David Eby

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is looking for ways to help a pulp mill closing on Vancouver Island, Premier David Eby said, but logging the province’s old-growth forests for pulp is not an option. Eby was scheduled to meet Wednesday with the head of the union representing the 350 Domtar workers who are set to lose their jobs, as well as the mayor of Crofton, BC. A team from the Ministry of Jobs will be going to the community of about 1,500 people to identify opportunities around retraining and employment, the premier said, adding the government was mulling ways to keep some jobs at the site. “If there’s something else we can do, absolutely… But the idea that we would pulp old growth in order to buy a little bit of time is not a solution we’re looking for.” Eby said the province was looking for “long-term, sustainable solutions.”