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a secure timber supply, the employees would become more efficient and able to maximize the
production from the logs.
[1294] The longer the mill was in operation, the more experienced and capable its employees
would become and there would be a corresponding increase in productivity.
2010 FC 495 (CanLII)
(v) Damages 2011 to 2020
[1295] I will now address the expectation losses for 2011 to 2020.
[1296] There is a question as to the applicable time frame for calculating damages. Is it reasonable
to assess damages by reference to a 20 year period In my opinion, the answer is “yes”.
[1297] Mr. Van Leeuwen has provided detailed projections for a ten year period, that is 2001 to
2010. He did not carry out the same detailed analysis for the next decade, 2011 to 2020. Yet, he
provided the written opinion that he had no reason to expect that the profit for the period 2011 to
2020 would differ significantly from those for 2001 to 2010.
[1298] Mr. Van Leeuwen’s report addresses this at page 5 of Exhibit P-15 as follows:
It is important to note that SYFC applied for, and expected to
receive, a 20 year timber harvesting area (THA) of 200,000 m3 per
year. IWMG has only provided a detailed ten year financial
projection (2001 to 2010). However, it can be assumed that the
SYFC mill would have had similar earnings from 2011 to 2020
based on typical 10 year and long term North American lumber
supply/demand (price) trends. Although detailed annual financial