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Clayoquot Remembered
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VICTORIA – Hundreds of
people gathered at Clayoquot
Sound last weekend to
celebrate the fifth
anniversary of what was
perhaps the most pitched
battle in the woods between
the forest industry and
environmentalists.
The story of that long, hot
summer at Clayoquot Sound
had almost receded into
history, the events only
dimly remembered by those
who weren’t directly
affected.
I had to teach the spell
checker of my new laptop
that Clayoquot was, indeed,
a word. Those who showed up
at the reunion, however,
remembered only too well.
Today, Clayoquot Sound on
Vancouver Island, is a quiet
place. But five years ago,
it became the decisive
battle ground in the war
over the preservation
old-growth forests, a war
that had been raging for
some time.
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A long
time ago, like 20 years, a colleague
of mine would, year after year,
refuse to make a donation to the
Community Chest, which you could do
by payroll deduction.
Not that he was unaware of the need.
He saw the relative poverty around
him just as well as the rest of us.
He knew that a lot of single mothers
couldn’t possibly make ends meet. He
knew that street kids, which were
around even then, would probably be
lost to society, unless someone or
some charitable organization
extended a helping hand to them.
He knew
all that, but refused steadfastly to
donate any money to ease the lot of
all those people in need. His reason
was: he didn’t have any use for
charitable organizations. He was
convinced that charitable groups
gave government a convenient excuse
not to live up to its obligations.
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Hubert
passed away December 2003 with
his family at his side.
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