Premier Christy Clark announced that government is investing $8.4 million to build new markets for B.C. wood products at home and in major markets around the globe, including China and India.

Along with the majority of Canada, B.C. experienced a decline in full-time employment in March.

Premier Christy Clark announced that students throughout B.C. will have increased access to regional training opportunities as a result of $7 million in one-time funding to 19 post-secondary institutions.

The B.C. government is investing $126,500 to help build and expand the province's forestry workforce under a Labour Market Partnerships Program agreement with the Council of Forest Industries (COFI).

The Province has fulfilled a commitment to bring into force new financial protections for forestry contractors, effective April 1, 2013.

The B.C. government has accepted the intent of each of the eight Cohen Commission recommendations that directly reference the Province.

Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson issued the following statement with regard to proposed amendments to the Forest Act that would enable the conversion of volume-based forest licences to area-based forest licences:

Taking into account over 8,000 comments from a public consultation as well as recommendations from the bi-partisan Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides, the proposed amendments to the Integrated Pest Management Act will address public concern over the use of cosmetic pesticides on private landscaped areas.