BC United Leader Kevin Falcon said a government under his leadership would move the ministry of forests to Prince George, “so we got decision-makers that actually come from the communities that their decisions impact.”
Falcon made that announcement Wednesday while speaking at the Natural Resources Forum in Prince George.
Forest Minister Bruce Ralston later dismissed the promise, noting that about 81 per cent of ministry staff, some 2,400 people, already work outside Victoria already.
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