An Editorial Opinion – Right From The Stump, July 9, 2026 Five years after the Modernizing Forest Policy in BC paper signalled the province’s intention to address the “disparity” in stumpage rates among Woodlot Licences (WLs), Community Forest Agreements (CFAs), and First Nation Woodland Licences (FNWLs), the issue remains unresolved. The question should not simply be whether all these tenure types should use tabular rates; rather how British Columbia should fund transformati
