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Québec City, January 26, 2015 - Quebec Forest Industry Council (QFIC)’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. André Tremblay, is delighted by the Government of Quebec’s announcement that it has appointed former premier Mr.
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Québec City, December 13, 2013 – The Quebec Forest Industry Council (QFIC) is very concerned by the potential impacts of the suspension of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certificates in two forest sectors of the Lac-Saint-Jean region on account of non-compliance with a number of specific items concerning the woodland caribou and indigenous peoples’ rights.
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Québec City, April 9, 2013 – The Quebec Forest Industry Council (QFIC) wishes to highlight the government of Canada’s financial support of efforts to encourage innovation and market development, as announced today by the Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.
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Québec City, February 10, 2015 – The Quebec Forest Industry Council (QFIC) deplores the comments contained in a press release issued by the Innu nation on February 9 and that has identified the forest industry as the main cause of the decline of woodland caribou population on the Innu’s traditional lands.
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MONTREAL, Oct. 28, 2014 - Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) was recognized for its longtime leadership in sustainability, as the company accepted the first-ever annual FSC® Leadership Award for the paper sector in a ceremony at the Greenbuild 2014 Conference in New Orleans.
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Québec City, February 22, 2012 – The Quebec Forest Industry Council (QFIC) wholeheartedly supports the initiative of the Fédération Québécoise des Municipalités (FQM, or Quebec federation of municipalities) and its partners aimed at prompting the provincial government to adopt concrete measures in order to promote the recovery of the forest sector.
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QUÉBEC CITY, March 26, 2014 - Within the framework of the current provincial election campaign, the Quebec Forest Industry Council (QFIC) has made announced its issues of import and, at the same time, is encouraging Quebecers to call the major political parties out about the importance of these issues for their local economy.
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Québec City, February 9, 2015 – As pointed out by the reporter Jean-Paul Gagné in an article published last Thursday in Les Affaires under the headline of “Le coût excessif du bois fait perdre beaucoup d'emplois et de taxes” (High cost of wood responsible for loss of many jobs, much tax revenue), the high cost of wood in Quebec has caused the provincial government to lose considerable tax revenue.
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TORONTO and MONTREAL, June 13, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Resolute Forest Products (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are pleased to announce that Resolute has become the largest manager of Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certified forests in the world.
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MONTREAL, Sept. 9, 2014 - Domtar Corporation (NYSE: UFS) (TSX: UFS) today announced that it has sold its five millionth ton of Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certified uncoated fine paper, a first for the North American market.
