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April 3, 2009
“Please accept our hearty congratulations for the successful implementation of the Great Bear Rainforest Agreement. We are especially impressed with the collaborative and thoughtful approach to land protection that will place British Columbia at the forefront of global environmental stewardship initiatives."
- Larry Innes, Executive Director Canadian Boreal Initiative & Steve Kallick, Director International Boreal Conservation Campaign

March 31, 2009
"We have made tremendous ecological gains. We have shifted from a model that was log first and then figure out what to do about the rest later, to a model where we now say, 'What are the limits of the eco-system?' We have a science-driven process to figure out what that is."
- Valerie Langer, ForestEthics

"A vision born from environmental and economic necessity is becoming a reality on Canada's west coast. It's a conservation model that other parts of the world can look to, a model that shows how protection of ecological values and human well-being can be advanced without undermining each other."
- Stephanie Goodwin, Greenpeace

"I think of the future that my communities have now as a result of this foundation [EBM]. We've identified the variables that we seem to trip over, over the last 10 years that we've tried to rebuild a diversified economy that will last beyond generations."
- Dallas Smith, Nanwakolas Council President

July 2008
“Without question the single most important part of the B.C. plan is the carbon tax.”
- Dr. Andrew Weaver, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, UVic

April 28, 2008
"When it comes to action on climate change, B.C.’s decision to put a price on carbon emissions makes it a leader, and provides an exciting direction for the federal government and other provinces to follow."
- Ian Bruce, climate change specialist with the David Suzuki Foundation

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