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March 27, 2019 |
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“Forward-thinking forest sector companies, investors, financial institutions, and municipalities must be prepared to work cooperatively with First Nations if they hope to succeed in the ‘new forest sector,’” writes Howard Hampton, Colleague at Pilot Law LLP.
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Ontario’s 50 Million Tree Program plants 2.3 million trees each year. According to the report, these plantings create a direct annual expenditure stimulus of $7.2 million per year and result in a GDP stimulus of $12.7 million annually.
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In court last week, J.D. Irving entered a guilty plea to violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which resulted in the death of one of the company’s sawmill workers in 2016.
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Read the first in a series of blogs about women in the forestry workforce written by Tanya Wick, vice-president of people and services at Tolko Industries. Follow along as CFI publishes a new edition of Tanya’s blog on the last Monday of each month!
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While there was evident optimism about the state of the industry in 2019 in terms of lumber prices and demand, discussions at last week’s Montreal Wood Convention frequently circled back to the growing need for skilled and unskilled labour in sawmills across Canada and the U.S.
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“Our base budget for wildfire spending has increased by 58 per cent, and we’re accelerating prevention and prevention awareness programs,” said B.C. Minister of Forests Doug Donaldson in a statement.
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“The February starts figures are somewhat in line with flat builder expectations and serve as a cautionary note that affordability factors continue to affect the marketplace,” said Greg Ugalde, chairman of NAHB.
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