On a rainy Friday this month, industry executives and government officials were sitting on the fourth floor of a Vancouver casino hotel. From the stage, a pitch for the future of forestry was on repeat: what if logging companies could be the heroes who saved British Columbia from wildfires?
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Co-chair of housing and climate task force says B.C. forestry industry to play key role in building 5.8M homes through 'factorization' of Canadian housing.
At an annual meeting, industry offers a consistent message: dwindling wood fibre and regulatory uncertainty is scaring away investment in British Columbia.