An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, September 16, 2026 What does British Columbia's Minister of Forests Ravi Parmar mean when he talks about forest industry transformation? I am asking for a friend—or two—or, more accurately, the entire forest industry. Industry transformation is a core theme of the NDP government’s forest sector agenda—part of what it was elected to address in 2017 and later formalized in the 2021 intentions paper, Modernizing Forest Policy in British Columbia. It...

An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, August 27, 2026 On August 25, 2026, Canada announced counter-tariffs of 15, 25 and 50 per cent on targeted US products in response to the US decision to impose a 50 per cent tariff on $27.6 billion of Canadian goods. Canada’s counter-tariffs will apply to 874 product classifications, covering a matching $27.6 billion in imports from the US, with a focus on steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics. The...

An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, August 11, 2026 Effective August 19th, the United States will apply new US tariffs of 50% on a range of British Columbia forest products exports to the US, affecting nearly $1 billion. The tariffs result from Section 338 investigations launched in response to White House allegations that Canada engages in unfair trade practices related to motor vehicles, alcoholic beverages and dairy products. The following post was first published as an article...