The three largest unions in the forest industry in British Columbia, Unifor, the United Steelworkers and the Canadian Federation of Public and Private Workers, jointly released a report.

The report documents a dramatic decline in the forest industry in British Columbia, where the province's share of wood products in Canada's total production has fallen from half to one-third due to permanent plant closures or long-term downsizing.

In the last decade alone, more than 10,000 directly or indirectly related jobs have been lost, including 3,000 industry-wide related jobs in 2023.

In the past 14 months alone, 13 mills in British Columbia have closed or permanently reduced production, including the permanent closure of Catalyst Paper Mill in Crofton and Western Forest Products' Port Alberni sawmill.

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