Forest Products Association of Canada
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{{cite web|url=http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/en/Home|title=Home - Trade Data Online|author=Small Business Branch|work=ic.gc.ca}} industry that represents 2% of Canada's GDP.[http://cansim2.statcan.ca/cgi-win/cnsmcgi.exe?Lang=E&RootDir=CII/&ResultTemplate=CII/CII___&Array_Pick=1&ArrayId=3790017 Statistics Canada]
History
Founded in 1913, the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association changed its name to the Forest Products Association of Canada in February 2001.{{cite web | url=https://ocl-cal.gc.ca/app/secure/orl/lrrs/do/clntAddr?cid=136&sMdKy=1416550786627 | title=Forest Products Association of Canada _ Association des produits forestiers du Canada - Address, activities & membership | publisher=Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada | work=Lobbyists Registration System | accessdate=December 27, 2014 | archive-date=December 27, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227081624/https://ocl-cal.gc.ca/app/secure/orl/lrrs/do/clntAddr?cid=136&sMdKy=1416550786627 | url-status=dead }}
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.{{Cite journal|last=Pala|first=Christopher|date=2011-03-30|title=Canadian forest deal at risk|journal=Nature News|language=en|volume=471|issue=7340|pages=560|doi=10.1038/471560a|pmid=21455149 |bibcode=2011Natur.471..560P |doi-access=free}} The first independent audit{{Cite web |url=http://canadianborealforestagreement.com/media-kit/CBFA%20-%20EPMM%20Progress%20Final%20Report.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-03-16 |archive-date=2012-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010151721/http://www.canadianborealforestagreement.com/media-kit/CBFA%20-%20EPMM%20Progress%20Final%20Report.pdf |url-status=dead }} 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.{{Cite news|url=http://business.financialpost.com/fp-comment/peter-foster-the-boreal-forest-agreement-was-just-an-eco-radical-shakedown-now-thankfully-its-finally-being-killed|title=Peter Foster: The boreal forest 'agreement' was an eco-radical shakedown. Thankfully, it's finally dead|work=Financial Post|access-date=2017-03-27|language=en}}
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
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External links
- [http://www.fpac.ca/ Forest Products Association of Canada], organization website
- [http://cbfa-efbc.ca/agreement/ The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement]
Category:Forest products companies of Canada
Category:Trade associations based in Canada
Category:Pulp and paper industry in Canada
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