The Ontario Forest Industry Association is calling on the provincial government to cancel its plans to reform the forest tenure process.
President Jamie Lim says it's going to have a negative impact on the forest industry.
"It's going to increase costs for the forest sector," says Lim. "It's going to reduce efficiencies. It's going to create a reduction in wood supply in the provincial and local levels. Most importantly it going to create an absolutely large degree of uncertainty."
The Association is part of a province wide coalition made up of unions, forestry groups, municipalities and business leaders voicing their opposition to the changes how the province's forest are allocated and managed.
However, the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association isn't taking a stand for or against the province's proposed reforms.
President Anne Krassilowsky says there's too diverse a forest industry for them to determine if the province's proposed changes is right for the region.
