At least 1,200 professionals in the business of producing, selling and distributing wood products in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States will be converging on Montreal in April. The magnet is the Montreal Wood Convention (MWC). For all 1,200 of them, the proceedings April 14-16 at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal will help create the foundation and direction for their wood product businesses in the coming year—despite the uncertainties that currently rule the U.S. trade relationship with Canada. …For more information contact: afortin@quebecwoodexport.com. …BC lumber producers will have plenty to talk about at the Council of Forest Industries (COFI) annual meeting and convention in April, but among the top issues will be access to fibre—the timber harvest in B.C. that feeds its sawmills is at a dismally low level, nearly 40 per cent below the Annual Allowable Cut. …For the latest information check: cofi.org