The BC Forestry Minister is in Quebec City this week, attending the Woodrise Conference and he’s hoping it will have a significant impact on our province.

Speaking on the NL Morning News, Doug Donaldson explained what the week long gathering is hoping to accomplish. “This conference is an international conference that’s promoting the use of wood in mid-rise and high-rise construction projects and specifically mass timber wood and that’s the kind of wood that we have a few companies already producing in BC.”

He explained what the technology is about. “Maximizing value over volume. I mean these products create more value out of the forests, out of the logs that come out of the forests and therefore more jobs.”

Donaldson explained why he’s there. “Part of my mandate letter from the premier is to expand our innovative wood products sector, specifically engineered wood products and this isn’t a market that’s on the cusp, it already happening and BC well positioned to take advantage of that.”

The conference runs through this Friday.

For more info on the Woodrise Conference, here’s the link to their website.