Sentences with phrase «raw log exports»
New Democrats proposed: We will take steps to reduce raw log exports and get more value - added jobs out of B.C.'s forests and ensure B.C. logs create B.C. jobs.
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VANCOUVER — B.C. raw log exports hit the second - highest monthly level in recorded history in November, with nearly three - quarters of a million cubic metres being shipped elsewhere for manufacturing, said B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan today, blasting the Christy Clark...
The deal increased raw log exports by saddling lumber exporters with a border tax but allowing raw logs to enter the U.S. duty - free.
We helped limit raw log exports, launched the British Columbia Community Forest Association and used the Softwood Lumber dispute to reallocate 20 per cent of logging tenures across B.C.
He has said we need to end the raw log export free - for - all that has worsened since Christy Clark became premier, with 30,000 forestry jobs lost in B.C. on her government's watch.
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In 2011, more than 5.5 million cubic metres of raw logs were exported from British Columbia, resulting in mill closures and thousands of lost job opportunities.
The change followed the introduction of policy measures such as restriction of logging in natural forests and a ban on the export of raw logs.