PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Northern Development is announcing the first funding program available under its newest partner program, The Canada-B.C. Workforce Tariff Response Forestry Grant: Forestry Training Fund. The $6.9 million funding program is built to support workforce needs across the entire province by enabling the recruitment, training and retention of individuals with demonstrated labour market attachment, including those impacted by recent macro-economic transition. …A maximum of $1 million is available to each employer applicant, providing up to 85 per cent of eligible staff’s combined wage and training costs over the training horizon up to a maximum of $50,000 per employee. …The program is available to those operating in the forestry sector within Indigenous organizations and First Nations, corporations of any size (public or privately owned and incorporated) and not for profit organizations whose sole purpose is to create jobs and economic benefit in their industry (i.e. community forests).