Crown Forest Utilization – Shareholder Agreements used with Sustainable Forest Licences (cont’d). – Part 3

Crown Forest Utilization – Shareholder Agreements used with Sustainable Forest Licences (cont’d) – Part 3 As part of the process of putting in place a Sustainable Forest Licence having multiple participants, the participants themselves enter into a shareholder agreement, setting out their respective rights and obligations vis-à-vis one another, as shareholders of the licensee, including their respective rights […]

OBA Natural Resources panel: Creative Destruction in The Forest Products Industry: Challenges and Opportunities in a Time of Change

OBA Natural Resources Panel – Creative Destruction in The Forest Products Industry: Challenges and Opportunities in a Time of Change Ontario’s government has embarked on a provincial forestry strategy with the goals of reducing barriers, creating jobs, and promoting economic growth. Once a vibrant contributor to the province’s economic engine, the forestry products industry has […]

First Nations and the Forest Sector in Ontario

First Nations and the Forest Sector in Ontario For most of the past 100 years Ontario’s forest sector has been dominated by the pulp and paper industry.  Large companies like Abitibi, Domtar, EB Eddy, Avenor, Boise Cascade, and Great Lakes, that operated many large mills across Northern Ontario, held most of the forest licences, largely […]

Forest Products Industry: Trends and Creative Destruction

Forest Products Industry: Trends and Creative Destruction Forestry and the forest products industries have a long history in Canada. Canada has 347 million hectares, or nine percent of the world’s total forested area¹. In 2015, forestry sector exports represented nearly 7% of Canada’s total exports for the year2. Canada is a leading producer of newsprint, […]