Quesnel Open House for Displaced Canfor Workers and Community
Quesnel, B.C. – A special open house, community information session is set to take place in Quesnel this afternoon.
With 209 employees and a large number of contractors and spin off businesses expected to be impacted by the closure of the Canfor sawmill in Quesnel in March, the session this afternoon is aimed at providing support and information.
“We’ve got a really good cross section of folks that are going to be there” says Mayor Mary Sjostrom who says Canfor West Fraser and the Steelworkers Union will all have representatives there.
This is not a job fair, says Sjostrom, it is an opportunity for people who have questions to get answers, and for those who want to find out what kind of support or options are open to them.
Mayor Sjostrom says she is hopeful those who will leave their jobs will be able to stay in the community “I am optimistic because we are very resilient, we have a great community here and we’re affordable and we’re hoping a lot of folks will be able to find employment as we move into mining and re-training and we’re hoping folks will stay here.”
She says Quesnel is continuing to support the Blackwater –NuGold mine project “We continue to work on any options around mining or diversification.”
The open house is taking place at the Senior’s Centre in Quesnel, from 3-7 this evening.
Comments
I don’t mind this, I think this is a good initiative for the affected workers and their families. I just don’t like the fact that Canfor looked after it’s own health and welfare first and foremost, while all their affected workers and families seemed to be after-thoughts.
Anyway, this is part of a good after-thought (reactionary) initiative!
If you think that you’re anything more than just a number when it comes to Canfor then give your head a shake. Canfor is a business and it’s going to do what ever it thinks it needs to do to survive. If that means shutting a mill down and people losing their jobs, so be it.
Canfor cares about Canfor. That’s it.
I wonder if Canfor will be there to interview new employees for their new mill in China.
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