Quesnel City Council’s planned meeting with the province’s Forest Minister didn’t go ahead.
Councillor Mitch Vik, who was also the acting Mayor, says the meeting on Sunday, January 18 was cancelled.
“Unfortunately as it goes in the Cariboo sometimes, the fog plays havoc with air travel, and unfortunately the Minister (Ravi Parmar) was delayed by an entire day in getting up to the Cariboo. Unfortunately we couldn’t get it figured out, we couldn’t get schedules aligned for Monday.”
Vik says there was a silver lining however.
“I’m really happy to see that when the Minister was up in the Cariboo he had an opportunity to meet with industry. He met with West Fraser, I believe he went to some commercial thinning examples that are going on in the Cariboo and was able to see that in action. I am also very pleased that he was able to meet with Lhtako so I believe, You’d have to talk to the Minister, but I believe it was still a good productive trip for him in the Cariboo.”
Vik says those meetings took place on the 19th and 20th.
He says Council will try to set up another meeting with the Forest Minister down the road.
