Re: Supporting Canada’s Forestry Sector and Communities: I am writing to request urgent action to support Canada’s forestry sector, forestry workers, and the hundreds of forestry-dependent rural communities across Canada. Our members know first-hand that Canada’s forestry sector continues to experience a perfect storm of repeated and intersecting crises, and a combination of economic, environmental, and global challenges continues to destabilize the broader sector. …Given this range of diverse crises – and since there are both common, national-level challenges as well as regionally-specific ones – Unifor has been calling for a much more coordinated, strategic response developed by, and with the active participation of, all levels of government, forestry workers and their union, Indigenous communities, forestry employers and industry groups, forestry training and education institutions, and local communities. Letter includes:

• An Expanded National Homebuilding Strategy
• A Broader National Forestry Strategy
• Regional and Provincial Flexibility
• A Comprehensive and Coordinated Plan for the Future