The federal government has announced it is investing about $12 million in British Columbia’s forestry sector, days after other tariff-hit Canadian industries were offered $1.5 billion in support.
Energy Minister Tim Hodgson made the announcement at Terminal Forest Products, a sawmill in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday.
Hodgson says the funding will prioritize 14 projects that use low-carbon wood technology, expand the use of mass timber in construction, or are Indigenous operated.
He says the investment is part of Canada’s strategy to diversify its wood production and become less reliant on the United States amid its “unjust” tariffs.
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Asked about the size of the funding in light of the $1.5-billion commitment to sectors including steel, aluminum and copper last week, Hodgson says the federal government has previously committed $2.5 billion in support for the forestry sector.
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British Columbia Premier David Eby was critical of the federal government after last week’s tariff relief omitted the lumber industry, which has been combating U.S. duties and fees for decades.
Eby said he was concerned that it was prioritizing other sectors of the economy over B.C.’s forest sector.
Hodgson says the federal government is working “constructively” with the province.
Maybe Eby you need to crack the wipe at your FN Co Government and get that oil pipeline pushed thru.As long as you can do the agreement in public view and fully disclosed for once. Maybe then Carney will show a little love for BC.
alfred mannion – It’s never enough for a little Naz1 goof like you
To rape our forest and send it to Trumpville
The NDP and their extremist laws limiting fibre supply have destroyed the B.C. forestry industry. You speak to the people at the mills and in the smaller towns they’re located in, and they hate the NDP for a reason.
not enough