Premier John Horgan has promised to act on recommendations of B.C.\u0027s old\u002Dgrowth strategic review, which could involve a billion\u002Ddollar bill.
The letter, signed by prominent scientists and celebrities including primatologist Jane Goodall and William Shatner of Star Trek fame, was published as an ad in The Globe and Mail newspaper.
A spokesperson for the Sierra Club of B.C. said some of the economic impacts are being overstated before government makes its decisions. Successive governments, however, have allowed “unsustainable to remain very high,” according to campaigner Jens Wieting. In an interview with CFAX radio in Victoria, Horgan said government is doing its best to implement “the spirit and intent” of the recommendations of the old-growth strategic review it commissioned in 2020, but noted it has to be fair to those who were granted timber rights by previous governments.
Ministry staff didn’t refute Girvan’s rough estimate, but in the statement said: “A socio-economic analysis is currently being conducted on the issue.” Girvan said industry understands that logging deferrals and further protection of old growth is in the cards but “is fearful that there’s going to be a massive disruption of harvesting.”Article content
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