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Québec City, February 18, 2015 – During a stop in the Mauricie region last Monday, Mr. Laurent Lessard, Quebec Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks, exhibited receptiveness toward making timber volumes that had gone unharvested during the 2008-2013 period available for harvesting in order to satisfy the needs signalled by forest companies and sector stakeholders.
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Québec City, July 16, 2012 – The Quebec Forest Industry Council (QFIC) is pleased that Mr. Clément Gignac, the Quebec Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife and Minister Responsible for the Plan Nord, has released the Stratégie 2012-2017, pour transformer l’industrie québécoise des produits forestiers [2012-17 strategy to transform Quebec’s forest product industry].
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Québec City, October 24, 2014 – The Quebec Forest Industry Council (QFIC) is quite satisfied with the report of the “Chantier sur l’efficacité des mesures en forêt privée” (Task force on the effectiveness of private woodlot support measures) presented last Friday at the stakeholders table by Mr.
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Québec City, November 1, 2012 – The Quebec Forest Industry Council (QFIC) wishes to highlight the determination expressed yesterday by Quebec Premier Pauline Marois in her inaugural address to the 40th legislation of the National Assembly, in support of revitalizing the province’s forest industry.
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Québec City, August 3, 2012 – With the provincial elections now underway, the Quebec Forest Industry Council (QFIC) has developed a mechanism serving to invite the political parties to spell out their commitments concerning nine main issues affecting the forest sector.
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Québec City, February 15, 2013 ̶ The Quebec Wood Export Bureau (QWEB), in collaboration with the Quebec Forest Industry Council (QFIC), the Maritime Lumber Bureau (MLB) et the Ontario Forest Industries Association (OFIA) are delighted with the outcome of the 2013 Montréal Wood Convention, which ended today at the hotel Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth.
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March 27, 2014 – Yesterday, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) ruled in favour of Canada in the dispute over the termination date of export charges related to a 2011 decision under the Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA) between Canada and the United States.
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Québec, October 9, 2012 The Montreal Wood Convention 2013 is coming back in full force! After 5 years of absence, wood producers and buyers from Canada and the United States will be able to reconnect with a tradition that dates back to 1908.
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Québec City, March 18, 2014 – According to several stakeholders associated with Quebec’s forests, the action directed at a logging company by Greenpeace this morning devalues the efforts of the government, industry and all forest sector actors over the last 20 years to innovate and continually improve the sustainable forestry practices current in Quebec.
