{"id":87390,"date":"2024-03-14T09:19:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T09:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tin.happy-projects.ro\/b-c-s-forestry-sector-finds-itself-in-a-deepening-and-never-ending-crisis\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T17:27:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:27:46","slug":"b-c-s-forestry-sector-finds-itself-in-a-deepening-and-never-ending-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timberindustrynews.com\/ro\/b-c-s-forestry-sector-finds-itself-in-a-deepening-and-never-ending-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C.\u2019s forestry sector finds itself in a \u201cdeepening\u201d and \u201cnever-ending\u201d crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new report warns of a \u201cdeepening\u201d and \u201cnever-ending\u201d crisis in British Columbia\u2019s forestry sector and criticizes government\u2019s inadequate response to it.<span id=\"more-34889\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Titled \u2018A Better Future for B.C. Forestry\u2019, the report was co-prepared by three unions (Unifor, United Steelworkers, Public and Private Workers of Canada) with contributions from others including Canadian Labour Economist Jim Stanford. It finds the sector has \u201cexperienced a perfect storm of repeated and intersecting crises\u201d that have \u201cdevastated.\u201d They include the on-going softwood lumber dispute; the mountain pine beetle infestation; declining demand for lumber in house construction and newsprint; and last year\u2019s wildfire season, the \u201cmost destructive fire season\u201d in provincial history.<\/p>\n<p>Forestry\u2019s contribution to the provincial economy has declined from more than $8 billion (adjusted for inflation) in the mid-2000s to $5.2 billion in 2017 dollars.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, direct employment in the forestry sector has dropped to just under 44,000 in 2023 from 79,000 in 2001, with 9,000 jobs lost alone since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, the bleeding has not stopped,\u201d it reads.<\/p>\n<p>The report notes the disappearance of these jobs has had a disproportionate effect on smaller communities, whose economies are not as diverse. It underscores this point by discussing the recent loss of 175 jobs in the 1,000-person community of Fraser Lake in northwestern B.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver 17 per cent of the population of town will be laid off,\u201d it reads. \u201cThe population of Greater Vancouver is some 2.6 million and 17 per cent of that population is 442,000 jobs. What would happen to Vancouver if it lost that many jobs?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the report warns of economic devastation through large parts of British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDozens of remote and regional forest communities are unsure of their future, unless a viable and sustainable future for forestry can be achieved,\u201d it reads.<\/p>\n<p>The overall state of the forestry sector has led to comments that this once \u201cvital pillar\u201d of the provincial economy, has become a sunset industry, inviting comparisons to Newfoundland\u2019s cod-fishery.<\/p>\n<p>But the authors note that the \u201ccontinued decline of production and employment in B.C.\u2019s forest industries is neither inevitable nor acceptable\u201d in making several recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>They include the creation of a permanent, province-wide forestry council focused on the preservation of high-quality jobs in forestry-related industries; development of a province-wide plan for a sustainable fibre supply; and maximization of value-added production out of the available supply.<\/p>\n<p>The report also includes a critical assessment of existing government responses to that crisis, which according to the authors, \u201chave consisted largely of a slate of relatively small and ad-hoc assistance programs, delivered with little attention to the need for an overall strategy to sustain the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the authors acknowledge government\u2019s launch of several programs to deal with closures, \u201cthis scatter-gun approach lacks overall strategy and sufficient resources to provide much more than transitional aid to affected workers and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report takes specific aim at one of the signature policies of the current government to help the forestry sector, the $180-million BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report warns of a \u201cdeepening\u201d and \u201cnever-ending\u201d crisis in British Columbia\u2019s forestry sector and criticizes government\u2019s inadequate response to it. 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