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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Friday, August 20, 2004 ::
Raw logs leaving B.C. may soon face an export tax By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun
Critics say sales to the U.S. and others result in fewer processing jobs for B.C. millworkers
Bill Routley, president of IWA Local 1-80 on Vancouver Island, said his members are upset because they have seen too many truckloads of logs heading down the highway for export.
"When you export logs you are exporting jobs, because you know somebody is going to be making something out of that log."
He said fir logs can bring a premium of up to 50 per cent over export logs, and that if the government is considering a $10 to $15 flat tax, it will not be enough.
"We should have an offset tax that is the full-meal deal. That's what's going to keep the logs in Canada," he said.------------------------------------------- posted 6:21 AM :: reference link ::
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