Press Releases 2009 |
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Statement of the Forest Products Association of Canada Regarding IEA Report Containing Flawed DataNovember 09 2009The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently released its Energy Technology Transitions for Industry report calling on governments and manufacturers to consider low-carbon technologies as part of their climate change strategies. While the IEA has a role to play in advising the G-8 and other nations on strategies for the “next industrial revolution”, the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) believes it is doing so with flawed data and suspect assumptions. Read This ReleaseCANADIAN FORESTRY LEADER URGES AMBITIOUS GLOBAL ACTION TO END DEFORESTATIONOctober 20 2009, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAvrim Lazar, President and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and Chair of the United Nations Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products (ACPWP), came out today in strong support of the WWF’s call-to-action to stop global deforestation saying the challenge could go even further by including a call to end illegal logging – one of the key contributors to global deforestation. Read This ReleaseForest Products Industry Supports Legislation to Extend Employment Insurance Benefits to Long-TenureOctober 20 2009, OTTAWA, OntarioAndrew Casey, Vice President Trade and Public Affairs of the Forest Products Association of Canada, today appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources in support of the Government of Canada’s proposed legislation on increasing employment insurance benefits for long-tenured workers. Read This ReleaseFPAC Welcomes Daishowa-Marubeni International as Newest MemberSeptember 16 2009, OTTAWA, OntarioHank Ketcham, Chairman of the Board of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), today announced that Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. (DMI) has become FPAC’s newest member. Read This ReleaseFirst Winner of New Aboriginal Forestry AwardJuly 22 2009, Calgary, AlbertaForest Products Association of Canada and Assembly of First Nations recognize entrepreneurial talent Read This Release Government Gets It Right With Support for Environmental Advancements in Pulp and Paper SectorJune 17 2009, Ottawa, ONThe Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) expressed its strong support for today’s announcement by the federal government of a green transformation program for the pulp and paper sector in Canada. Read This ReleaseRebooting the Economy has a Natural SolutionJune 02 2009, Ottawa, ONAvrim Lazar, President and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) today called on governments to look beyond the current economic crisis in preparing Canada for what promises to be a more competitive, resource-hungry global marketplace of the future. Read This ReleaseGovernments Fail To Grasp Seriousness Of Crisis In Canada’s Forest Products IndustryApril 20 2009, Ottawa, ONToday’s announcement by the Quebec and federal governments to convene a joint committee on forestry issues is cold comfort for 250,000 employees and close to 300 forest-dependent communities from coast to coast struggling to stay alive. Read This Release |
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