The reckoning: Navigating the second day of BC’s forest sector crossroads

Industry leaders and policy-makers used the second day of the 2026 COFI Convention to pivot from diagnosing a crisis to proposing a “working forest” model for long-term stability.
No sign of Carney Canada’s Major Projects Office express train leaving any stations any time soon

In the meantime, critical transportation infrastructure improvement projects need investment decisions that don’t have to slog through the federal approval process swamp
B.C.’s forestry crisis goes deeper than Trump’s tariffs

It’s not just tariffs and politics — a long-term decline in U.S. home building means the boom years for B.C. lumber may be gone for good