Council of Forest Industries
Registration:
47
of
54
(2023-02-15
to
2023-07-24)
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
- Communicating economic status of industry with regard to potential government financial assistance with regard to the Softwood Lumber Agreement.
Climate and low-carbon forest products.
Natural Resources Canada Funding Programs.
- Seek funding for Emerging Market Opportunities Program
Policies or Program
- Communicating economic status of Industry with regard to policies that support ongoing competitiveness of BC interior forest industry. Discuss COVID-19 worker, community and economic support measures.
- Discuss impacts to industry on Critical Habitat Effectiveness Protection Assessment (CHEPA) for southern mountain caribou.
- Discussion on forestry and reconciliation and federal implementation of United Nation Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including ownership of forest tenures and employment and investment opportunities across forest sector supply chains.
- Discussions on Climate and low-carbon forest products, including the role of the forest sector in meeting Canada's greenhouse gas emission reduction goals and international commitments.
- Discussions on emerging markets and impacts to industry on softwood lumber agreement with the United States. Opportunities to expand offshore markets for sustainable forest products produced by Canada and BC.
- Discussions on low-carbon products initiative including carbon accounting for Canadian wood and paper products.
Policies or Program, Regulation
- Discussion of Southern Mountain Caribou and potential socio-economic impacts if protection order made under Species at Risk Act (SARA). Provide general update on forest sector including upcoming decision on Southern Mountain Caribou. Discussion on carbon accounting and climate. Discussion on international market regulation regarding "forest degradation".
Regulation
- Discussions on proposed amendments to Migratory Birds Regulation and the impacts to forest industry.