The provincial government is looking to make its planned overhaul of Ontario's forest tenure and pricing system official this spring.
Forestry Minister Michael Gravelle says the province plans to introduce legislation to establish two new governance models for managing and harvesting Ontario's forests.
"We want to be able to open up the system so that new entrants, aboriginal communities, municipalities, those with good business ideas that previously had a difficulty accessing wood can now now have greater access," says Gravelle.
The legislation includes establishing local forest management agencies to manage Crown forests and oversee timber sales.
