OPINION: ‘Anti-Harmac’ amendment targets key company in Nanaimo

BY MARK MacDONALD
When the City of Nanaimo tabled a zoning amendment to Bylaw 4500 that could effectively change the heavy industry zoning in Nanaimo on Nov. 17, there was one main target: Nanaimo Forest Products Ltd.
NFP owns Harmac Pacific, ‘the little pulp mill that did,’ which continues to pay around 350 full-time employee-owners handsomely while maintaining consistent profitability, and is a major Vancouver Island success story. They’ve done that thanks to an employee owne