“Nova Scotia’s wildfire restrictions on going into the woods is causing a stir.. at least that’s what American-owned Canadian media companies and rightwing influencers want you to think.” From the blurb for the YouTube video above.
Canada’s version of a rightwing press has been trying to make a ban on entering the woods because of extreme fire conditions some sort of weird civil rights issue. The guy below did his aggrieved victim act by walking into the woods a few days ago, just to get his $25,000 fine ($28,872.50 with surcharges and taxes). And now Postmedia and others are trying (albeit with limited success) to turn him into some goddamn folk hero. Postmedia is Chatham Asset Management, a New Jersey-based hedge fund that owns about 66% of Postmedia. The founder and owner is Anthony Melchiorre, a good friend and major donor of Donald Trump, naturally.
Source: National Post
A Nova Scotia man who intentionally violated the province’s ban on entering the woods says he plans to fight his $28,000 fine.
Jeffrey Evely, a veteran and former candidate for the People’s Party of Canada, recorded a video over the weekend of him first going to the Department of Natural Resources in Coxheath, N.S., and informing officers he was going into the woods to protest the ban.
