Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled billions in new funding and a Buy Canadian policy to help tariff-hit sectors. In related news: FPAC’s Derek Nighbor welcomed measures to strengthen Canadian industries; Lawerence Herman says the US Supreme Court will give Trump a tariff victory; and the AF&PA urges exclusion of Brazil pulp from tariffs. In other Business news: Kruger is restarting its Corner Brook Pulp & Paper mill; German equipment makers seek delay of EU deforestation law; and low lumber prices are called a warning sign, as US job growth slows and inflation ticks up.
In other news: the Canadian Wood Council advances steel-timber hybrid solutions; Netflix partners with the American Forest Foundation on carbon credits; US hearings offer outlet for unease with US Forest Service revamp; UBC professor Younes Alila says clearcut logging affects water; Wildsight says BC is failing to protect old-growth; and The Great Koala National Park is announced in Australia. Meanwhile: the Ontario Woodlot Association has a New Executive Director; and the latest FSC Canada newsletter.
Finally, Premier Eby opens BC Wood’s GBM, emphasizes value-added sector’s critical role.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor