tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3802814531816513122012-02-16T02:00:12.756-08:00By Roy Nagel<br> <br> At every level, our industry is in the midst of the biggest overhaul of process, policy and mindset in decades. There is no ‘normal’ any more, the old ways are gone, and keeping up with change and influencing it are crucial to planning for the future. This blog is my effort to help steer and push change in directions that will help, in particular, members of the harvest sector and related business communities.Roy Nagelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661813733165036579noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380281453181651312.post-12811688561716162032011-04-22T14:01:00.000-07:002011-04-22T14:01:34.585-07:00

Interior-based forest companies and the log-harvest sector are leading the way to recovery of the province’s forest industry. Almost all economic indicators show lumber production and harvesting are accelerating more strongly in the Interior than on the Coast. Among the many reasons: Overall lumber prices are up, especially for spruce/pine/fir, the dominant Interior species. Stumpage changes

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Last week, we reviewed factors that limit harvest sector capacity as the forest industry’s recovery strengthens. This week, we outline steps to help breathe new life into an ailing sector. Expanding logging and trucking capacity to meet rising demand will take commitment from all levels to adopt new ideas and processes. There is no time for lengthy studies. The work has to start now, focusing on

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Last week, we examined our worsening skilled worker shortage; this week we review factors that are already limiting contractor capacity as the recovery strengthens. Part 2 of a three-part series. The past three years have been tough for loggers and truckers. The recession meant lower lumber prices and less logging, and as forest companies cut costs, contractors were hit by reduced work and

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The harvest sector faces a ‘perfect storm’ as the forest economy heats up. This week we examine the worsening skilled worker shortage that limits the harvest sector’s ability to bounce back. First of a three-part series Logging contractors and log-haulers are watching the beginnings of a recovery in the sawmilling industry with a mixture of hopefulness and unease. It doesn’t matter who you talk

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Congratulations to Christy Clark, who won the Liberal leadership race on the weekend. As B.C.’s premier-in-waiting pending a by-election that will give her a seat in the Legislature, Ms. Clark faces many challenges that range from re-establishing unity within the Liberal party’s ranks to initiating changes she talked about in her victory speech Saturday night. Her campaign platform of putting

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A few weeks ago, we committed to assessing the positions of the Liberal candidates for B.C.’s top political job, premier, to see where they stand on forestry and northern resource issues. What would each of them do on those topics if chosen as premier of the province? What would compel Liberal Party members among our newsletter readers and CILA members to support them later this month in the

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With a blur of candidates seeking B.C.’s political top job following Gordon Campbell’s decision to step down as premier, there’s a risk that government commitments and log-harvest sector priorities can become lost in the scramble. We would be negligent if we didn’t remind the CILA’s members and other newsletter readers of the issues and concerns that are of vital importance to our sector.

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The carbon tax on fuel is an expensive sore point with loggers and truckers alike. Some forest companies allow for it in rates, others do not. When asked whether his forest company would recognize the carbon tax in logging and trucking rates, a manager said no – that the tax is ‘revenue neutral.’ To the government, yes, but not to the harvest sector. When it introduced the carbon tax, government

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Since February/March, the number of logging contractors who have approached the CILA in need of help to resolve rate stand-offs has been staggering – as many in five months as in the previous five years! Why? I think these rate stand-offs show more desperation than malicious planning by forest companies. Their managers are quick to point out that they’ve been losing money (or not making as much)

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