Region Archives: Canada East

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Wood, Paper & Green Building

Canadian Wood Council Applauds Federal-Provincial Investment in Advanced Wood Construction in Quebec

Canadian Wood Council
March 24, 2025
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: Canada, Canada East

OTTAWA – The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) applauds the joint investment of over $8.5 million by Natural Resources Canada and Quebec’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests in four innovative wood construction-related projects across Quebec. These strategic initiatives will help strengthen the manufacturing sector and accelerate the adoption of low-carbon, Canadian-made wood products and technologies in residential construction and other critical community infrastructure. By supporting advanced wood construction methods—including modular mass timber housing, artificial intelligence to modernize engineered wood manufacturing, and the design of tall wood residential buildings—this investment reinforces the essential role of wood in delivering high-performance, low-carbon construction solutions. …these projects demonstrate how innovative wood technologies can meet urgent housing needs in a sustainable way, through scalable and repeatable, locally driven approaches.

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Forestry

Prince Edward Island Forestry Commission calls for end to ‘status quo budgeting,’ more assistance for woodlot owners

By Stu Neatby
The Saltwire Guardian
March 25, 2025
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada, Canada East

After a two-year effort, a commission established to make recommendations aimed at preserving the province’s forests has highlighted the need to boost funding for programs aimed at assisting private woodlot owners. In its final report, the P.E.I. Forestry Commission, a 13-member advisory group chaired by Jean-Paul Arsenault, said successive P.E.I. governments have been “neglecting” the implementation of existing forestry policies since 2006. “The Forestry Program is a long-term victim of status quo budgeting, also called zero-based budgeting, an approach focused on maintaining expenditures at previous levels,” wrote the commissioners. …The report, which was completed last October, was not made public until March 19 by the Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action. …The commission’s report notes that P.E.I. faces a unique challenge in forestry preservation, given that 85 per cent of the province’s forests are owned by private landowners.

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