New Forests Minister “gets to work”

By Cheryl Jahn
CKPG Today
November 28, 2024
Category: Business & Politics
Region: Canada, Canada West

PRINCE GEORGE – Ravi Parmar is the new Minister of Forests. “As a new Minister Of Forests, you do not have a guy who wants to spend the next six months developing the next flashy vision roadmap framework, you name it. I want to get to work.” And he didn’t waste time “getting to work” meeting with civic officials and others in this region, days after taking the job. And the minister says he has a trio of priorities as he gets settled into the role. “One is restoring confidence in B.C. forestry sector. The second is standing up and fighting for workers and every decision we make. And the third is honouring all the commitments that we’ve made as a government over the course of the last number of years… And so it’s now upon me as Minister to take those three pillars and start taking action.”

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