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■ JUSTIN TRUDEAU IN PRINCE GEORGE
Trying to revitalize the Liberals Son of former prime minister vying for leadership of party DELYNDA PILON newsroom@pgfreepress.com
A crowd of about 100 people, mainly students but some middle-aged residents and at least one couple with a baby in tow, filled a room at the student centre at the University of Northern British Columbia on Jan. 23 for a chance to hear Liberal leader hopeful Justin Trudeau talk about revitalizing the party. The crowd was attentive as Trudeau, young and personable with a face that resembles those reflected back in many of the dorm room mirrors at the university, spoke, greeting him with respect bordering on reverence. But Trudeau did not come to the forum to postulate, rockstarish, thanks in part to his famous heritage and inherent charisma, but to deliver a serious message as an experienced MP from Papineau vying as the front-runner against nine other candidates for the party’s leadership. Trudeau said one of the singular components of the Liberal party is it is neither left nor right – and not even middle-of-theroad. Rather it is a party based on values, and it needs the aid of diverse Canadian voices and ideas to rebuild. Trudeau delivered his message while drawing a picture of young people typical to today’s society, including those who came to the university to attend the event, discussing the immediacy of information. “Knowledge is power, we were always told,” he said, add-
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Federal Liberal party leadership candidate Justin Trudeau talks with reporters at UNBC following a campaign stop in Prince George Jan. 23. ing that perhaps now, though, things have come full circle and people feel overwhelmed. There is a feeling you cannot change the world while, simultaneously, he said, young people have an awareness that what they say and does matters. Yet, he pointed out, they pay little attention to politics. He said he sees this as a condemnation of the way politics is done and pointed to leaders creating division, strategic targeting and a focus on wedge issues, taking the easiest road to votes. “This fosters division in a
country strong because of its differences,” he said, adding it dampens the capacity for everyone to work together to find solutions. A facet of that disconnect can be quantified with a financial example, he said, pointing out though the Canadian economy has doubled in size in the last 30 years, the middle class has seen a 13 per cent increase in financial benefit. “So the people working hardest for it are not sharing on it,” he said. This erodes the premise the
country was built on – that you can be anyone from anywhere and, with hard work, you can make a success of yourself in Canada. “For the first time ever there is a breakdown in the promise that created this country,” he said. He added it may be the first time the next generation does not receive greater benefits than the one before it. “The only way to address this is to stop allowing ourselves to be divided,” he said. He said it is time to reject Band-Aid solutions, easy sound
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Using the expertise available to ensure those traditions continue only makes sense, as does keepA current forest inventory ing the line of communication and re-dedication to replanting between those experts and govare critical components for the ernment productive. future of the industry, accord“Government has to do its ing to NDP forestry critic Norm part,” Macdonald said. “We Macdonald. must look after pubMacdonald was in lic land.” Prince George Jan. Macdonald added 24, meeting with that, while the focus a variety of stakeis on timber, comholders as the party b bined with that is a moves forward setlack of information ting up its plan for on soils and wildforestry, based on life.” five priorities. “There is a host of Macdonald said values where there there has been no is no accurate invenaccurate inven- Norm Macdonald tory,” he said. “The - Forestry critic province failed.” tory done of the province’s forests Finding the for 30 years, meanmoney to take ing about 70 per cent of current inventory and replant will be a decisions surrounding forestry challenge, he said, especially in is based on old information. that the NDP don’t expect to see “To make informed decisions a thoroughly accurate budget you need good accurate infor- produced pre-election. mation,” he said. Macdonald said the project With meetings scheduled in will take between four to five several cities throughout the years to complete and cost $20 to province, Macdonald said one $24 million. Since NDP provinimportant factor in his portfo- cial leader Adrian Dix said the lio is ensuring experts on the project would pay for itself fully, ground are consulted, whether Macdonald made no promises to help strategize a plan or study the time frame the inventory one to ensure it will be practical process would be completed in when put in affect. was set in stone. B.C. wood is known for its “But I think with the inventory quality, Macdonald said, and we’re safe,” he said. “I think the that it is harvested according to more expensive part is replanthigh environmental standards. ing. But out of necessity we need
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to make the investment to build capacity. It all takes time.” Macdonald said the province used to be legally committed to replanting, such as after a forest fire. “It used to be law,” Macdonald said. However, the law was removed in 2002 and the budget for replanting trees was cut by 90 per cent. Now about two million hectares of forest needs to be replanted. “The plan is, within a fouror five-year period, to meet the government obligations,” Macdonald said. “Inventory is such a huge issue,” NDP candidate Sherry Ogasawara said. “We feel acutely the devastation in the Prince George region. We are encouraged Mr. Macdonald is here to share with stakeholders and provide a plan.” The plan is of particular importance to the region Bobby Deepak, NDP candidate, added. “Forestry is critical to Prince George and the region.” He named several mills that have closed their doors in recent years, like Clearlake, Rustads and Winston Global. “These are good-paying jobs that support families, and they are lost,” Deepak said. He added the plan puts good practical steps in place supporting a vision to add jobs to the forestry sector while building for its future.
