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January 10, 2008: Timber! Will BC’s Forest Industry Survive?

Forest industry revenues have been flat-to-declining for the past 12 years. Corporate earnings are inadequate. And the outlook for the forest sector will be significant, continued resizing through the next 15 to 20 years. Click here to view this presentation by Peter Woodbridge at the Vancouver Board of Trade’s Economic Outlook 2008 forum.

December 4, 2007: Big Steel flexes its muscle in B.C.’s troubled woods

Mouths dropped in astonishment when the Steelworkers Union (USW) struck the BC Coast logging and sawmilling sector on July 21st. Market conditions couldn’t have been worse for the union. To read the full text of this Business in Vancouver column by Peter Woodbridge, click here.