NEWS.
PRESS RELEASES.
TLA Statement on Federal Strategy to Support Forest Sector
The Truck Loggers Association (TLA) welcomes the federal government’s recent funding announcement in support of its strategy and measures for the forestry sector. This significant investment underscores the critical role forestry plays in [...]
TLA Statement on New Provincial Forest Advisory Council
TLA Statement on New Provincial Forest Advisory Council May 15, 2025 For 82 years, the TLA’s long history of supporting the forward movement of BC’s forest sector with the core objective of ensuring [...]
IMPORTANCE OF FOREST SECTOR NOT TO BE UNDERESTIMATED
By Bob Brash There appears to be a sense of complacency among many politicians and residents in British Columbia that the province no longer needs to rely on the forest sector as it [...]
TLA VIRTUAL SESSIONS HEAR NEED FOR GOVERNMENT RESET TO MODERNIZE FOREST POLICY
For Immediate Release January 13, 2022 TLA VIRTUAL SESSIONS HEAR NEED FOR GOVERNMENT RESET TO MODERNIZE FOREST POLICY Truck Loggers Association embarking on process to provide possible solutions Vancouver, BC – For two [...]
TLA TO ADDRESS MUCH-NEEDED DIALOGUE TO MOVE BC’s FOREST SECTOR FORWARD
For Immediate Release January 10, 2022 TLA TO ADDRESS MUCH-NEEDED DIALOGUE TO MOVE BC’s FOREST SECTOR FORWARD Vancouver, BC – For many months, the Truck Loggers Association (TLA) has strongly advocated for much-needed, [...]
NDP government decision to ram through forest legislation creates uncertainty – leaves sector waiting for answers
Government has the right to set broad policy and objectives that reflect both their desires and the ever-changing expectations of society related to BC’s forest-management. There is also a balance to be struck [...]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
OPINION: Vancouver Sun – February 6, 2021
OPINION: Bob Brash: No better time than now to protect B.C.’s forestry sectorOver the decades, governments of all stripes have made considerable promises and commitments to strengthen B.C.’s forestry sector, and the resource [...]
OPINION: Vancouver Sun – October 15, 2020
OPINION: Moving Towards a Healthy Forest Sector in BC That Includes Old-Growth Logging Now that the Province has finally released its anxiously awaited report on old-growth harvesting and subsequent responses to its recommendations, [...]
Letter to the Editor: WFP/USW Strike – October 18, 2019
The Truck Loggers Association represents independent timber harvesting contractors from across the province. We are very pleased to hear that your organizations will resume bargaining after four months of silence since the strike began on July 1, which has had a significant impact on the coastal forest industry, its entire supply chain, and communities.
Letter to the Editor: Logging Doesn’t Threaten Old-Growth Forests – The Province, May 25, 2019
It's outrageous to demand an end to old-growth logging without acknowledging the impact to people and communities. For decades — even more so over the past year — there have been many catastrophic [...]
Letter to the Editor – Vancouver Star, January 7, 2019
Re: Response to January 3, 2019 article: “Sierra Club calls for increased protection of B.C. forests as Brazilian president raises spectre of Amazon deforestation” Once again, old-growth logging has been inaccurately held up as [...]
Letter to the Editor – Vancouver Sun, December 14, 2018
Response to December 13, 2018 Editorial “B.C. Coastal forests and industry are at a tipping point” Once again, old-growth logging and log exports have been inaccurately held up as the catalyst for unacceptable [...]
POLICY ISSUES.
Log Exports: The Story Behind The Story
Log Exports: The Story Behind the Story By David Elstone, RPF, TLA Executive Director Truck LoggerBC, Spring 2017 It’s election time! And as if on cue, that old populist punching bag issue, BC’s [...]
Log Exports: Your Questions Answered
How can a mill surrounded by forest run out of logs unless they’re being exported? All BC mills are set-up to process a specific kind of log—such as 9-12 inch diameter Douglas fir [...]
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