Forestry industry grandstanding

Letter by June MacNab
Campbell River Mirror
October 8, 2025
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada, Canada West

Regarding the mayor’s grandstanding on the forest industry: Just a conservative bunch trying to make people believe it is the present NDP government that is causing the decline! Look up MLA Mike Morris of the former Liberal government from Prince George/McKenzie and see where he puts the blame! Along with others. The forest companies have cut all the wood in the nearby areas of the mills, and now it is too expensive to go so far to get the wood. They are also growing wood in Georgia, etc., where it is cheap to do so. (No unions there!). Also, the U.S.has had tariffs on our lumber for some time now, never mind the new ones. Now, we are pushing to cut all the old growth, too, and the government is dragging its heels on fully implementing the program to control that.

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