By Isaac Phan Nay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Tyee British Columbia\u2019s forestry industry is struggling. Logging and mill companies have grappled with climate change, new U.S. tariffs, invasive pests and forest management practices. The result has been a decades-long wave of closing mills and thousands of lost jobs across British Columbia. In the weeks before Premier David Eby called a snap election, forestry stakeholders including the United Steelworkers, the BC Council of Forest Industries, the Truck Loggers Association and the BC First Nations Forestry Council told the provincial government the industry was at a breaking point. A month later, ahead of the provincial election on Saturday, B.C\u2019s Conservative, Green and New Democratic parties have put forward their plans for the industry\u2019s future. The United Steelworkers union, which represents 10,000… <\/p>\n
By Isaac Phan Nay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Tyee British Columbia\u2019s forestry industry is struggling. Logging and mill companies have grappled with climate change, new U.S. tariffs, invasive pests and forest management practices. The result has been a decades-long wave of closing mills and thousands of lost jobs across British Columbia. In the weeks before Premier David Eby called a snap election, forestry stakeholders including the United Steelworkers, the BC Council of Forest Industries, the Truck Loggers Association and the BC First Nations Forestry Council told the provincial government the industry was at a breaking point. A month later, ahead of the provincial election on Saturday, B.C\u2019s Conservative, Green and New Democratic parties have put forward their plans for the industry\u2019s future. The United Steelworkers union, which represents 10,000... <\/p>\n