James Steidle: Why did we build a pool with pine from New Zealand and Chile?

'What’s the point of having built a “Wood Innovation Centre” if we are buying offshore pine for our “Canfor” pool?'

If there’s one thing I want for Christmas, it’s a healthy, thriving Northern B.C. economy owned by northerners.

One of the odd things I noticed about our new $40 million swimming pool is that it was designed by HDR Inc, a design firm with 11,000 employees headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. Regardless, there is no reason to hire an American firm to spec out wood products from another hemisphere for a public project in a lumber town. And what’s the point of having built a “Wood Innovation Centre” if we are buying offshore pine for our “Canfor” pool?Another example is the B.C. Government hiring CBRE to manage upkeep of B.C. government properties for $190 million per year.

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