At the Cutting Edge

by Elizabeth May

` What we decide about the future of Canada`s remaining forests will indicate whether we will try to find a balance with the ecological treasures that sustain us.`-David Suzuki Mismanagement of Canada`s logging industry could send what once seemed an inexhaustible resource the way of the Atlantic fishery. In this powerful indictment of the forest industry, Elizabeth May documents the systematic degradation of the Canadian wilderness and reveals evidence of looming wood shortages from the Maritimes to British Columbia.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Elizabeth Evans May OC MP, is an American-born Canadian environmentalist, writer, activist, lawyer, and politician currently serving as leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich—Gulf Islands. She was the executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada from 1989 to 2006.

May became a Canadian citizen in 1978. She currently resides in Sidney, British Columbia with her daughter, Victoria Cate May Burton. She is studying theology at Saint Paul University, and describes herself as a practising Anglican.

Reviews

[BENALCAZAR VERGARA]

From an era of supplied to an era of overcutting. Regulation policies that helps Forest companies to increased clear cutting under little NRM personal and low budget. How great Canadian Forest was and what could happen. That is what the book is about