The NDP government’s latest foray into regulating timber allocations and forest tenures has triggered a sharp-edged exchange of between the industry and Premier John Horgan.
The industry started it off April 12, the day after the New Democrats tabled legislation giving the forests minister a veto over transfers of tenures and cutting rights between forest companies.
Twice in the preceding week, Horgan had reached out to the industry, offering a chance to “work together” and an end to “top-down solutions” dictated from on high.
But Bill 22, the aforementioned changes to the Forests Act, was tabled without any advance consultation, leaving industry feeling blindsided.
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