by God bless the CBC Digital Archives. The folks over there uncovered a gem in a 1978 Fifth Estate documentary on the Nova Scotia forestry industry. In it, we’re introduced to a 23-year-old Elizabeth May — a young, anti-logging, women’s rights activist.
God bless the CBC Digital Archives. The folks over there uncovered a gem in a 1978 Fifth Estate documentary on the Nova Scotia forestry industry. In it, we’re introduced to a 23-year-old Elizabeth May — a young, anti-logging, women’s rights activist. "Coming out of the spruces," she out-argues a seasoned forestry industry representative on national television. Comparing his advertising campaign to "Nazi propaganda" may have been a bit out of line. But if she argues half as well on October 2nd, that debate could be interesting. The documentary is worth a look, and shows that the people over at the CBC deserve a lot of credit for giving Canadians easy access to their history. (Those of you in the teaching profession will find the archives a very, very valuable resource.)