The B.C. government has extended its log export orders for Northwest B.C. by another six months, allowing coastal logging contractors north of Vancouver Island to export a large share of their harvest.

But 91裸聊视频渞aw log91裸聊视频� export policy is about to change for all producers who export logs from B.C. Crown land, Premier John Horgan said Thursday. The current policy for provincial land involves a 91裸聊视频渟urplus test,91裸聊视频� where logs must be advertised for local sale first, before being declared surplus and allowed for export.

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e going to turn that upside down,91裸聊视频� Horgan said after an address the annual convention of the Truck Loggers Association in Vancouver. The government will use 91裸聊视频渃arrots and sticks91裸聊视频� to reduce exports and create investment incentives for lumber and pulp production, he said.

Horgan announced a with five goals, including rebuilding solid wood and pulp milling to process more wood in B.C., improving harvest efficiency, tightening up timber bidding systems to make sure bids are independently made, and auditing private forest land logging.

for log exports out of the Haida Gwaii, Mid Coast, Nass, North Coast and Northwest Interior timber supply areas were extended Thursday, but only to July 2019. The Haida Gwaii and Mid Coast orders allows 35 per cent of logs to be exported, except for cypress and cedar, and the Nass order allows up to 100 per cent export. The North Coast and Northwest Interior orders allow up to 20 per cent.

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91裸聊视频淔or the last 20 years, employment on the coast has declined by about 40 per cent,91裸聊视频� Horgan told the convention. 91裸聊视频淟umber production has dropped by 45 per cent, pulp production by 50 per cent. At the same time, log exports from Crown land have increased by nearly tenfold.91裸聊视频�

The northern regions have been subject to relaxed log export rules for many years, due to a lack of mill capacity within economic reach of remote areas. The special allowance was reduced from 35 to 20 per cent by the previous B.C. Liberal government in 2013, with a portion retained to keep loggers working in remote regions where there are few viable options for trucking to sawmills.

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