 In 2012 she toured with an NDP forestry committee, along with Bill Routley, Norm Macdonald, and Harry Lali seeking strategies to curtail raw log exports.She subsequently presented the NDP forestry plan later that year, calling for reforestation, restriction to raw log exports, and the re-instatement of a jobs commissioner.She advocated for the "Coastal Ferry Amendment Act" to include a freeze in the rise of ferry fees and subsequently called fare increases "disgraceful".