NO REOPENING ....
The disrespectful treatment for the displaced workers from Canfor operations is unacceptable. The company has remained silent for the entire time and have not provided workers with even the most cursory updates. In the meantime, the mills have not been kept in the expected state of being able to run, even if they decided to reopen. Consideration that operational supplies and key equipment are no longer on site are factors that needs to be investigated more fully. The reality that workers now have moved into other positions, retired or left the province also impacts the status of their severance pay. One must wonder if the plan is to wait it out long enough so that the pay out "pool" of severance diminishes? Is it not just plain respectful to provide these long-term workers with their right of severance pay and get on with business? If business is not feasible - fine - but live up to the obligations that you have. Two-plus years is long enough to end the limbo. No other business gets this "indefinite" status you either open or close. If you choose to reopen the same business in the future nothing prevents you from doing so as you still own the operation. PS. I hope that interest is adding on to the severance pay these workers are entitled to ...
Katrina Ludwig
Prince George
