RE:Q2 exportStumpage was managable but Horgan is raising stuppage fees in BC by $18 in July. Plus their 3% parroll tax comes into effect and Fuels green tax which will gradually raise to 22 cents over the next couple of years is to be increased. That is what is pushing the closures TOLKO okanagan told their Contractors yesterday their delivery sort yards will now close till September or later Loggers are down beginning of July.
IFP never even enterained a bid for P&T mill in the Fort I could post the Docs on who Bid. IFP had it's finances stretched with Gradn Forks and the Columbia Arrow Lake timber rights Quota Our company Operated over a lot of BC including The Fort Our company had a logging and trucking sector as well as contract forest road construction services. We were holding the bag for over $150 Gs when Pope collapsed both in the north and Nakusp Got paid out when it sold. Very familliar with what went down.
Later we did a bit of work for IFP in the Squamish area and logged some for delivery to their north dump on Adams lake. For the previous 4 years in the spring months we had trucks hauling from up toward Sooke to the Shoal Isl D/L sort not this year as we are giong to a job in the Fernie / Sparwood district for a few months Bar fires shutting us down.
Have been the the forest logging and construction business in BC now, soon starting the 3nd as he finishes his education.
Working in the outdoors is the greatest healthy life style anyone could ask for. Looking back I would not trade a minute to do anything else. Started the bussiness at 19. Now 80 worked all over BC and Alberta and loved every minute.
People go out in the bush camping for recreation a weekend or two a year, as it is relaxing away from the city. For Us we were out there every day with no city rat race to contend with..