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[542] On June 15, 2001, Mr. Loeks sent a letter to Mr. Ballantyne, this time dealing with the TSA.
This letter is found in Exhibit P-80, Tab 82. Mr. Loeks said:
DIAND will be in a position to release an RFP for two 30,000m 3 /yr
5-year THAs in Southeast Yukon by the end of June. This will help
to relieve the department of a nagging commitment and a serious
public controversy. However, it will not substantially solve the
problem faced by industry, since the THAs are small relative to
expected industry demand.
2010 FC 495 (CanLII)
…
Currently new inventory data are available, and there is betterinformed
thinking about assumptions. Therefore DIAND, the Yukon
Government, industry, and stakeholders agree that a new TSA is
needed to provide the basis for better certainty to guide planning and
management for all parties in SE Yukon. An important objective is
also to provide a TSA that can be accepted by all parties.
Several companies – and much of the town of Watson Lake – insist
that it is imperative that the TSA be done quickly. They were
promised THAs more than a year ago and they feel that the size of
the THAs that will be offered is inadequate at best, and is evidence of
bad faith at worst. In a recent meeting with DIAND and YTG, South
Yukon Forest Corporation stated that they will be forced out of
business if DIAND remains limited by the existing harvest ceiling.
…
Compared with forest districts elsewhere, Southeast Yukon is not a
complex area for resource values. As a planning area, it is further
simplified by its topographical constraints and by relatively low
levels of resource competition.
…
If SYFC loses a fair THA bid, so be it. On the other hand, there will
be vicious recriminations if they collapse because government takes
another half-year to provide planning certainty.
(Emphasis added)