MLAs butt heads over forestry tenure changes

Companies could have option to apply for scarce tree farm licence

The B.C. government plans to introduce legislation that will give forestry companies rights and responsibilities to Crown land – a change critics say will benefit only the province’s largest forestry companies. …The change is based on recommendations from the Special Committee on Timber Supply, said forestry minister Steve Thomson. …But Bob Simpson, independent MLA for Cariboo North, said the minister is misreading the committee’s report. “I’m … challenging the minister to tell the public which [recommendation] he’s referring to, because there is no recommendation to roll over [volume-based] forest licences,” said Simpson.

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