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NDP forestry critic Norm Macdonald visited Prince George in January, discussing the importance for a complete inventory of the province’s forests and promising one would be done should the party form government in May. However though MLA Pat Bell, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training agrees inventory is important, he said the timber supply is looked at every five years in the province. “Inventory is important, but every timber supply area in the province is looked at every five years,” Bell said. “We use a variety of tools like digital imaging from satellite aerial photography and ground proofing, so the forest services bases its decisions on where they deploy inventory work on that information. If there are significant changes that transpired in an area, then the forest service goes and does more in-depth inventory work. If it’s been in a constant state, if the state of the forest has been consistent in that area, then they add the incremental growth they know would have occurred.” MLA John Rustad, chair of the special committee on timber supply, said taking a full inventory during the pine beetle epidemic would have been pointless. “The reality is when you’re in the middle of a pine beetle epidemic, doing your inventory doesn’t make any sense because the land base is changing so rapidly that you do the inventory, and the next year it’s changed so dramatically you don’t have the wanted quality for your base,” Rustad said. He added the inventory is updated on an annual basis to make sure the current information is as accurate as possible so the annual allowable cuts can be calculated. “The intent of the forest inventory is to give us a reasonable knowledge of what is out there for the purpose of calculating the timber supply review
and setting the annual allowable cut,” he said. He added companies may need further information for a variety of business decisions, however gathering that information is their responsibility, which is why they do cruising, collect added information, and compile it to make those decisions. Bell added the NDP’s forest policy is shallow, and the one item they continually advocate for is increased inventory work though there is much more to the portfolio, including building markets and researching new product lines. Bell claimed the Liberal policy, built over the last 12 years, has helped draw the largest, secondlargest and fifth-largest forest product manufacturers in the world to establish themselves in B.C. “That was not true when we took government,” Bell said. “They employ people at very high levels.” Another issue raised by Macdonald is forest replantation, something that in many cases was a governmental responsibility until 2002, when he said the law was removed from the books and the department’s budget was cut . However Bell said the government is planting more trees than ever “We planted in excess of quarter billion in trees in several different years,” he said, adding the quality of the seeds used is higher. “They are of better quality, sometimes growing 30 per cent faster than before,” he said adding it is very detailed extensive work. Rustad added that where it took several years for a new stand to take hold in the past, now it can be a matter of months. “Wherever there is harvest on the land base, the period of time for us to get a stand planted is six to 18 months, while in the late 80s it was six to eight years. We are very very good at renewing forests,” Rustad said. He added there was a time in the mid 2000s when the NDP suggested the government plow under dead pine stands, then replant them.
