In this episode of Maple Syrup and Mayhem, we discuss a ban in Nova Scotia that bans people from walking in the woods, even if it's on their own property. Why the fuck would the government ban people from going into the woods?
00:02:12.780So it just says, don't call 911, call the snitch line.
00:02:16.580Much like COVID, is anybody remembering the snitch lines during COVID to report people having gatherings and stuff like that?
00:02:23.300So this was the initial ban, you know, came out, they're asking people to report it.
00:02:29.120And then we're going to go to the premier of Newfoundland, who, you know, is right near Nova Scotia, who has no clue why they would ban something like that.
00:02:38.380So the first thing we're going to do is look at increasing fines.
00:02:40.940You know, I'm not sure what the rationale for banning people from being in the woods totally is.
00:02:46.120We're certainly going to look at everything, as Minister Dempster said, but I think the first step right now is to look at the increase in fines.
00:02:50.800We saw that in Conception Bay North, a lot of the fires are happening on ATV trailway systems.
00:02:59.380Why aren't we looking into banning the use of those vehicles in areas that are incredibly dry?
00:03:06.720Yeah, again, we are looking at everything right now, all options to make sure that we do not have any increased fire, any unnecessary or human creative fire activity.
00:03:16.140And this is so ridiculous, because like I said, most of the people in Newfoundland, it's rural, a lot of it, probably the same in Nova Scotia.
00:03:23.600And a lot of people get around on ATVs.
00:03:25.660They've been doing this since the ATV was invented.
00:03:28.020And not, I have never heard of one starting a forest fire.
00:03:31.960Second of all, this would never be an issue if the government kept on top of forest management.
00:03:37.060And there's reasons why they don't do that.
00:03:39.280One of them being, yes, they do, they cut, or they're cutting all the funds.
00:03:42.700But I believe it's a more nefarious reason.
00:03:44.900And it's because they want places to burn down.
00:03:47.280Because if you look at the LA fires and stuff like that, what happened after the LA fires, there's a whole story about how the insurance companies started raising the insurance premiums for people in that certain area, where to the point where they couldn't afford it.
00:04:02.860So a lot of them were left without insurance, house insurance, and lo and behold, you know, massive fire starts or whatever, act of God, and their house burns down.
00:04:12.960And now they have no insurance for it.
00:04:15.460So then big companies like BlackRock come in, snap up all these properties, and boom, there you go.
00:04:20.820You have the next condo building or whatever that they can shove more of the invaders in.
00:04:25.820So that's a long way to say that they don't manage the forestry properly, much like everything in this country.
00:04:33.200It's another thing, similar to COVID, that, you know, it's a government-inflicted problem that the public is suffering for.
00:04:41.720And it's really not even about forest fires.
00:04:44.120I mean, obviously, we know it's more about keeping people, you know, from enjoying themselves and getting some fresh air.
00:04:50.060I wouldn't even be surprised if they're worried that people are going to, you know, take to the woods and start, you know, making a homestead out there where the government can't control them and stuff.
00:04:58.360Like, there's so many different fucking reasons they could have for this.
00:05:01.920But it's funny that the province or whatever, or Newfoundland, rather, doesn't even isn't even aware of the reasons why Nova Scotia would do something like that.
00:05:13.260So I do know that the East Coast, I don't know if it was Nova Scotia proper, or if it was just the East Coast as a whole, were the most compliant people during COVID.
00:05:23.280They probably had 100% vaccination rate.
00:05:26.320So it's not surprising that they would try this stuff in Nova Scotia first.
00:05:30.820But I'm going to get to something later, because they're also trying different shit in BC as well.
00:05:37.900Now, I don't know too much about this guy, Jeff Everly.
00:05:40.940I don't know if he's just a, you know, professional paid agitator.
00:05:45.840He actually did get fined for testing these draconian fucking tyrannical laws.
00:05:51.280So we're just going to watch the first few minutes of this, where he actually has the interaction with the, I guess it's the ticket guy, if it's a cop.
00:05:59.300I don't know what it is, but you'll hear.
00:08:47.180You know, I feel like this sign down here, stop COVID-19.
00:08:49.640I feel like I've seen that sign forever.
00:08:51.820Like I never thought I would not see that driving on the highway.
00:08:55.040Um, and so it's almost like I've totally forgot that that doesn't say that anymore because I was so used to it.
00:09:00.780And then now this is what they're saying.
00:09:02.360Stay out of the woods, a burn ban, $25,000 fine.
00:09:05.240And the thing about a burn ban is like, I have a cottage too.
00:09:07.680And if there's a burn ban, then okay, fine.
00:09:10.260It doesn't mean I can't use my cottage.
00:09:11.580It means I can't have a fucking fire outside my cottage.
00:09:13.900Like, so I don't understand what the whole thing is, is about not allowing people in there.
00:09:18.700And I think it's just one of those things that they're using as an excuse to, you know, change laws, make it more, you know, just basically put the boots down on everybody so that.
00:09:28.060Because healthy people that are active and if they're going to, you know, go out and do stuff together.
00:09:32.320And even if you're not doing stuff together, even if you're doing it by yourself, they don't want people happy, active.
00:09:37.660Sunshine gives us, you know, exercise in sunshine, rather.
00:13:20.720All things you can do in Canada, but you can't go in the woods in Nova Scotia.
00:13:39.920You can turn our river into the Ganges by, you know, throwing your garbage and doing whatever kind of rituals in our used-to-be-pristine rivers and our landscape.
00:13:54.180And, you know, I find the real irony in this is that I know somebody who wanted to, as a memorial to a lost family member,
00:14:17.960wanted to float those, you know, the paper candles out over Lake Ontario.
00:14:21.620And the conservation said, no, you can't, because they will contaminate the water.
00:14:56.040All fun stuff to do, but definitely, I guess definitely more fun than going into the woods, right?
00:15:00.760I mean, because obviously you're allowed to do this kind of stuff, but you're not allowed to go into the woods.
00:15:05.140And finally, you can be an Indian and come here, get government handouts and take over each and every single Tim Hortons that we used to have in this country,
00:15:19.000who was named after a great legendary hockey player, a Canadian, and do shit like this.
00:15:24.360All while our teenagers are struggling to find jobs, because this is normally where a teenager, a high school, or maybe even college kid would end up working.