Ted Dergousoff

The independent, family-run mills that form the backbone of the Independent Lumber Manufacturers Association have been here for generations. Long-term sustainability is at the core of what we do. We want B.C.’s forest resource available for our kids and grandkids: for recreation, preservation, watersheds, and responsible harvesting. Critics of the current system say they support sustainable logging. So do we. Even in today’s circumstances across British Columbia, ILMA members are still standing. Still operating. Still fighting to support the workers, families, and communities that rely on us. Not a single ILMA mill has shut down. …Our business model is sustainable, labour intensive, and community centred. …ILMA members are not giant corporations beholden to distant boards and shareholders. …We are urging the Province of British Columbia to act immediately to address policies that make B.C. the highest-cost lumber producer in Canada. Thousands of direct and indirect jobs are on the line, not just in forestry, but in transportation, equipment repair, construction, local government, and service industries that rely on mill workers as customers.