Todd Doherty

The greatest gift the federal government could give BC workers this Christmas is a new softwood lumber agreement (SLA) with the United States. That’s the sentiment Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty has been expressing for not only the last several weeks but for the last 10 years he’s been in government. Doherty noted that following the imminent closure of West Fraser 100 Mile Lumber, the closure of the Draxx pellet plant in Williams Lake and now the closure of a pulp mill in Crofton, the forestry sector needs support like never before. …The pushback Doherty receives is that their funds and government support programs are in place to help displaced workers. His question is “what happens when the money runs out?” …“A softwood lumber agreement would bring long-term stability to an industry that has been rocked for the last 10 years,” Doherty remarked.