Rick Jeffery

2017 was a year when British Columbia’s coastal forest industry was re-affirmed, once again, as an important cornerstone sector to growing BC’s strong and sustainable economy.  A new economic study by PwC found that $12.9 billion of our province’s GDP comes from forestry with government receiving $4 billion in tax revenue every year from the sector.  It also found that 140,000 British Columbians rely on forestry for their jobs with the stability of 140 BC communities dependent on a healthy industry. …As the highs and lows of 2017 continue into the new year, they will be addressed with a new voice for the coast.   BC coastal forestry, as represented by Coast Forest will be united with the BC Council of Forest Industries.  Together we will continue to look to the future as we always have – with resilience, persistence and optimism.