IWA [International Woodworkers of America]-Canada rally at Parksville hearings re: forestry
In Parksville, some 300 woodworkers demonstrate outside provincial government hearings into legislation governing forest practices in BC. They called on forests minister David Parker, conducting the hearings, to suspend the granting of Tree Farm Licenses and strike a royal commission into forestry p...
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ftsfrazerunivdc:oai:digital.lib.sfu.ca:pt_3760 2023-05-15T16:16:28+02:00 IWA [International Woodworkers of America]-Canada rally at Parksville hearings re: forestry Pacific Tribune (photographer) 1989-03-10 1 photograph : b&w negative 35 mm https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/pt-3760/iwa-international-woodworkers-america-canada-rally-parksville-hearings-re-forestry eng eng pt:3760 local: MSC160-1738_32 uuid: d9ce3f2d-04cd-42e0-af4e-e69da29acf4d https://digital.lib.sfu.ca/pt-3760/iwa-international-woodworkers-america-canada-rally-parksville-hearings-re-forestry Men--Public speaking--Protest movements--Woodworkers -- Labor unions--Forests and forestry -- British Columbia--Fletcher Challenge Canada Limited photographs StillImage 1989 ftsfrazerunivdc 2019-07-10T07:05:07Z In Parksville, some 300 woodworkers demonstrate outside provincial government hearings into legislation governing forest practices in BC. They called on forests minister David Parker, conducting the hearings, to suspend the granting of Tree Farm Licenses and strike a royal commission into forestry practices. At issue was the forest firm Fletcher Challenge, a New Zealand corporation that had recently taken over BC Forest Products and was overcutting its allotments and wasting wood, the demonstrators charged. Meanwhile, the firm had laid off 425 workers. More than 100 organizations including wood unions, environmentalists and First Nations groups presented briefs to the hearings, even though the results were not binding or would necessary affect Bill 28, amendments to the Forest Act which rolled over and extended the reach of TFLs. Many presenters said the TFL system was not working for communities in that it did not guarantee locally cut wood would be processed in local sawmills. IWA Canada Vice President Roger Stanyer at mic. Still Image First Nations SFU Digitized Collections (Simon Fraser University) Canada New Zealand British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) |
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In Parksville, some 300 woodworkers demonstrate outside provincial government hearings into legislation governing forest practices in BC. They called on forests minister David Parker, conducting the hearings, to suspend the granting of Tree Farm Licenses and strike a royal commission into forestry practices. At issue was the forest firm Fletcher Challenge, a New Zealand corporation that had recently taken over BC Forest Products and was overcutting its allotments and wasting wood, the demonstrators charged. Meanwhile, the firm had laid off 425 workers. More than 100 organizations including wood unions, environmentalists and First Nations groups presented briefs to the hearings, even though the results were not binding or would necessary affect Bill 28, amendments to the Forest Act which rolled over and extended the reach of TFLs. Many presenters said the TFL system was not working for communities in that it did not guarantee locally cut wood would be processed in local sawmills. IWA Canada Vice President Roger Stanyer at mic. |
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