David Eby

VICTORIA — Premier David Eby went all in at the Northern Resource Forum in Prince George this week, starting with a progress report on the commitments he made there in 2025. …On mining, LNG and electricity development, the premier could and did cite evidence of progress. Much less so on forestry, which Eby himself acknowledged as “the hardest challenge” facing the NDP government. …He’d mandated Forest Minister Ravi Parmar “to work toward a harvest of 45 million cubic metres per year.” …The most recent update from the government had the harvest going in the opposite direction, from 30 MCU down to 29. …He cited the landscape plan for the Nimpkish Valley near Port McNeill on northern Vancouver Island, the first of 15 such plans to be completed by the government. Eby had barely finished the victory lap when word came of another mill closure in that very region. …Parmar, an optimist if nothing else, says Crofton’s fate can be reversed.