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We began publishing
Viewpoint with the express
purpose of stimulating
and enhancing discussion
within the Canadian forest
sector through the
examination of compelling
issues from the perspectives
of various stakeholders.
Readers’ reactions so far indicate we’re
doing
that, though one reader did ask—innocently,
we believe—if the views of the people we
interview have to be the same as those of the
Canadian Forest Service (CFS).
The answer to that is no.
CFS views are expressed through our Minister,
Assistant Deputy Minister and other CFS staff
quoted in the articles presented here. The views
expressed by other interviewees are theirs, and
are not necessarily shared by the CFS.
However, since they are coming from
experienced, knowledgeable and credible forest
stakeholders, they deserve to be considered, as
we all contemplate ways to ensure a healthy
forest and a strong forest sector.
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Focus On: Fibre For A Forest Fix
 In recent months, there have been mill closures
and layoffs in Canada’s forest industry, analysts
have been quoted as saying more operations
are "on the bubble" and could also close, and
there are increasing calls for governments to
take the lead in developing a national strategy
(with industry) to mitigate the impacts of the
current industry adjustment and secure the
future of the forest industry.
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A new Wildland — Fire Strategy for Canada
On October 4, 2005, federal, provincial and
territorial forest ministers unveiled the Canadian
Wildland Fire Strategy (CWFS) Declaration and
committed to a shared vision and common set
of principles for wildland fire management in
Canada.
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In Forestry Terms, Canada is a Superpower
"Canada may well be the smallest economy in
the G8, but when it comes to forestry, we're a
superpower." This comment by Brian Emmett,
Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) of Natural
Resources Canada's Canadian Forest Service
(CFS), underlines his optimism about a Statement
of Cooperation signed in April 2005 by the
CFS and Russia's Federal Forest Agency (FFA).
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Using Fire To Forge International Collaboration
 Forest fire research is an area in which the
Canadian Forest Service (CFS) has been
working cooperatively with other countries
for some time.
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Editor in Chief: Bob Burt
Editorial Board: Jim Farrell, Sylvie Letellier,
Gordon Miller, Geoff Munro
Production Manager: Sylvie Provenzano
Writer: Tom Douglas
Editorial Staff: Benoît Arsenault, Hélène
Beauregard, Donna Colterman, David Tuck
Email: cfs.viewpoint@nrcan.gc.ca
URL: viewpoint.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca
Canada Post Mail Agreement #: 40062948
ISSN# 1712-266X
J. David Andrews photos from the collection “
The Forests of Canada” by Ken Farr (Natural Resources Canada,
Canadian Forest Service/Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2003)
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Interview
with Frank Dottori, who will step down as founder and CEO of Tembec Inc.
in
January 2006
It would be "an absolute sin" to lose the boreal
forest for fibre when it could be profitably
retained as a carbon reservoir, says Elizabeth
May, Executive Director of the Sierra Club of
Canada, who also has been recently named an
Officer of the Order of Canada.
Interview with Monte Hummel,
President Emeritus of World Wildlife Fund
(Canada) and co-founder of Pollution Probe