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The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) is a trade association which represents Canada's wood, pulp and paper producers both nationally and internationally in government, trade, and environmental affairs. Canada's forest products industry is an $80 billion a year industry that represents 2% of Canada's GDP.

History

Founded in 1913, the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association changed its name to the Forest Products Association of Canada in February 2001.

In May 2010, under the leadership of then President Avrim Lazar, FPAC successfully helped to negotiate The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement, with several large ENGOs. The first independent audit of the CBFA in 2011 revealed a lack of progress in achieving formal milestones and in 2017 the long-term survival of the agreement was put into question.

Description

Third-party certification of member companies' forest practices is a condition of membership in the Association. FPAC member companies are: AbitibiBowater, Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. (Al-Pac), Canfor, Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership, Cariboo Pulp and Paper Company, Cascades Inc., Catalyst Paper Corporation, FF Soucy, Howe Sound Pulp and Paper Mill, NewPage Corporation, Kruger Inc., Louisiana-Pacific Canada Ltd., Mercer, Mill & Timber Products Ltd., Papier Masson, SFK Pulp, Tembec Enterprises Inc. Tolko Industries Ltd., UPM-Kymmene Miramichi Inc., West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd., Weyerhaeuser Company Limited.

See also

References

  1. Small Business Branch. "Home - Trade Data Online". ic.gc.ca. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. Statistics Canada
  3. "Forest Products Association of Canada _ Association des produits forestiers du Canada - Address, activities & membership". Lobbyists Registration System. Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada. Archived from the original on December 27, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  4. Pala, Christopher (2011-03-30). "Canadian forest deal at risk". Nature News. 471 (7340): 560. Bibcode:2011Natur.471..560P. doi:10.1038/471560a. PMID 21455149.
  5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2013-03-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Peter Foster: The boreal forest 'agreement' was an eco-radical shakedown. Thankfully, it's finally dead". Financial Post. Retrieved 2017-03-27.

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