US EditionOntario Unveils Forestry Sector Protection Plan
The plan aims to shield workers and expand wood-product markets as U.S. tariffs and recent mill shutdowns pressure the sector, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford presented the new 'Roadmap to Protecting Ontario's Forest Sector' at the Ontario Forest Industries Association's 83rd convention in Toronto.
- Lumber producers face a combined 45 per cent duty and tariff as President Donald Trump has chosen to burden North America's lumber market with 'hostile tariffs and unjustified duties.'
- Thunder Bay Atikokan MPP Kevin Holland launched the 10-year roadmap featuring 'three strong pillars of action' to defend workers, adapt to global conditions, and grow demand.
- Mayor Rick Dumas, president of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association, welcomed the plan Tuesday, calling it an 'important foundation to drive growth, sustainability and resilience.'
- Designed to 'maintain Ontario's position as a G7 leader in making and selling wood products,' the strategy aims to increase domestic home construction while expanding international trade.
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Ontario unveils forestry plan as sawmill closures continue
TORONTO – Ontario’s forestry sector took another hit this week with the announcement that sawmills in Nairn Centre and Gogama will shut down, as the provincial government released a new 10-year plan to revitalize the struggling industry.
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Canadian Biomass MagazinePremier Ford Touts Forest Sector ‘roadmap’ At OFIA Convention
Ontario’s premier, Doug Ford, took the stage this morning at the Ontario Forest Industries Association’s (OFIA‘s) 83rd convention in Toronto to discuss his government’s new “Roadmap to Protecting Ontario’s Forest Sector,” which was officially announced yesterday. “I thank all of the champions from the forest sector,” he said to a packed house of industry professionals at the One King West Hotel. “No matter the challenge, whether it’s COVID or be…
Ontario Launches Roadmap to Protect Forest Sector
TORONTO — The Ontario government launched the Roadmap to Protecting Ontario’s Forest Sector, a 10-year path to protect the workers, businesses, families and communities of the province’s forestry sector. Building on the government’s strategic investments and actions to-date through Ontario’s Forest Sector Strategy, the roadmap responds to new unprecedented trade pressures facing the sector today by increasing the forest industry’s competitive ..…
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