Posts Tagged ‘OFIA’

Future of Species at Risk Policy a Question of Credibility

Future of Species at Risk Policy a Question of Credibility

Ontario Forestry Coalition Says Fact-Based Arguments Should Trump Emotional Rhetoric KAPUSKASING, ON – A coalition of municipal leaders, chambers of commerce, unions, and the forest sector are raising alarm bells that draft provincial species at risk policy will jeopardize jobs in northern and [Read more]

NORTHERN LEADERS URGE PUBLIC SUPPORT TO ENSURE NORTHERN ONTARIO’S FORESTRY JOBS, FUTURE

NORTHERN LEADERS URGE PUBLIC SUPPORT TO ENSURE NORTHERN ONTARIO’S FORESTRY JOBS, FUTURE

Mayor Alan Spacek of Kapuskasing and President of the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) joined forces with other municipal and trade organizations to support the provincial government’s newly proposed regulation under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the forest sector. [Read more]

Public Support Needed to Ensure Forestry Jobs

Public Support Needed to Ensure Forestry Jobs

KENORA/TORONTO, ON – In an Environmental Registry posting on January 24, 2013 the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) outlined its preferred transition measures for various economic development sectors under the Endangered Species Act (2007).   This proposed regulation is consistent with a [Read more]

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