Dallas sits down with Lennard Joe, CEO of the BC First Nations Forestry Council, for a conversation about the transformation of First Nations in forestry, from being turned away at industry conferences to holding over 11 million cubic metres of tenure and building a billion-dollar business.
Lennard shares his path from Shackan to Weyerhaeuser to leading the only forestry council of its kind in Canada, talks about sticky capital and why First Nations are generational investors, and explains what it took to turn the Forestry Council into a trusted advisor for nations across the province.
Plus: the Let's Get Real segment, a question from Andrew Robinson on building investment plans with Indigenous communities, and the Merritt industry cluster.
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