Roughly 350 people will be out of work as forestry company Domtar announces the permanent closure of its mill in Crofton, B.C.
It’s a sad day in the Cowichan Valley. Those were good paying jobs.
Considering how much of Crofton is employed by the mill this is a massive blow to a small community.
Mirroring what happened in Ontario years ago. Used to be that northeastern Ontario had a bunch of mills. Now there’s only Kapuskasing left, and they’re not really viable—by my understanding, they’ve been hanging on by their fingernails due to being mostly employee-owned and so not having to do more than break even, but they’ve now had to approach the government for a bailout, and their future seems doubtful. The next-to-last was Espanola, which closed down a couple of years ago now.
There’s still a few mills up the coast, but another one closes every couple years.
The owners are saying they dont have enough wood fibre to keep it going.
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