No shortage of opinions on BC’s forestry woes in today’s news:
- Liberals say forest workers ‘expendable’ under NDP
- COFI pushes BC forest sector toward new path
- Union says forestry workers being used as pawns
- Innovation key to growing Canada’s forestry sector
- Striking loggers receive support at Campbell River rally
Meanwhile: Catalyst lays-off 70 at Crofton mill; another option for Northern Pulp and Boat Harbour; Pinnacle Pellet scrambles to secure fibre amid closures; LignaTerra announces CLT mill for Maine; Jimmy Pattison hordes cash as global trade tensions mount, and slower US economic growth will persist.
Finally, lots on the Climate Strikes, including how forests, and wood products can help; some firm push back on Tom Fletcher’s earlier column; and… sustainable coal?
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor