Super-mills in BC have led to huge numbers of trees cut to be shipped as raw logs, and with closures like the one in Houston, BC, workers and communities are feeling the pain too.
Read more in resource policy analyst Ben Parfitt's latest piece: https://www.policynote.ca/super-sized-mills/
Photo: Houston Today/Black Press
@ccpa_bc i worked in forestry 20 yrs ago. they were saying similar things then. they know they need to transition. they know they need to find more sustainable ways of operating & weaning themselves off primary production. & yet, they keep crying this same bull shit. don't let the lumber companies fool you. they have been milking the govt for subsidies for decades. they know this game well.