North Coast's candidates' promises on Resource Extraction & Export

This is a page from the 2020 British Columbia general election.

Resource Extraction & Export platforms

Here's what the candidates in North Coast, and their parties, are promising.

Forestry

BC Liberals

Reinstate the Rural Dividend Fund.
Implement a market-pricing stumpage system.
Modernize forest management practices.
Aggressively defend BC's interests in softwood lumber trade issues.
Increase investments in silviculture.
Support development of mass timber structural products.

BC NDP

Dedicate a specific portion of the annual allowable cut to higher value producers who create new jobs for workers in BC.
Plant more trees.

Government support for workers

We don't have any BC Liberals policies on Government support for workers.

BC NDP

Establish a new Worker Training & Job Opportunity Office to maximize the impact of an Economic Recovery Plan for workers and communities, with a focus on retraining, supporting communities facing job loss, developing higher value goods, and accessing new global markets.

LNG

BC Liberals

Expedite Indigenous-lead LNG export projects through collaborative agreements with Indigenous groups.
Work with Indigenous groups to establish accelerated review and approval processes.

BC NDP

Continue the $40 billion LNG Canada project.

Mining

BC Liberals

Implement a fully online digital regulatory system by 2025.
Improve the process for mine development, permitting, inspection, and remediation, and cut permit-processing time in half.
Pursue benefit sharing for small and rural communities.

BC NDP

Create a Mining Innovation Hub to identify and support innovation, offer training for workers in new technologies, regulatory excellence, environmental management, and low-carbon approaches.