Forestry workers from across Northern Ontario gathered in Dryden, Ontario to discuss opportunities for the sector, challenges in their workplaces, hear from legal and pension experts, and from Unifor leadership on how the union is fighting for forestry jobs. Ontario Regional Director Samia Hashi and Quebec Director Daniel Cloutier opened the meeting with a review of the work the union is doing to push all levels of government for an industrial strategy for forestry, and to advocate using Canadian lumber and lumber products to help build us out of the housing crisis. “Unifor has been front and centre in Canada’s response to U.S. tariffs—demanding that governments defend working people and hold corporations accountable,” said Hashi. “Forestry needs to be at the heart of Canada’s industrial strategy. And that strategy must be bold, forward-looking, and rooted in justice for workers.”