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Resource Economics Project (BC)
Investing causes of social and environmental insecurity in resource-dependent communities
The B.C. Office’s Resource Economics Project is a special research desk staffed by award-winning journalist and researcher Ben Parfitt. This environmental justice initiative looks into the causes of economic and social insecurity in B.C.’s resource-dependent communities. It offers policy solutions aimed at meeting the joint challenges of environmental sustainability, jobs and social justice.
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True Partners
Charting a New Deal for BC, First Nations and the Forests We Share Download 823.42 KB73 pages
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Province should share forest revenues 50-50 with First Nations
Stronger commitment needed for a long-term “new relationship” READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER–BC should turn half of the roughly $1 billion it collects annually…
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Softwood Lumber Agreement spells trouble for jobs in BC’s forest-dependent communities
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) The new Canada-US Softwood Lumber Agreement, if it is ratified by the Canadian Parliament, spells bad news…
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Softwood Sellout
How BC Bowed to the US and Got Saddled with the Softwood Lumber Agreement Download 741.06 KB12 pages
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Softwood deal will spur more raw log exports
The recent vote in the House of Commons ratifying the softwood lumber agreement with the United States may bring temporary relief in Canada’s long running…
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Fundamental change needed to save Ontario’s forestry-dependent communities—report
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The Ontario government must implement far-reaching forestry and hydro reforms if it is truly serious about safeguarding Northern…
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Public Forests, Public Returns
A Way Forward for Ontario Download 407.71 KB 44 pages
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Coastal forest communities need a new deal
In October 2005, shareholders with one of Canada’s largest forest companies got great news.
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A Walk in the Woods
A long-time logger I know once quipped that “greed and stupidity make a lethal cocktail and this industry’s been drinking doubles for a long time.”…
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$145 million and counting in compensation for “lost” timber
Forest industry sweet deal In October 2005, shareholders with one of Canada’s largest forest companies got great news. As part of a plan to redistribute…
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Spreading beetle outbreak calls for federal leadership
No sooner was Gary Lunn named federal Minister of Natural Resources than media outlets speculated about the role the Saanich-Gulf Islands MP would play in…
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Action plan shows more stable future for forest communities is possible
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. VANCOUVER–A study released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says there is no shortage of solutions available to…
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