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UNBC president sees skills crunch coming ALLAN WISHART allanw@pgfreepress.com
By 2016, B.C. will have more jobs requiring post-secondary education than it will have people to fill them. That’s the analysis of the Research Universities’ Council of B.C. (RUCBC), based on the province’s recent BC Labour Market Outlook. UNBC is one of the six members of the
council, and President George Iwama says the need is there for more places to put students. “A lot of what we’re looking at here is filling current programs,” he said Tuesday, “but we are keeping the pressure on the government for new programs, such as engineering and law.” The report says that by 2020, there will be 18,800 jobs unfilled in
the province because of a lack of education and training for B.C residents. Government data shows 8,400 of those will require a university degree, 8,100 a college credential, and 2,300 will require trades training. “There is a need for more seats at all institutions,” Iwama said, “but we feel the government is occupied with trades training now, and we’re hear-
ing from overrun On average, he says, “We are concentratindustry with stu- UNBC is currently fill- ing on students from that they d e n t s , ing between the high the north, because need peosome of 80s and 90 per cent of they are more likely to ple with w h o m funded seats. stay in the north when the univerthe gov“To me, though, it’s they are finished their sity level of e r n m e n t more important that schooling.” education. d o e s n ’ t we maintain the qualCurrently, UNBC is “We feel p r o v i d e ity of education we doing a lot of marketthe govthe school provide,” he added. ing in southern B.C. ernment f u n d i n g “We’re very strong in and centres such as needs to for. At distance education, Calgary and Toronto. George Iwama balance the UNBC, it’s and that is something Iwama says that could - UNBC president areas it is a slightly we want to build on change. funding.” d i f f e r e n t to provide training to “We are looking at Today, he says, story. students across the putting more informasouthern schools are “I would feel com- north.” tion out to students fortable in saying we With a large number in the northern parts could take on 400 more of students from the of other provinces. In students at the school,” north taking courses Ontario particularly, Iwama said. “Those are at UNBC, Iwama says, we are becoming reccussed fibre availability, an issue Brown talked seats that are funded “the vision of the ognized for the good about as well. but not filled in the founders of the school reputation we have “An access to a sustainable long-term supply system.” is coming true.” worked to attain.” is critical to business decisions,” he said. Accessing skilled labour is already a problem. 9 Calabrigo said we are facing a skilled-trade crisis in the province. Neither of their facili*Based on double ties are running at full capacity and the need occupancy. Valid for for millwrights, mechanics and others is in the Fri., Sat. & Sun. night double digits. stays. Offer ends Mar. 31, 2013. Not to be “If there is no progress we need to look out of combined with any the province and at foreign workers,” he said. PLUS TAX other offer or promotion He added this is something the government is trying to facilitate, looking beyond the temporary foreign worker programs. A variety of floor plans and features to choose from such as: “Capital is risk diverse, and by definition is • One and two bedroom suites • Balconies • State-of-the-art Fitness Centre mobile,” Hoffer said, explaining the basics of • Hospitality suites • 32” LCD/HDTV • Ergonomic desk and chairs Canfor’s investment strategy. • Beautiful hardwood floors • Vaulted ceilings • Pool & Hot Tub He said they look at predictability and stability • Deep soaker Jacuzzi tubs • Exclusive “Comfort Bed” • Gas fireplaces as well as the market for wood. • Free high speed internet A predictable supply that will be there in the Our in-house services include the Blackwater Restaurant & Lounge, Room Service. future, he said, is important. They also look for The Willow Room for meetings and gatherings for up to 60 persons, catering and much more. close compatible markets, like wood chips or pellets. “Proximity to market is an important, a critical concern for us,” he said. They also look for sound public policy, including a sensible tax environment. Economic and political stability is important. Though originally considered a coastal company, Canfor has invested in the Central Interior beginning in 2008 thanks to the various reasons given, as well as because historically it gives a higher return on capital employed.
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Much of what the members of an expert panel on forestry said about the positive aspects and the challenges of investing in B.C. mirrored what Steve Zika, CEO of Hampton gave as reasons that company decided to rebuild the Babine mill in Burns Lake. The panel, including Ken Baker, CEO of Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd, Steve Hoffer, general manager, sales and marketing, Canfor, and David Calabrigo, senior vice-president corporate and legal affairs and corporate secretary for Canfor, mentioned how cumbersome the regulatory process can be, during the B.C. Natural Resources Forum last month in Prince George. There was agreement that the process had to be in place, however simplification and subtracting duplication from the process would streamline it, making it more attractive for business to thrive. Baker said it is important government protect and enhance the public interest while facilitating the private sector, though human nature must be constrained, something government must do. He added it is important government focuses on the fundamental. Brown said there are three areas at play within the forest sector which include the woods, manufacturing and sales, and the marketplace. “We have a lot of competition in the province among these players,” he said. He added there is a lot of tension, but there is also a lot of common ground, meaning there is room for collabora- 12 tion, something that would benefit everyone. He said it would be best to minimize or eliminate counter-productive conflicts while aiming for the simplest principle-based solutions. Calabrigo said it is critical to come to a long-term agreement on a forest policy regime with government and Give your mom the gift of a hassle-free lifestyle. to trust the rules won’t change overnight. Living at Prince George Chateau, your mom will no He mentioned the Forest and Range Praclonger have to worry about life’s daily chores and tices Act, comparing it you’ll cherish the peace-of-mind that only our 24/7 to the old one, which he said was an excessive live-in managers can provide. cost model. He added there Welcome to Holiday. Welcome home. needs to be some trust that they do what they do responsibly since their economic success Independent Retirement Living hinges on the environment, something they 4377 Hill Ave, Prince George, BC V2M 7G1 are well aware of. 250-564-0202 | princegeorgechateau.com Calabrigo also dis©2012 HOLIDAY CANADA MANAGEMENT ULC 17256
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The Omineca Beetle Action Coalition (OBAC) is getting back to the roots. – specifically, agricultural roots. As part of the Northern Agriculture Research Initiative (NARI), OBAC has joined with local schools, government agencies and local stakeholders to improve the capacity and profitability of the agriculture and agri-food sector of the North. With that in mind, OBAC announced Jan. 18 it was funding three research projects by graduate students at the
University of Northern B.C. as well as continuing work on allowing students to get their Professional Agrologist designation. Bill McGill, an instructor at UNBC and a professional agrologist, said work on the designation has proceeded fairly quickly. “OBAC asked me to participate with them in working on the program. I met last summer with Art Kaehn (Regional District of Fraser Fort George), Don Basserman (former city councillor) and Sharon Tower (OBAC executive director). We met at Don’s office, which happens to be
the White Spot.” They went through the list of courses already offered at UNBC and sent suggestions to he BCIA. “The credentials committee reviewed the list and has designated 69 courses at UNBC which can be used for credit towards the Professional Agrologist designation.”
