For one local lumber mill, the federal government’s announcement of support for the Canadian softwood lumber industry is a step in the right direction.

Nick Arkle, chief executive officer at Gorman Brothers Lumber, said in his 50 years of working in the forestry industry, he hasn’t sensed a government that has been this supportive at a federal level.

“Both federally and provincially, I’m seeing some major shifts,” Arkle said after Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the Gorman Brothers Lumber mill in West Kelowna Tuesday to announce the federal government’s strategy to bolster Canada’s softwood lumber industry, which has been under pressure from unjust duties from the U.S.

Gorman Brothers employees looked on as Carney, flanked by MP Stephen Fuhr and Tim Hodgson, federal minister of energ

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