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Canada’s Greenest Workforce is forging an innovative path to a green and growing future with more and more smart uses being found for renewable wood fibre.

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Our sector directly employs over 205,000 Canadians in family-supporting jobs that help workers raise a family and build a future.

Canada’s Registered Professional Foresters (RPFs) play a critical ‘boots on the ground’ role in monitoring and managing our forests. With worsening wildfire and forest pest outbreaks, forest management is the best tool we have to ensure our forests continue to serve as a critical carbon sink in our fight against climate change, while supporting the good, green jobs that sustain communities, and accelerate Canada’s move towards a growing, green economy. Our sector directly employs over 205,000 Canadians – often in northern and rural communities where limited job opportunities exist. We are not only committed to ensuring that forest sector workers have access to the cutting-edge training and tools they need to keep working in this dynamic and evolving sector, but through programs like #TakeYourPlace, Women in Wood, the Greenest Workforce, and Free To Grow in Forestry, we are committed to an inclusive economy that supports the growth of women, Indigenous Peoples, new Canadians, lower-income workers and youth as leaders in a new green economy.

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Supporting Indigenous and Northern Communities

FPAC and it's members recognize that Canada’s forests are uniquely important to Indigenous communities, and that they are a vital component of the cultural, spiritual, economic, and social relationships that Indigenous peoples have with the land. Canada’s forest sector employs approximately 11,600 Indigenous workers, which makes it one of the largest Indigenous employers in the country. There are also 1,400 Indigenous-owned businesses in the forest sector including sawmills, silviculture businesses, and biomass energy facilities. FPAC and its members are committed to facilitating greater Indigenous participation in a thriving Canadian forest sector as it brings significant opportunities to existing and emerging Indigenous-owned businesses and initiatives

Growing a green economy while ensuring an inclusive economy, that values sustainability, diversity, and opportunity.

Through programs like #TakeYourPlace, Women in Wood, the Greenest Workforce, and Free To Grow in Forestry, we are committed to an inclusive economy that supports the growth of women, Indigenous Peoples, new Canadians, lower-income workers and youth as leaders in a new green economy.

Our sector has embraced the low-carbon era using innovation and new technology to unlock our full potential.

Emerging industries turning wood chips, sawdust, and bark into bioplastics, textiles, and biofuels will not only create good green jobs for Canadians but are poised to reimagine the resources and products we use everyday through a greener, cleaner lens.

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Innovative, Sustainable, Resilient: Forest Products Association Of Canada Recommendations From Canada’s Forest Sector To Drive Economic Recovery and A Net-Zero Carbon Future

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Conversation and Collaboration: Building the Future Canadian Forest Products Sector with Aboriginal talent

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Canada’s Forest Products Industry

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August 10, 2022

Forest Products Sector Calls for Action on Critical Supply Chain Issues

Ask any business sector what the basic principles of supply chain management are – and the answer invariably comes down to affordable and reliable transportation services. Unfortunately for Canada’s forest products sector, the present system is neither affordable nor reliable.

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March 29, 2022

Forestry Sees Opportunities in Emissions Reduction Plan

We will continue to work closely with the federal government on forestry solutions related to greenhouse gas emissions reductions, wildland fire mitigation plans, and national adaptation strategies.

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March 16, 2022

Getting Canada’s Economy Back on the Rails

Canada needs a resilient and predictable transportation system to meet increasing global demand for our products, keep workers working, and improve economic conditions in rural and northern communities.

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February 15, 2022

Forest Sector Raises Questions Around Federal Carbon Revenue Sharing Plan

We’re simply asking for transparency, clear consideration of rural and northern Canadian realities, and our fair share: Nighbor

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The Facts

Canada’s forest sector employs approximately 11,600 Indigenous workers, which makes it one of the largest Indigenous employers in the country

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Programs like #TakeYourPlace, Women in Wood, the Greenest Workforce, and Free To Grow in Forestry expand opportunities within the sector.

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Forestry employs Canadians across a range of professions, including researchers, chemists, engineers and skilled trades people

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Forests are complex ecosystems and they need to be monitored and taken care of – even more so when we consider their carbon-capture potential and the critical role they will play in defining our greener future. Our sector is ready to rise to that challenge. Join our community today to get updates on what you can do to support a growing, green economy, and a more inclusive, sustainable future for Canada.

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