Federal Court - Christian Aboriginal Infrastructure Developments ...

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B. 1996
[259] By January 1996, LPL had established contact with the Department in Whitehorse and
began seeking access to the wood resources.
[260] On January 26, 1996, LPL was incorporated, initially as “Liard Pulp and Lumber”. By early
2010 FC 495 (CanLII)
1996, work was underway to prepare a business plan for the proposed development. The initial
business plan contemplated an investment of $165 million, requiring 350,000 m 3 per year of fibre
(200,000 m 3 licensed to the mill) and would create 420 full time jobs. This initial proposal, entered
as Exhibit D-8, included the following:
1. a 15 megawatt steam turbine electrical generating plant
fuelled by wood waste;
2. a small log sawmill, including a specialty products mill,
planer and drying kilns;
3. a mechanical pulp mill; and
4. a specialty plywood mill
[261] Mr. Gartshore was aware, right from the beginning, that the project would require between
192,000 and 200,000 m 3 of fibre per year.
[262] Mr. Sewell acknowledged that the Plaintiffs had always requested around 200,000 m 3 of
timber per year. This evidence is unequivocal and directly contrary to the Defendant’s submissions
that the quantity requested kept changing.