"It is expected that this incident will not have material financial impact on the company.”

I hope that doesn't translate into: Canfor corporation has decided NOT to spend the money to rebuild the Mill.

I will be shocked if they say they will rebuild.

Don't they lease the land from BCR in PG?
Maybe they will reopen in McKenzie.

"It is expected that this incident will not have material financial impact on the company.”

translation: "Don't worry shareholders, we have good insurance which will cover the cost of the mill, lost product and business interuption."

"It is expected that this incident will not have material financial impact on the company."

Pretty self-centered considering that 250 people are out of a livelihood.

now the people working at ncp will be laid off spending the summer collecting 60% on ei, in a situation such as this they need to open up the ei coffers and do the right thing get these dedicated employees at least 85% ei and stop the bleeding in this town!!!!!

But then they would have to give EVERYONE 85%. And theres a LOT of mill workers that qualify for EI this summer!

um..if they receive a layoff great! At least they WILL be able to collect EI. Why should they get special treatment?

I need a job too. I am having trouble finding work during the time daycare operates or I would take those weekend and evening shifts that employers have available in other sectors. Daytime is hard to come by these days. If I cant get "special" treatment...why should they. Life happens. Gee, life sucks dont it. I will be in the welfare line or panhandling in a week or two since I will be evicted due to unemployment as well. You gonna help me? Do I get a hand up? Doubt it.

All people on E.I. should get at least 85%. Some people pay into it for 20, 30, or 40 years without collecting. It's not like it's running out of money.

IMO the politicians should be kicking down some doors in Victoria and Ottawa right now to use this situation to pressure Canfor into anchoring a new industrial site out Shelly area near Northwood northeast of town as part of a ring road infrastructure development that facilitates heavy industry with potential to pollute in a way that fits with our air current situation for air quality in the city. You know in the direction the fire smoke was blowing.

The city needs clean air solutions.

The city needs new industry and a location ready made for them to locate to once we've convinced them to invest in our community. Kind of like the airport dream plan, but this one with real industries of this region with proven interests for investment in our region. We need to be infrastructure ready so we the city has the initiative for investment, rather than being all cowboy with no hat when it comes to attracting investment into our cities future.

The provincial and federal transportation economies need to fix the PG bottleneck problem to grow the economy of not just the north, but the rest of Canada as well. A bi-pass route facilitating a dirt industrial site is the solution.

Canfor could benefit from an industrial park that was highly centralized for their operations with savings in shipping between plants (fuel as well as wear and tear on infrastructure). This could be a catalyst to ensure any future Canfor expansion in MDF, a new plywood plant, bio-fuels, co-gen ect are all able to locate and realize synergies of proximity, but most importantly plan with certainty that they can implement a plan with the main constraints being certainties rather than hypothetical uncertainties. Canfor is not the only one that could benefit from such a scenario.

Time Will Tell

My post above would put PG over the top IMO for its ability to attract the critical mass of industry to take this city to the next level of sustainability. I have no confidence that our elected politicians have the foresight beyond their next poll and as such they will find reasons why things can't be done due to other priorities and PG will sink further as the mood on investment will not be where we want it no matter how many of our tax dollars we use to subsidize fake growth with gimic solutions.

Posted by: getajob on May 27 2008 7:21 PM
Don't they lease the land from BCR in PG?
Maybe they will reopen in McKenzie.


Reopen in Mackenzie and give away PG jobs?
Something about that doesn't sound fair for some reason.

Posted by: ShannanigansB on May 28 2008 1:00 AM
But then they would have to give EVERYONE 85%. And theres a LOT of mill workers that qualify for EI this summer!

There are a LOT of all kinds of workers that qualify for EI this summer, and yes if you do it for some then it has to be done for all.

tinyapplecork,
I think your coments are very insensitive to these families, how dare you make this tragedy about you. If you have too much pride to work at a corner store or Mcdonalds and would rather get evicted from your home that's your choice. The weekend shift these men work is weekend COMPRESSED, which is 2 days of 16 hours of work, I highly doubt you want that? No man at that mill works just day time shifts, they work swing shifts, 2 weeks of days, then 2 weeks of nights and so on, so don't act like they are privlaged, for the 2 weeks they are on nights half of them don't see their families. My husband works/worked for NCP and I knbow you have never had a job one day and woken up the next day and it was taken from you. These men have bills and families and many soon will be in the same line as you, but not for the same reason as you I can see. You chose to have your children, so don't blame the world that they are now keeping you from getting a job. I am an office manager and I hire single moms all the time to do my filing and small jobs part time so they can have an income and still be with their kids clearly your not looking hard enough. My heart goes out to the fellow NCP families, god be with you all and with the wrokers at this mornings meting while they get their questions answered.

and I knbow you have never had a job one day and woken up the next day and it was taken from you.


Actually Butterfly you don't know me because if you did you would know that in fact this has happened to me as well as others! If you knew me, which you don't, you would also be aware of my unceasing job search. My issues stem from lack of daycare.