Press Releases

In a letter to the federal Minister of Labour, the Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn, the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) today called on the government to take urgent action to bring to an end the ongoing strike by CN’s 2,300 freight conductors and switching yard employees.

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), today welcomed measures introduced by the Government of Canada targeted at forest innovation and expanding market opportunities for Canadian forest products.

In January 2002, the member companies of the Forest Products Association of Canada’s (FPAC) undertook an ambitious commitment, the only one of its kind by a national forest products trade association in the world. FPAC members committed to certify all of their forestry operations to one of three major internationally recognized 3rd-party sustainable forest management (SFM) standards by the end of 2006.

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) today released its first ever FPAC Sustainability Report, measuring FPAC member progress against a range of environmental, social and economic indicators. A key highlight of the report is that FPAC member companies continue to make significant strides towards meeting their climate change commitments, reducing their greenhouse gas emissions by an unprecedented 44% since 1990, more than seven times the 6% reductions called for in the Kyoto Protocol.

The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) today welcomed recommendations contained in the report tabled by the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology to address the challenges confronting the Canadian manufacturing sector.