I was wondering what they would do with the $122.2 million given to them!

40 Years + and it still Stinks, why do I as the Taxpayer have to give them Money, a better use would be to fix the Roads around here.

Ok, let's not give them money and they'll continue to do business as usual as long as the law allows.

To hell with the odour stop the fine particulate and now it appears we are also ingesting formaldehyde. Why not use some of the past profits to clean up our air space.
Cheers

formaldehyde is probably part of the ouder we smell.

Most of all the odor will be gone after all the projects are completed. This does not necessarily mean the air will be nice and clean but it will make a big improvement.

I also ask why is public money being used?

Thank God for stimulus spending.

Public money is being used because it is a tit for tat gane Canada was basically forced into when the USA allowed subsidies for the same thing, thus having the effect of reducing the pulp company costs and the possibility of passing the savings on, effectively making our product more expensive.......

It show that under NAFTA, we can subsidize industry as well as the USA can ....

http://foresttalk.com/index.php/2009/07/14/canada-s-answer-to-the-u-s-s-black-liquor-subsidy-is-still-months-away

from the above article .....

The package was designed to partly offset the impact of $6 billion to $8 billion (U.S.) in "black liquor" subsidies to American pulp producers.

The $1 billion is only for Canadian mills that produce black liquor, a remnant from the chemical processing of wood pulp that is later burned to generate steam energy. Ottawa will offer a 16-cent-per-litre subsidy to be used for capital upgrades that enable producers to become more energy efficient.

Of course, waht is interesting is that Canfor is getting 12% of that money.

Which leads one to wonder whether they are that energy inefficient compared to other pulp plants in Canada?