Ward Stamer

There’s a new logger at work in Victoria. New, that is, to the seat of British Columbia’s Legislative Assembly, but no rookie to either the political arena or getting the job done in the forest. Ward Stamer was a logging contractor in B.C.’s Southern Interior region for more than 40 years. He launched a second career in politics, first on the local level and now on the provincial stage. His goal in Victoria is to make a positive contribution to restoring B.C.’s forest industry to a sustainable status, and a major contributor to the health of the provincial economy. The constituents of Kamloops-North Thompson elected Stamer who had Forestry Critic responsibilities added to his portfolio. …“My job isn’t to criticize what’s happened in the past,” he said. “Rather it is to move forward with actionable solutions, derived from discussions with all stakeholders and deliver those solutions through to the forests minister.”