by Working Forest | Dec 7, 2016 | Archives
When a pair of Fort Nelson timber processing plants closed eight years ago, the town didn’t feel the impact right away. For many workers, finding employment in the booming Horn River natural gas play was relatively easy. But with hundreds of oil and gas jobs wiped out...
by Working Forest | Dec 5, 2016 | Archives
The long running dispute between Canada and the U.S. over lumber in Canada being a “subsidized” product is now a hot issue again. This has been going on even longer than most people realize. When I arrived here to start work with Industrial Forestry...
by Working Forest | Dec 5, 2016 | Archives
When the U.S. Lumber Coalition petitioned its government November 25 to impose duties on Canadian imports, it kicked off a new round in what has become the longest and most bitter trade war between the two nations. The argument isn’t new. The American lumber lobby has...
by Working Forest | Dec 5, 2016 | Archives
The imposition of import tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber will place a heavy burden on consumers and U.S. workers, a leading American voice for free trade with Canada says. The U.S. National Association of Home Builders says duties or volume caps on imported lumber...
by Working Forest | Dec 5, 2016 | Archives
“We are pleased with our progress and the forest management we carry out,” said Derek Geldart, the woodlands manager for the paper company, in a press release. “Ensuring the long term sustainability of the forest we manage in eastern Nova Scotia is important to us...