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The Omineca Beetle Action Coalition announced funding for a number of projects at UNBC last month. Bill McGill, front left, a professor in the Ecosystem Science and Management department, received funding to continue work on allowing students to attain Professional Agrologist standing, while students Serena Black, Amy Blanding and Thea Zuiker received funds for agricultural research projects. OBAC chair Stephanie Killem, back left, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training Pat Bell, and instructors Scott Green and David Cornell were on hand for the announcement. foods’.” Connecting the past of food production in the Regional District to the needs of the future is the focus of Amy
Blanding’s project. “We want to create a Story of Place for the RDFFG through the lens of food. We want to look at the capacity
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New partner has Progress moving Energy company announces plans to open office in Prince George among other things, allow for a more fulsome consultation with stakeholders. The market situation will be one of the deciding factors in
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Olympian shares visions of success DELYNDA PILON newsroom@pgfreepress.com
There are many parallels between succeeding in sports and in business, something Nancy Greene-Raine attested to during her keynote speech at the B.C. Natural Resources Forum, considering she has succeeded at both. Canada’s female athlete of the century said she wanted to share what it was like for her growing up in Rossland. Her parents, she said, were skiers as were all six of their children. Her parents, founding members of the Red Mountain Ski club, taught her to ski at the age of three. In fact, in the beginning her sister competed in many of the same competitions as Greene, doing very well, before skiing became more of a hobby. She eventually got a job for Revenue Canada, earning a great deal of recognition there before retiring. “She’s now retired with a wonderful pension and I’m still working. I’m not sure who won – her or me,” Greene joked. She said she became “fairly good” at skiing, and was invited to try out for the 1968 Olympics. She roomed with the slalom champion during her stay, noting that they both did many things the same, basic human things. “I thought then there was no
reason why I couldn’t win the Olympics. Prior to that I was just having fun. Then I had a goal.” Having a goal in business is also important. “Don’t be afraid to set your goals high,” she said. The second step is you need a plan. “This is important of any endeavour we do,” she said. Greene pointed out Canada had no gold medals for two Olympics. It was only when the leaders sat down and set a goal, then put a plan in place that changed. This plan, by the sports’ experts, included time frames and reviews. Resources and needs have to be checked. Collaboration is also important, in sports and business. For example, Greene pointed out the environmental review process is a common need for new projects. She suggested it can be something undertaken under collaboration, which would lessen the expense of the endeavour. In sports, the leaders who De Ly nd a PILON/ Fre e Pre s s taught Greene and her colleagues Canada’s female athlete of the century, Nancy Greene-Raine, spoke about the similarities sponsored an atmosphere which between business and sports during the recent Natural Resources Forum. included no back-biting, rather fostering a positive relationship. but since working there she has “Think about social media. Putting those values together She remains friends with her learned the importance of com- Think team-building skills,” she can take you to the top, a goal team members to this day. munication. said. worth having. Communication is another key, Communication, she said, is When you face a challenge, “I learned very clearly there’s a she said. about listening to people from do it anyway, she said, mention- big difference between gold and She added she never expected the bottom, not just preaching to ing the importance of values like silver, and it’s the same in busito be appointed to the senate, people from the top. patience and tenacity. ness,” she said.
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