All Points West host Kathryn Marlow. "I expect we'll be able to announce additional deferrals this summer." An ancient red cedar stump measuring four metres in diameter is shown in this file photo. (TJ Watt/Ancient Forest Alliance) Critics of the plan have expressed concern that deferrals were not being made soon enough — that old-growth is being logged right now, and said these actions need to be taken immediately. "The reality is this crisis is precipitated by the government making promises to save the most at-risk old growth and then not doing anything," Wilderness Committee campaign director Torrance Coste said in an interview on Tuesday.