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Crown Forest Utilization – Shareholder Agreements used with Sustainable Forest Licences (cont’d). – Part 3
- 2-19-2020
- By Pilot Law LLP
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 to share the benefits arising from harvesting timber on the Crown…
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The Contractual Framework of Crown Forest Utilization in Ontario – Shareholder Agreements for Multiple Stakeholders – Part 1
- 12-06-2019
- By Pilot Law LLP
Unlike in the United States and many other parts of the world, the forests of Ontario are largely owned by the government; in particular, the provincial government. Ontario or, more formally, “the Crown in right of Ontario” owns approximately eighty per cent of the Province’s forest lands. Furthermore, the Canadian…
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We are seeing reports, daily, that demonstrate clearly the inevitability of change in the forest products industry: An area in the Pacific Ocean the size of Texas, filled with floating plastic debris and other non-degradable garbage, is growing every year, threatening the health of many marine creatures.
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OBA Natural Resources panel: Creative Destruction in The Forest Products Industry: Challenges and Opportunities in a Time of Change
- 4-16-2019
- By Pilot Law LLP
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 faced challenges on many fronts resulting in its decline. Can the industry be revived?
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OBA Natural Resources panel: Creative Destruction in The Forest Products Industry: Challenges and Opportunities in a Time of Change
- 4-16-2019
- By Pilot Law LLP
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 faced challenges on many fronts resulting in its decline. Can the industry be revived?