B.C. DELEGATION TO RAISE SOFTWOOD CONCERNS IN OTTAWA
VICTORIA Forests Minister Michael de Jong is leading a delegation of 24 community leaders and representatives of First Nations, labour and the forest industry to Ottawa to take the softwood lumber concerns of British Columbians directly to Parliament Hill.
The delegation will meet with International Trade Minister Pierre Pettigrew, Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal, Finance Minister Paul Martin and other elected federal officials on Monday. The delegation will raise awareness about the current plight of the British Columbia forest sector.
Travelling with the minister are:
Rod Visser, North Island MLA
Roger Harris, Skeena MLA
Pat Bell, Prince George North MLA
Wendy McMahon, Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA
Gillian Trumper, Alberni-Qualicum MLA
Gerry Furney, mayor of Port McNeill
Steve Wallace, mayor of Quesnel
Len Fox, mayor of Vanderhoof
Ross Priest, mayor of Cranbrook
Russ Hellberg, mayor of Port Hardy
Corinne Lonsdale, mayor of Squamish
Ken McRae, mayor of Port Alberni
Earl Smith, chair of the Aboriginal Forest Industry Council
Russ Cameron, president of the Independent Lumber Remanufacturers Association
Peter Beulah, Greenwood Forest Products
Rick Doman, Doman Industries
Greg Jadrzyk, Northern Forest Products Association
Rick Jeffery, Truck Loggers Association
David Gray, Mill & Timber
Jake Kerr, co-chair of the B.C. Lumber Trade Council and chair of Lignum Ltd.
Duncan Davies, co-chair of the B.C. Lumber Trade Council and president and CEO of International Forest Products
Harvey Arcand, Industrial,Wood and Allied Workers of Canada
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This information bulletin is online at [http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/pscripts/pab/newsrel/mofnews.asp]
Reference # 2002:004 *
Released on Mar 8, 2002 *
Region Province Wide *
Category General
Contact
Rena Kendall-Craden
Communications
Ministry of Forests
250 213-6867
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