$44 ryVrvryrryrress aE AAADALAAGARASAAAARASALL PVENEVYT TET TT PRPRAREESERER 4ad Shh seat suarrerevvevererverereerin $444 VYYVUYYYYY | TEVETETEHETETESTTNTETTTO RabbAd 2 ae eTTTTTTT SO SEAEAAEEEEEER 6444 cane sy 4 444 PRESSES $444 RESARS res eyyy peyeyyrryy RARSLS RASS RELELARS 4 Perrine yyy 44 te REAABASEREALAASAALL ELS BABASASALS. SAbh very sett AABAS RASSS SA, RARAADA 44 OVNTYY rreyer rvyerer ay AbbAAAAAAAAS AGbAASASALAL ii Abbaaas eveveTTy Shahe aii* Prevrerreveverreresyi “CREATING NEW FOREST SECTOR OPPORTUNITIES Forestry provides more economic opportunities. for. British ‘Columbians than any other: industry. It generates a 60; 000. direct and. indirect: jobs, and accounts. for . alf ‘of all our exports. But outdated, 1 restrictive policies . - 2 oare burting the workers that depend-on-our forest resources. The province's Forestry Revitalization Plan | will, over.the long’ term, open up new opportunities a for. workers, and enhance job. creation, economic: : > restrictions on the export of logs from Crown growth and community stability gy ENHANCING JOB CREATION To support good, high- paying jobs, BCs 600 mills - must be able to make the best use. of. ‘available " "= timber. Right now, rigid regulations dictate exactly, vi where, when and how timber ts processed. Rules ‘require that timber be processed. in a particular: “mill, even if others in the same region can create . more. jobs. or generate more value. with it. We're emoving those restrictions. Timber will now be allowed ‘0. flow: to where it can. produce the most value within Tegions and within the province — subject to air ‘competition, and with no change to current. estrictions onthe export of logs from Crown lands. he. long-term result will be more Job opportunities kers and.co mmunities. » : CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR _ ENTREPRENEURS AND VALUE ADDED To expand job opportunities for workers, we're diversifying our forest sector by opening it. up to. s ~ smaller companies, value-added industries, community forests, woodlot operators, and First Nations. We're " reallocating 20 per cent of long-term cutting rights held by major companies, to increase the amount of timber that will eventually be available on the open. market to 45 per cent — with no change to: current ands. We've also invested $8 million. for product evelopment, to help expand our products. an “create new business opportunities. A more vibrant, diversified forest sector will mean a broader range new jobs for workers in every region. PROTECTING FOREST WORKERS AND FAMILIES As we make these important. chang protecting those workers and communities who may -be impacted. We're creating a $75 million trust fund: to provide support for forest workers and: contractors - ; in adjusting to the forest reforms, And we're providing 7 : $200 million-to ensure fair compensation for the». 20 per cent of long-term cutting rights being taken: =. back. from large companies. The result of these. ~ 2 _ ichanges will be a strong, globally competitive. forest ndustry, anda brighter, more prosperous future for. s fo st dependent families. DASE oy TO GET A COPY OF BC’S FORESTRY’. - REVITALIZATION PLAN, VISIT. WWW.FOR.GOV.BC. CA/MOF/PLAN/ OR CALL 1-888-316-8811. ’ The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 23, 2003 -B3 & There are over 600 mills of all sizes in British Columbia that support jobs for forest families in over 150 communities The average salary and . benefits for a forest worker -: exceeded 367, 000 in 1999" Secondary manufacturing from timber or lumber © employs 20,000 British Columbians and produces an estimated $4.6 billion: * in annual sales a. The forest sector generated $14.2 billion in exports in. 2001, or $450 per second . We plant 200 million trees: each year in BC, or six trees every second Less than one-third of one’ ~ per cent of the total area of BC's forests is logged _ each year, producing a quarter of all the province's goods and services. .