Linda Coady
The full keynote presentation by BC Premier Eby and follow up Q&A with COFI President and CEO Linda Coady will be in tomorrow’s Tree Frog News. Here’s an excerpt from Coady’s first question: We’ve heard about the work your government is doing and your priorities for the forest sector of BC. And we’re kind of having an “Everything, Everywhere, All At Once Moment“. Your government has made it very clear that you see this sector is foundational to the social, economic and environmental well being of many regional communities, but also the province as a whole. The goals you’ve put out for our sector include:
- The integral role for First Nations in all aspects sector’s future from governance to stewardship to ownership.
- To manage BC’s forests to a higher level of performance on resilience to climate change and protecting biodiversity.
- To innovate, diversity, add more value to the products we produce in ways that increase the sustainability of local communities and jobs.
If we have one takeaway from this convention that we’d like to leave you with, it would be the support goal that we think should be elevated. It involves the development of an economic strategy for the sector that can relate to the the long term vision for where we are are going and what needs to happen between now and 2030 as we deal with this period of transition. …Is your government contemplating doing an economic strategy for the forest sector, and if not, can we convince you and Minister Rolsten that it might be a good thing to do?