Ron Woznow

City of Powell River councillors have adopted a resolution for the Union of British Columbia Municipalities’ (UBCM) convention in September regarding forest harvesting. Councillor Cindy Elliott and mayor Ron Woznow put this resolution together. Woznow said it was an issue that came from meetings at a previous UBCM convention with the Truck Loggers Association. “Very simply put, the City of Powell River has probably lost about $7 million in revenues,” said Woznow. “That is the estimate of the reduction in revenue that Western Forest Products and other companies have experienced. …“The thing about the forest industry is that it actually creates wealth, as opposed to simply distributing wealth.” …The resolution states that UBCM call upon the provincial government and the minister of forests to take immediate steps to create regulatory certainty for planning and permitting the harvest of the full existing licensed annual allowable cut. The motion passed unanimously.