At Tolko, we know that our people are our difference. Over the past few years, we have made a strong public commitment to diversity, including our commitment to women and women in leadership roles.

The Canadian forestry sector has become a leader in clean energy and clean tech, both in industry and communities it serves.

Canada was built on forestry. Today, over 600 communities across rural and northern Canada continue to rely on a strong and sustainable forest products sector to support our environment, good jobs, and vibrant towns and cities.

Caribou are well adapted to Canada's boreal forest, but the danger to all specialists is change. And much change has come to caribou ranges in Alberta.

In China, the National Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) is a critical department of interest to Canada's forest products sector.

After a couple of great days of meetings in Tokyo to further build relationships with the Japanese government and consumers, our Canadian delegation's attention shifted to the critical Chinese market – first stop, Shanghai.

Every year the Government of British Columbia leads a delegation to Japan and China in an effort to support and grow the market for BC wood products.

November 11th marks Remembrance Day, a time to remember those who have served in the armed forces—including a little known group called the Canadian Forestry Corps.

I have long had a close attachment to the forest industry.

How is it that a person can grow up in a small city, whose economic stability is reliant on forestry, and have no idea what a forester is or what they do?

So just how is Canada going to reach its ambitious goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions?

The major focus of public policy debate in Canada these past several months has been the federal election.

THE CANADIAN FORESTRY SECTOR'S VIRTUOUS CYCLE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

With the federal election now behind us, the new Prime Minister can and must promote the economy and the environment in the first few weeks of his mandate.

Whether it be the poetic "paper is the vehicle of thought" or the more prosaic "fibres in wood are called pulp", they are among the one-line twitter-length "fillers" put together in 1958 by the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, the precursor to FPAC.

One of the most beautiful summer spots in Canada is the Lake-of-the-Woods area in North Western Ontario.

As vice-president of Canada's Public Policy Forum, I have the privilege of working with and learning from Canada's most prominent thought leaders.

The perception most Canadians have about Parliament comes from Question Period.

As the voice of the Forest Products Industry of Canada in Ottawa, FPAC works closely with politicians, public servants, academics and stakeholders from other industry associations.

Recent discussions about forest destruction and deforestation in Canada may have caused undue confusion and alarm in the public.

On March 27th, in partnership with Canada's Public Policy Forum, the #FutureofForestry: Sustainable Solutions event was held in Ottawa.