Prince George employment consultant Lori Forgeron part of 18-member committee
B.C. Forests Minister Katrine Conroy wants people and communities reeling from mill shutdowns that reduced incomes and cast doubt on their economic outlooks to know the province cares about them and is trying to come up with workable solutions to see them through the rough times they are now encountering.
“There’s been some real challenges for rural communities because we’ve had severe wildfire seasons and it’s been a rough few years with flooding events, the whole issues with COVID, and the reductions of timber supply. We want to support workers but also support rural communities and diversify their local economies if need be.”
“You’re always worried about what’s happening when you have curtailments and potential shutdowns, it’s a tough one,” said Conroy. “We want to make sure that, working together, we can come up with initiatives that can ensure we keep people employed, whether its looking at skills training for potentially new job pathways or getting people who have worked in a mill or years a trade so they can continue working in the sector.
The NDP government announced in September 2020 a deferral of 196,000 hectares of old-growth forest in nine areas and regulated protection of 1,500 exceptionally large trees, but critics say the province is not doing enough to protect biodiversity and existing logging practices are permanently destroying species habitat.
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