Maximizing our Mineral Potential
The Cariboo region has an abundance of opportunities to expand mineral exploration and extraction as a means to offset any falldown in economic activity resulting from the mountain pine beetle.
Along with the expansion of the Gibraltar and Mount Polley mines, opportunities exist for both new continue reading
So Many Bills, So Little Time
Much attention is being paid to the federal budget bill and the limited time MPs have to debate that massive piece of legislation with its embedded changes to Canada’s environmental laws, but the same issues of time-limited debate and the undermining of the legislative process are continue reading
Bad Data, Bad Decisions
There’s an adage in business that you can’t manage what you don’t measure. Put another way, if you don’t have good data about something, then you won’t be able to successfully manage that particular aspect of your business.
The single largest public asset in British Columbia continue reading
Let’s be honest!
After years of trying to get the provincial government to start planning for the inevitable reduction in timber supply in our region, it looks like we might have finally made a breakthrough. Why? Because some very concerned public servants released documents which revealed how deep and continue reading
Getting to “No”?
About a year ago, I caught wind of a government initiative examining what incremental timber supply might be made available if land use restrictions in mountain pine beetle impacted Timber Supply Areas were relaxed or lifted. The only sector the government was engaging in this assessment continue reading
What About Our Future?
There’s been a lot of attention paid to Burns Lake since its mill burned down in January this year. A recovery team was assigned to help the community through its immediate crisis and help people find work as quickly as possible. I give full credit to continue reading