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OTTAWA, Dec. 11, 2012 /CNW/ - The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) believes that the new Fair Rail Freight Service Act is moving in the right direction to help shippers retain and create jobs for the benefit of the Canadian economy. The legislation was tabled after years of complaints by rail customers about inefficient and inadequate service from the railway monopoly. "Ensuring a fair and balanced relationship between shippers and the railways will help the forest...
OTTAWA, Dec. 10, 2012 /CNW/ - The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is pleased about today's announcement by the Minister of Citizen, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, concerning a new Federal Skilled Trades Program to help address labour shortages in skilled trades. The forest products sector in Canada has been struggling to find skilled workers including millwrights, engineers, pipe fitters, truck drivers, heavy equipment operators, technologists and...
OTTAWA, Dec. 6, 2012 /CNW/ - Member companies of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) remain committed to the promises made to Canadians, rural communities, the environment and the marketplace under the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) and will continue to work hard with environmental partners on its implementation. Greenpeace has announced it has abandoned the agreement but all other signatories remain at the table, dedicated to both the spirit and the letter...
OTTAWA, Dec. 4, 2012 /CNW/ - A group of industry association is joining forces in a new Bio-economy network (BEN) to explore ways to take advantage of the significant emerging potential in the global marketplace for bio-based products. The announcement was made today at the Canadian Renewable Fuels Summit taking place in Ottawa. BEN represents about 800 members companies that support more than two million jobs in areas such as the auto parts, biotech, chemical, agriculture and...
OTTAWA, Nov. 7, 2012 /CNW/ - The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is asking the federal government to use Budget 2013 to continue to build on the existing momentum of innovation and transformation in the job-rich forest sector. This should include replenishment of the successful Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) program. The original $100 million IFIT program generated 107 applications and was over-subscribed by a factor of five, demonstrating the...
VANCOUVER, Sept. 25, 2012 /CNW/ - The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) has awarded the first annual Skills Award for Indigenous Youth to Baillie Redfern, an M.Sc graduate student studying Genome Science and Technology at the University of British Columbia. The $2,500 award is targeted at youth from 18 to 25 who are enrolled in an apprenticeship program, college or in university who are a First Nations, Métis or Inuit individual with strong academic standing, and who...
OTTAWA, Sept. 24, 2012 /CNW/ - The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) would like to congratulate the Government of Canada for the unprecedented success of its $1Billion Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program (PPGTP) and for its continued commitment to the ongoing transformation of the forest products sector. The "Report on Results" on this phase of the government's ongoing strategic support for the industry has just been released. It shows the 98 projects that...
OTTAWA, Sept. 4, 2012 /CNW/ - The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is today welcoming new leadership as David Lindsay assumes the role of President and CEO at a time of great transformation in the Canadian forestry sector. "We are delighted to welcome someone of David's caliber and experience," said the Chairman of the FPAC Board of Directors, Jim Lopez, the President and CEO of Tembec. "He is the ideal person to build on the extraordinary momentum in our industry as...
BEDFORD, Mass., July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced Mr. Richard Garneau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Resolute Forest Products, has been selected as RISI's 2012 North American CEO of the Year. RISI, the leading information provider for the forest products industry, gives the award to honor industry leaders who have made significant achievements over the past year. The award will be...
TORONTO, July 17, 2012 /CNW/ - The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) are pleased to announce that Al Humphrys, the General Manager of Duz Cho Logging has won the FPAC/AFN Aboriginal Forest Products Business Leadership Award. The company is 100% owned by the McLeod Lake Indian Band, from McLeod Lake, B.C. Duz Cho was honoured today at the AFN General Assembly in Toronto. The award celebrates First Nations entrepreneurs for...
