Western Forest Products Inc. announced that British Columbia’s Minister of Labour has appointed Vince Ready and Amanda Rogers as special mediators (“Special Mediators”) in the United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 (“USW”) strike pursuant to section 76 of the Labour Relations Code. The specific terms of reference of the Special Mediators outlined by the Minister of Labour include: The Special Mediators will work with the parties for a period of ten days; If no settlement is reached with the assistance of the Special Mediators, then on the twelfth day (12th) from the date of the appointment, or a period of time the Minister may deem appropriate, the Special Mediators will issue to the parties and to the Minister’s office recommended terms of settlement and/or an alternate mechanism by which resolution of the issues in dispute can be reached; and In the event recommendations are issued, the parties will have five days from the date the recommendations are issued to either accept or reject the recommendations. The recommendations may be made public by the Minister of Labour within this period.