by Working Forest | May 16, 2017 | Archives
The federal government’s aid package for the softwood lumber industry is expected to go before cabinet Tuesday for final approval. Sources tell CBC News the package will contain a “substantial” envelope of money — just under a billion dollars — to...
by Working Forest | May 16, 2017 | Archives
Canadian lumber company Resolute Forest Products Inc RFP.N said its move to temporarily lay off 1,282 employees was related to the United States’ decision last month to impose preliminary anti-subsidy duties on imports of Canadian softwood lumber. The company...
by Working Forest | May 16, 2017 | Archives
Community action groups fighting the logging of the Upper Clearwater Valley at the entrance to Wells Gray Provincial Park have banded together and are going above the province to take their issue to the federal level. The company carrying out the logging, Canfor, as...
by Working Forest | May 16, 2017 | Archives
That the current crop of politicians don’t understand trade and tariffs is well known. Donald Trump and his administration really do seem to be labouring under the impression that imports make us all poorer. Entirely the wrong way around of course, imports are...
by Working Forest | May 16, 2017 | Archives
Forests come in many different formats, but they’re all hugely important to life on Earth — humans included. Yet as deforestation continues to shrink woodlands around the world, these eminent ecosystems are overdue for some good news. And a new study obliges:...
