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Jock Finlayson: B.C.’s forest policies have lost balance and perspective (The ORCA)


In prioritizing conservation and other environmental objectives, the provincial government has downplayed the importance of sustaining an economically viable industry


The forest products sector has long served as both BC’s leading source of exports and a foundation for jobs and other economic activity across the province.

The economic health of all of the interrelated parts of the forest industry – logging contractors, wood products manufacturers, and pulp and paper companies – matters to the BC construction sector, particularly given forestry’s still-substantial economic footprint ...

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