Katrine Conroy

Forest reform legislation is set to be introduced this fall by the New Democrat government, but the promise of change can’t come soon enough for old-growth logging protesters who gathered outside Premier John Horgan’s office Monday. Forests Minister Katrine Conroy said Monday the legislation the government will introduce intends to bring changes to the Forest and Range Practices Act and the Forestry Act, but she couldn’t guarantee the new laws will end protest actions such as the friction at Fairy Creek over old-growth logging. “We’re going to do this and we’re going to do this right,” she said in an interview. “It’s about our forestry, significant changes.” Conroy could not provide details of the changes but said it goes beyond the issue of old-growth logging and relates to forest workers, communities and Indigenous groups.

Additional coverage in the Vancouver Sun, by the Canadian Press: Old-growth logging protesters gather outside premier’s office as legislature resumes