MLAs aren’t facing the truth: B.C. forests are tapped out

Since May, when a special committee of the legislature was appointed to address a looming “timber supply” crisis, questions have arisen about what the committee would say about one community in particular. …Rather than focusing on the core issue (how many trees are left, and what the future holds for our forests) committee members allowed themselves to be swayed by dramatic yet unrelated events. … But let’s be clear: the loss of the mill has nothing to do with a looming timber supply crisis. Rather, it underscores the severity of the problems ahead for numerous communities, Burns Lake included.

By Anthony Britneff, Ben Parfitt

Aug 20, 2012 The Province

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