Our community like so many others have invested in the province for decades and now we need government to invest in us
In recent years, numerous B.C. communities have been negatively impacted by forest sector closures. In January of this year, Canfor announced it would be permanently closing their sawmill and pellet operations in Chetwynd and would be shutting down their sawmill in Houston with a possibility of a future restructure and rebuild.
At the same time, we know this uncertainty exists in forestry and resource dependent communities across our province. It has impacted, and will continue to impact families from a diverse range of communities in B.C.
Through Houston’s local Morice Timber Supply Area , more than $1.2 billion in stumpage has been directed to provincial coffers since 1980. That’s just one TSA. What have the others provided to the province? Every day, the people in these communities work long shifts around the clock in the resource sector that make it all possible.
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