Canfor Pulp To Recieve Green Transformation Funding Today

Wednesday, July 07, 2010 03:58 AM

Prince George, B.C. – The politicians will be at the P.G. Pulp mill this morning as Stockwell Day, President of the Treasury Board of Canada and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, joins Dick Harris, M.P. for Cariboo-Prince George, to deliver the final approval and the dollars for the mill’s odour reduction project.

Canfor Pulp started construction of the eleven million dollar project nearly 2 months ago. The project is expected to be complete in the second quarter of next year.

When complete, the new technology will reduce total reduced sulphur (TRS) by 60% and that will be a significant improvement in the quality of Prince George’s air. A second project, still being developed, will see the installation of an electrostatic precipitator which will make a significant reduction in particulate.

The project is one of four that Canfor Pulp has on the books to use the $120 million dollars it has been allotted under the Green Transformation fund.

The full cost of the projects is $157 million, CEO Joe Nemeth says the projects are important to the company and to the community.

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Comments

Posted by: lost it all on July 7 2010 9:24 AM

Right on! More corporate welfare!

Posted by: alex1212 on July 7 2010 10:17 AM

ya know these jerks give christmas bonouses that are outrages, iknow my ex worked there,iam sick of this !! i cant barely make it and they just suck up money !! thanx govt thanx alot !!

Posted by: Retired on July 7 2010 11:15 AM

And how much will Husky get to reduce their pollution?
Cheers

Posted by: Maverick on July 7 2010 12:13 PM

WHA WHA WHA....bitch cause they pollute then bitch cause the get money to fix the problem. It was the government giving the money so why the hell wouldn't CPLP apply for some. Its not like they went to the government crying for money cause the economy was failing and they mismanaged the business much like the Auto world.

Posted by: Maverick on July 7 2010 12:16 PM

Further why are they jerks for rewarding their employees??? Its not like they laid off half the work force then gave themselves raises and bonuses with the savings.
And I guarantee you never complained when you were with your ex and they were receiving a bonus!

Posted by: lost it all on July 7 2010 2:46 PM

It's not Canfor I'm bitching at, Maverick. It is the government handing out welfare to large corporations to clean up thier mess.

I wonder if I had a pile of garbage in my backyard and all the neighbors complained about the smell, whether I would recieve a handout to clean my backyard.

More likely I would recieve some sort of fine, perhaps an increase in my taxes, and a work order to clean it up.