Simpson calls it short-sighted, but forestry council (COFI) supports Victoria’s action plan
Business Vancouver
It sounds like a laudable goal: increase access to timber that was hitherto off limits – or virtually worthless – to logging in order to keep sawmills running and people working in places like Burns Lake. But Bob Simpson, independent MLA for Cariboo North, warns that the B.C. government’s Mid-term Timber Supply Action Plan is shortsighted and will worsen a timber supply crunch resulting from the mountain pine beetle infestation and a decade of accelerated harvesting….But the Council of Forest Industries (COFI) disagrees.
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