October 27, 2025
Cut Red Tape And Save BC Forestry
British Columbia is choking its own forestry sector by keeping fibre permits locked down. Looser, faster approvals would keep mills open and jobs in Canada. The BC Council of Forest Industries, or COFI, says last year’s harvest slid to 35 million cubic metres, 42 percent below the annual allowable cut, the legal cap and 10,000 jobs vanished. Shrinking Log Pile Sinclar Group just cut output 40 percent at three northern mills, parking 350 direct jobs because fibre was missing, not buyers. In the company’s notice, president Greg Stewart said, “The significance of this action should not be underestimated,” adding that
