Council Gives Full Support to CPLP Projects

Monday, November 30, 2009 08:00 PM

Prince George, B.C.- City Council has given Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership (CPLP) unanimous support for four projects it hopes to carry out with credits from the Federal Government’s Green transformation program.

CPLP qualified for $122 million dollars, but has outlined projects that would eat up about $140 million dollars. CPLP Vice President of Operations Brett Robinson knows he’s over the limit “Don’t tell my boss, but I plan to overspend.”

The projects are:

1.PG Pulp and Intercon: $4-$5 million dollar project that would buikd a pulp transfer line between the two mills, This project would increase the PG mill’s Greenpower generation and increase the bleached pulp production at Intercon

2.PG Pulp, Mill odour reduction estimated cost of $10 million dollars. This would see a new system built that would collect gases currently vented to the atmosphere

3. PG Pulp incremental -Generation and Particulate reduction: $30 million - improve energy efficiency and generate power, reduce particulate emissions

4.Northwood Pulp: Recovery Boiler upgrade, estimated cost, $100 million dollars, but would reduce TRS ( odour) by 50%. This project would reduce natural gas consumption. “This is a project we have always known we would have to do, but we have waited for the proper time” Says Robinson.

The timelines for the projects are tight. All have to undergo environmental assessments, and all ( if approved) have to be completed by the end of March 2012.

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Posted by: Papermaker on November 30 2009 9:04 PM

Wow, I'm a little surprised at how much PG is getting. That makes me feel a little better about my job security......maybe

Posted by: Denaljo on November 30 2009 9:38 PM

Like CPLP really needs the cities blessing! Let me remind you that all this money was corporate welfare paid for by you and I!
The FRASER INSTITUTE released figures stating that BigBusiness got over 200 Billion between 1994-2007 from the taxpayers pockets $1244/taxpayer in 2007 alone. So much for FREE enterprise.

Posted by: gus on December 1 2009 12:31 AM

“Don’t tell my boss, but I plan to overspend.”

Gosh, gee willikers .... isn't Brett just such a cute boy....

..... and he really thinks that someone takes him seriously with that remark?

Posted by: gimmeabreak on December 1 2009 7:21 AM

Denjalo....actually this is taxpayers money coming back to Prince George to create jobs and stimulate the economy.

Do you really think this is a bad thing considering the global recession challenges our country has?

In addition, consider that any business that gets funding from the provincial, federal govts, or both...is obliged to make a substantial investment themselves.

So Canfor is putting millions into these projects so they can cut energy costs and reduce their carbon footprint, AND at the same time making them more economically stable....this all equals increased job security and makes our mills more competative.

Is that really a bad thing as well?

Posted by: hunterbill on December 1 2009 8:50 AM

I'm amazed how someone can turn this article into a negative. I feel sorry that you live so dissapointed! Anytime a company is willing to spend $150 000 000 in your community especially when its particulate and odour reducing its a good thing. Aswell, this money will directly effect around 10,000 people in our community through engineering, construction and contributing to the future of our pulpmills

Posted by: Anvilsmash on December 1 2009 4:56 PM

The cost works out to an investment equal to $1200 per resident of Price George at a cost of $32 per resident of Canada. This money has to be spent quickly and locally.

This money was a lifeline to the mills as the US pulp producers were getting BILLIONS in black liquor subsidies. International Paper of Washington state received 10 bilion alone from their federal gov't. Know what they did with their money? Payed down some of their derivitives debt and invested the rest in Russia to develop untapped fibre supplies. No wonder the US manufacturing base is erroding, but that is for a different post.
The Fraser Institute would love to see the elimination of taxes and everyone should pay-as-you-go. According to some in their ranks, people without children should not have to pay school taxes. With backwards thinking like that, it is best to take many of their opinions with a grain of salt. salt

Posted by: Denaljo on December 1 2009 8:21 PM

Well at least you got part of it right gimme. It is tax payers money. They do NOT have to put a substantial investment in anywhere. The stockholders are happy though. If the yankees wish to hoodwink their taxpayers that is their business; we did not have to jump on that bandwagon of smoke and mirrors. Perhaps one of you great free enterprisers can tell me why a company needs corporate welfare when they are supposed to sink or swim on their own merits? You know - marketplace forces and all?

Posted by: govsux on December 1 2009 11:34 PM

Uhhhh.....They actually do have to invest in energy or environmental upgrades to get their mitts on this cash.
If the feds hadn't tied that in, the money would have gone from taxpayers straight to unit holders.