N.D.P. POLICY STATEMENT ON

FORESTRY

S. J. SQUIRE, MLA

Maximum social and eco-
nomic benefit from our vast
forest lands will accrue to the
people of British Columbia
through a program wherein
this natural resource is re-
tained and developed on a
fully sustained yield basis
through public ownership and
management of commercial
forest land. Only through
public ownership and man-
agement of timberland can an
expanded Forest Service serve
the best interests of the pub-
lic through the prover alloca-
tion of cutting rights.

In addition, a New Demo-
cratic Party Government
would enlarge the Forest
Service and provide proper
finances to take care of:

(a) Complete re-stocking
of logged and burnt-over for-
est lands.

(b) Significant and positive

contributions to silviculture
and pest control through ex-
panded research facilities.

(c) Improved salvage
methods to eliminate present
forest waste.

(d) Development of suffi-
cient regional forest districts
with fully trained personnel
capable of .administering to
the specific needs and re-
quirements of their respective
forest areas.

(e) The development of im-
proved stumpage and royalty
rates in direct relationship to
the end-product return of our
forest resource.

A New Democratic Party
Government would, in addi-
tion to the expanded work of
the Forest Service provide,
through a Forestry Commis-
sion, the right of appeal
against important administra-
tive decisions of the Minister
of Lands and Forests and the
Commission would be
charged with guarding
against monopolistic tenden-
cies.

The attainable goal of com-
plete social and economic de-
velopment of our forest land
for present and future gen-
erations as envisioned by the
New Democrats can be ac-
complished by:

(1) Consulting at all times
with industry, labour and the
public with a view to estab-
lishing mutual confidence be-
tween all interested groups in
the province.

(2) Encouraging munici-
palities and co-operatives to
accept management and oper-
ation of some forest public
working circles to provide
revenue for local areas and
provide multi-use recreational
areas adjacent to urban areas.

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER as aust

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