The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) is accusing Ministry of Forests staff of institutional capture, after receiving leaked data that suggests staff have been watering down recommendations for old growth protection.
If the accusations are true, it may be welcome news to forestry companies and First Nations, like the Huu-ay-aht, that are otherwise facing dwindling harvesting opportunities to old growth protection measures.
The CCPA says it was anonymously leaked mapping data that “reveals a troubling pattern whereby ministry officials appear to be rejecting much of the advice given to the government nearly three years ago by a five-person Technical Advisory Panel.”
The CCPA says Ministry of Forests staff
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