Forest Tenure Meetings Underway

The Ontario Forest Industry Association remains critical of the Province's changes to the forest tenure system.

Public meetings started this week, and manager of Forest Policy Scott Jackson says the changes will undermine the government's recent good work.

"We think the government has completely overshot the mark here," says Jackson. "We're concerned that the proposal they're putting in place will lead to less fibre being available to the sector as a whole which is going to reduce investment and employment opportunities over the short, mid and long-term."

Jackson says an open auction for wood supply will impact all forestry businesses from big to small.