The forecast in a confidential provincial government report of extensive forest sector job loss in the Central Interior is coming as no surprise to Council of Forest Industries president John Allan, but he expressed disappointment in the way it has been made public.
"My board last year identified future timber supply as the number one issue for the industry," Allan said Thursday. "I mean, there is no secret the annual allowable cuts are going to have to be adjusted downwards in the coming years to account for the impact of the mountain pine beetle."
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