The NDP’s Forests Minister has responded to criticism over its handling of the industry.
Ravi Parmar says BC’S pulp sector is under real pressure right now.
He says record low pulp prices and growing global competition are putting mills and good jobs at risk.
On the QRP curtailment, Parmar says he has met directly with Millar Western about the serious challenges facing the company and its workers, and he says there are no easy answers here.
Parmar adds that he will continue to work with the company and the community as they navigate through these challenges, with a focus on supporting workers and doing everything they reasonably can to maintain a strong pulp sector in British Columbia.
Earlier in the week, Prince George-North Cariboo Conservative MLA Sheldon Clare claimed that NDP policies were making BC mills less competitive.
