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Canada forestry association welcomes budget
28/01/2009
The Canadian budget, announced in the House of Commons on 27 January, has been welcomed by the Forest Products Association of Canada.
The Association’s chief executive officer, Avrim Lazar, says he is particularly pleased with the measure to help businesses access credit, claiming, "access to credit is the number one issue for our industry."
Lazar said that the industry’s importance in terms of jobs and investment opportunities has clearly been noted, “The government has clearly heard the message, and it understands that in order to get there, Canada needs to attract investment and secure the jobs of nearly 300,000 skilled Canadian forest workers and the communities they work in.”
The budget met all three of the Association’s requests, which were an extension of the R&D programme for forest products, an extension of the international marketing programme and the establishment of a bio-energy fund to look into the selling of wood waste for energy.
Going forward, the Association hopes that Canada’s solid environmental credentials will see its products gain popularity in the international market. Lazar said he also expects there to be “pent-up demand” waiting after the credit crisis is over.
The Association’s chief executive officer, Avrim Lazar, says he is particularly pleased with the measure to help businesses access credit, claiming, "access to credit is the number one issue for our industry."
Lazar said that the industry’s importance in terms of jobs and investment opportunities has clearly been noted, “The government has clearly heard the message, and it understands that in order to get there, Canada needs to attract investment and secure the jobs of nearly 300,000 skilled Canadian forest workers and the communities they work in.”
The budget met all three of the Association’s requests, which were an extension of the R&D programme for forest products, an extension of the international marketing programme and the establishment of a bio-energy fund to look into the selling of wood waste for energy.
Going forward, the Association hopes that Canada’s solid environmental credentials will see its products gain popularity in the international market. Lazar said he also expects there to be “pent-up demand” waiting after the credit crisis is over.
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