\u0022We are prepared to suffer the consequences whatever they might be.,\u0022 says Zain Haq, of Save Old Growth
“The plan is to keep escalating until the government agrees to a meeting to discuss legislation to stop old growth logging,” said Haq, on the day 14 protesters were arrested and one hurt during the blockade of three major highways earlier in the day.
“In the 60s you had the Freedom Riders campaign where people were demanding the desegregation of interstate buses in the south. He said the group had decided to focus on one topic – the logging of old growth forest – after a poll by Leger found 82 per cent of recipients in B.C. were opposed to the practice.Article content
“If we disrupt the economy we should expect the public to be more and more hostile and the same with police and government,” Haq said.Haq has already been jailed for his role in the continuing Trans Mountain Pipeline protest and has been arrested at the Fairy Creek logging protest.
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