09/11/2026
When 15 forestry groups tell David Eby the industry is in crisis, he needs to listen.
B.C. has already lost 21 mills and 15,000 forestry jobs, while the cost of permitting and block layout has tripled in just five years. The NDP promised an annual harvest of 45 million cubic metres, but more than a year later, we’re still nowhere close.
Every mill closure impacts a family, a contractor, a local restaurant and small businesses throughout the community.
Forestry groups have put a practical plan on the Premier’s desk: cut red tape, get more fibre to mills and raise the harvest… a plan that could bring in almost $600 million a year.
The NDP needs to stop making it harder for people to get to work and start listening to B.C.’s forestry sector.
