The people of Prince George are going to get screwed and their lives will change for the worse when they see no more logging trucks.
No more logging trucks means no more billions of dollars will be pumped into the local economy. It is predicted that that up to 8,000 families that depend on forestry jobs for their income in the north will be forced onto government assistance, which means they no longer will be able to support the local economy. Businesses will close and others will be forced to reduce staff and tens of thousands more families will be forced onto government assistance in the north. Prince George will no longer be a nice place to live because nobody will have any money.
This is the NDP’s plan for Northern BC. They have already announced retraining programs for workers that lose their jobs and financial aid to the community’s affected by the jobs that will be lost. The plans are political decisions being made in Victoria by our elected MLAs and paid experts to back them up, which we’re paying for and will not personally be affected by the decisions they make on your future. You have no say in the decisions. You will just pay for them.
Don’t you think it’s time to no to the NDP plan or do you prefer all the extra time off you will have on government assistance?
Rick Berry
Prince George
