I agree. The population centres of most provinces have little local wilderness, and equally so regarding large chunks of Crown land. And obviously the state of mountain biking there reflects this.
BC has alot of crown land. Wasn't till I came to Ontario to realize how fortunate BC is. Here unless you head north way north….what crown land?
I agree. The population centres of most provinces have little local wilderness, and equally so regarding large chunks of Crown land. And obviously the state of mountain biking there reflects this.
I have also noticed that the vocal opposition has always tried to focus the debate on the happenings (in other regions, even world wide) that back their opinions. From my experience, these are people who stew in their anger about what they think they don't like. I think it becomes like a hobby for them and they spend a lot of effort looking for whatever they think helps make their case. It is amazing. But they don't win much. Every politician, official, bureaucrat, manager all know these kind of people: they are vocal and over represent at public forums. After-all, they show up everywhere, complaining about change related to everything that happens in our changing world. Unknown to them, their overextended behaviour actually undermines them. Those exercising power, those they try to convince, acknowledge their point, but then largely tune them out.
It seems to be white people of a certain age bracket specifically aka Hostile Old Hikers Association. Who rant about damage and pretty much want it fenced off to all but them.
Having dealt with a few of those misguided types who in places like Ontario to date have had the say. And I can see how they can spin the whole E Bike thing into " Look it has a motor" and so on. And they can use it to their advantage against MTB's any where.