CCPA – BC OfficeSuper-mills in BC have led to huge numbers of trees cut to be shipped as raw logs, and with closures like the one in Houston, BC, workers and communities are feeling the pain too.
Read more in resource policy analyst Ben Parfitt's latest piece: https://www.policynote.ca/super-sized-mills/
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Houston Falling: Super-sized mills lead to super-sized problems for BC forests and workers
When the world’s biggest sawmill opened its doors, then-premier Gordon Campbell enthused that it could shoot out enough lumber to build all of British Columbia’s new annual housing stock, which was then averaging 26,000 units per year. After the ribbon was cut and the first logs passed through it