As someone who enjoys camping this is going to be the worst summer ever in BC. At least people will be spending money here I guess. But damn, I should get priority booking in tofino because I fucking live here.
“I don’t worry about anything I can’t do anything about. It just causes stress. I just try to survive.”
I am so sorry buddy but going down to the states may, yes cost less this year however it may also get you a life time holiday in El Salvador. I know the risk is low but it is not 0.
I haven’t been looking forward to this part. Camping sucked during covid because the campgrounds were too busy with us all staying in Canada and going camping. Hopefully people take the opportunity to go to Europe or Asia this year!
Yes, we need to expand provincial park campgrounds to catch up with population growth. It’s a crime that in such a big, mostly forested province, people can’t easily get a couple hundred square feet of grass to pitch a tent for a weekend.
There are literally millions of acres of crown land available all over Ontario with thousands of old logging roads and gravel pits for parking and access
I don’t know about the other provinces but use the Ontario policy atlas to find it and go experience real camping.
Oh don’t get me started. In BC they “expanded” the number of campgrounds by converting existing non-provincial-park campgrounds (forestry service campgrounds) to be under the provincial park system. They jacked up the prices (some were free before) and added no services. Total bullshit.
You guys keep stealing shitty ideas from the US. We’ve been privatizing state park reservations for years and making it cost as much as a cheap hotel in some places.
And the bathrooms are worse than when you shoved $5 a night into a metal tube by the entrance.
I’m inclined to agree. I recall the camping experience during covid: the loudness, the disrespect for the environment, the competition for camp sites and the people who would game the booking process. Camping trips are intrinsic to the Canadian identity, however, so I can’t endorse burying it behind a “camping license” or any other such strategy. I believe expand the funding of the provincial- and national-park system is a good first step, followed by converting new crown lands to campground, opening long-shuttered campgrounds, and increasing the lands allotted to current parks. I think an education campaign is in order, too.
Imo, appreciation of the natural world and ones personal responsibility when interacting with it should just be part of the normal school curriculum
I’ve always preferred the smaller less well known campgrounds anyway.
The ones that make the top 10 lists are usually too crowded for me even in a slow year.
Even the lesser known ones were shit shows in BC in 2021. They also took over a whole bunch to make them provincial parks that were previously forestry and often free or very cheap. Frickin’ annoying.
The hell does “elbows up” mean? The article doesn’t say.
It was during the election, the Liberals convinced people Pierre was going to Kowtow to Trump and remove the counter tariffs, and they said we needed elbows up.
Removing counter tariffs kind of like this actually:
Escalating tariffs wasn’t going to solve anything. Taking American products off the shelves without the tariffs is way more effective.
Elbows up was about the 51st state bullshit.
“Elbows Up” became popular after Mike Myers appeared on SNL at the beginning of March, weeks before the Canadian Election was called near the end of March.
Sources:
CBC video: #TheMoment Elbows Up became a rally cry against Trump
Buzzfeed: What Elbows Up means
Distractify: Mike Myers was Canadian and Proud during his recent appearance on SNL
