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 publish

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

By Russ Taylor, RUSS TAYLOR GLOBAL and David Elstone, SPAR TREE GROUP/ VIEW FROM THE STUMP VANCOUVER, BC August 1, 2025 The US...