BC forestry: Endless change, constant woes – Resource Works

January 5, 2026

BC has introduced a host of new and confusing changes affecting the forest sector

Since 2018, notes forestry watcher David Elstone, the British Columbia government has introduced more than 43 measures, policies, plans, systems, laws, reviews and reports about and affecting the BC forest sector.

Meanwhile, there have been a series of closures and curtailments (permanent, temporary or indefinite) of sawmills and pulp mills, and thus workforce reductions.

“And the fibre-supply crisis has continued to worsen, and  . . . the industry is in far worse condition than ever before.”

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