees they cut. 9 years ago from a New Democratic in Streetsville

Protect old growth forests aged over several hundred years, while allowing sustainable harvesting of all other forests. 9 years ago from a Conservative in Victoria

Yes to encourage regrowth. It has been noted there are more green space/ trees, than a few decades ago or longer. 9 years ago from a Liberal in Ottawa

Yes but a more strict rule on reforestation and limit to smaller yealds. 9 years ago from a Conservative in Toronto

There should be at least 2 trees planted for every tree cut. Give back to the earth because she gives to us. 9 years ago from a New Democratic in Ottawa

It depends on who owns the land, who has claim to the forests. Some logging could be permitted but it must be carefully monitored and limited in scale. 9 years ago from a New Democratic in Toronto

Privatize the forests and the national parks. 9 years ago from a Bloc Québécois in Streetsville

Yes only under rare circumstances and if so an equivalent amount of trees should be planted. 9 years ago from a New Democratic in Toronto

Logging of old growth forests should be allowed if it is done in a way that leaves minimal impact on the ecosystem, and is done in a sustainable manner. 9 years ago from a New Democratic in Kingston

There are few old growth forests in Canada. All forests have had some human impact. I suggest that selective logging should occur in forests that can sustain that impact. 9 years ago from a Liberal in Toronto

Yes, but only in a limited capacity to remove the dead trees and plant new ones. 9 years ago from a Liberal in Vancouver

I recognize the importance of logging in some instances, but I also am not in favour of it. 9 years ago from a New Democratic in Toronto

Logging of old growth forest must be followed by total restoration, and no more than 50% of old growth forest should be subjected to logging in the same twenty years. 9 years ago from a New Democratic in Ottawa

Managing a balance between economical resource and the fact that if we cut all tree we lose the CO2 natural filter of the planet, as CO2 is one of the main gas responsible for greenhouse effect, but also filter others pollutants and maintain a clean air. I…. 9 years ago from a New Democratic in Quebec

There needs to be an intense study completed to calculate the potnetial benefit /loss relationship between the two, and I feel this has not been completed to the standats Canadiands expect. 9 years ago from a New Democratic in Calgary

I am only against the logging of old growth forests. Logging is still a very important factor in Canadian society. 9 years ago from a New Democratic in Richmond

Yes, but only if the logging companies are Canadian, and forced to replant intelligently afterwards. 9 years ago from a Bloc Québécois in Montreal

Controlled selective logging to maintain the forest at the optimum for wildlife and for timber production... clearcut should be outlawed. 9 years ago from a New Democratic in Toronto

Yes but not in near the amount. Perhaps only 5 or 10%. Same should be said for non old growth forrests as well. Replace it all with the much technically, and commercially superior, annually renewable (most cases much faster) source like the completely non…. 9 years ago from a Bloc Québécois in Halifax

Old growth is fire hazard and needs to be cleared out periodically. Every acre of timber harvested must be replaced with equal volume of new growth forest - assessed at foll growth. 9 years ago from a Conservative in Toronto

Clear cutting should be banned. We need to go back to harvesting only the older growth and allowing for revitalization without a full replant. 9 years ago from a Conservative in Moncton