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The Opposition with Dan Knight · Aug 13, 2026

PODCAST with John Rustad: "Cover Your Ass" How Bureaucracy and Bad Decisions Set BC’s Forests on Fire

The former Forests Minister on fuel loads, bureaucratic paralysis, 135,000 hectares of land transfers without maps, critical minerals as leverage, and why process keeps beating results in B.C.

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