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Coulombe Commission follow

A word by QFIC President General Manager, Mr. Guy Chevrette

The Coulombe report casts a new eye on our industry?s practices and calls for new guidelines. We share these concerns and are ready to take on the challenge.

The Coulombe report is also realistic in terms of the flexibility required of the industry to adapt to change.

Within this framework, recommendation 6.10 is articulate:

"That the Ministère adopt a proactive strategy aimed at giving timber processing plants a wider margin to maneuver in order to adapt to the difficult situation they are faced with, while minimizing the impact on employment."

We must proceed in a responsible manner and work together to limit the extent of the socio-economic impact on all regions of Quebec. We are also of the deep conviction that we can contribute in a positive way to the upcoming debate.

This being said, we are not perfect. We have without doubt made mistakes, but as responsible people, we are forging ahead. We agree on the issue of responsible forest management, our future depends on it.

Other than with impact studies, we have the responsibility to analyze the consequences of decisions taken and pass them on to the leader of the Quebec government, to regional leaders, to union leaders and to the public in general, in order to avoid grandstanding. A mere slow down can be detrimental, for instance, if we think of plant closings.

And so I invite you to join in the debate in each of your regions. We can no longer leave the last word to people who would applaud the death of our industry and who cry scandal at every development project. They are the very people who would denounce the various levels of government as being laisser-faire in the face of poverty, unemployment and the exodus of young people and the general population of our regions.

Sustainable development is targeted towards attaining three basic objectives in a simultaneous and well-balanced way: ecological integrity, social equality and economic stability.

We must do so in a clear way and in good faith. We must propose realistic and viable alternatives.

Together we will succeed!

Guy Chevrette

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