Kelly Marciniw & David Eby

As the incoming Chairperson of the Board of BC Wood, I had the honour of introducing keynote speaker Honourable David Eby at the Global Buyers Mission. With several hundred buyers, specifiers, and sellers brought together, this is an event designed to share knowledge, build connections, talk shop among peers, and grow our wood value-added businesses domestically and globally. I encouraged participants to think expansively about how we can substitute more products and applications with those made with wood, forestry and other biomaterials. And the opportunity for buyers and specifiers – that sourcing our high-quality, ethically-harvested forestry products, manufactured right here in beautiful British Columbia, Canada will bring as benefits to their global markets and to their clients. I also shared a few extra words about two special guests we had with us: Randi Walker, retiring from BC Wood after 25 years of service; and David Eby, Premier of BC.