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existing permit holders, however, the lumber market has advised
LPL that we need a secure timber supply through some form of
commitment towards long term tenure. We now have options to
purchase timber from current timber permit holders. The market has
advised Liard Plywood and Lumber Manufacturing Inc. that some
form of harvesting tenure is needed.
Our request to you, as Minister, is that you provide our company
with a commitment for a long term timber supply. The timber supply
agreement could be made subject to the construction and operation of
our wood processing facility, an acceptable forest management plan,
and the successful completion of an Environmental Assessment
Review.
2010 FC 495 (CanLII)
We recognize that a process is in place to develop a long term forest
management policy for the Yukon. Discussions around tenure lead
us to believe that a mill such as ours will have support in accessing
the wood that we require. However, we require some form of timber
supply arrangement from the federal government in the near term.
[308] Mr. Ivanksi also followed up the meeting of November 4, 1996 with an email to Mr.
Doughty, the special assistant for economic development to Minister Irwin. In that email Mr.
Ivanksi asked if he should give LPL “positive or negative vibes”; see Exhibit P-79, Tab 38.
[309] By the end of November 1996, LPL intended to maintain a three month supply of fibre in its
yard, that is approximately 48,000 m 3 . LPL had commitments for the purchase of timber from local
loggers to operate at half capacity, one shift, for the next two years.
[310] Mr. Bourgh travelled to Finland to investigate the utility of the HewSaw for the Watson
Lake mill. A down payment was made against the price of $7,445,000, but ultimately LPL decided
not to complete the purchase and other equipment was chosen.