Press Releases 2009

Statement of the Forest Products Association of Canada Regarding IEA Report Containing Flawed Data

The 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.

CANADIAN FORESTRY LEADER URGES AMBITIOUS GLOBAL ACTION TO END DEFORESTATION

Avrim 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.

Forest Products Industry Supports Legislation to Extend Employment Insurance Benefits to Long-Tenure

Andrew 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.

FPAC Welcomes Daishowa-Marubeni International as Newest Member

Hank 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.

First Winner of New Aboriginal Forestry Award

Forest Products Association of Canada and Assembly of First Nations recognize entrepreneurial talent

Government Gets It Right With Support for Environmental Advancements in Pulp and Paper Sector

The 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.

Rebooting the Economy has a Natural Solution

Avrim 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.

Governments Fail To Grasp Seriousness Of Crisis In Canada’s Forest Products Industry

Today’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.

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