I see this as a win-win-win situation, because the forest industry is really hurting in British Columbia. They had a good time while the beetle epidemic was there and they harvested a lot more than they normally do. Now that's all gone and we've had the fires. We have companies in my riding whose mills are well equipped to deal with smaller logs, so they would love to get logs from thinning operations. It would put all these people to work in communities that are hurting, especially around British Columbia.
It would seem that the province—at least until now because I think they're starting to step up this program again—is a place the federal government could get involved and not only provide jobs and help for these forestry communities, but also protect them in the future.