Jointly issued by: BC Federation of Labour; BC Government and Service Employees’ Union; Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office; Communications Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada Western Region; ForestEthics; Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada; Sierra Club of Canada BC Chapter; Sierra Legal Defence Fund; United Steelworkers District 3 - Western Canada; the Valhalla Wilderness Society and the Western Canada Wilderness Committee.
A tree too far
The total logging response to the pine beetle catastrophe means healthy trees are being felled with the dead ones. The policy needs rethinking.