Commentary
New Brunswick’s new solutions – growing forestry opportunities in 2023
The post-COVID landscape for the forest sector continues to experience volatility and uncertainty for multiple reasons and the 2023 economic outlook is being called “bleak”. Following a couple years of record activity and prices, real estate markets in Canada are correcting largely due to the Bank of Canada hiking interest rates in the face of…
Read MoreNew Brunswick Forests: Achieving Conservation and Carbon Objectives
As COP15, the UN’s Biodiversity Conference continues in Montreal, government officials from around the world are meeting to discuss how best to protect nature and preserve biodiversity faced with the growing impacts of climate change. Threats such as habitat degradation, invasive species, overexploitation, pollution, and climate change all impact the adaptation ability of our forests…
Read MoreLocal Governance Reform – Challenges and Opportunities
As local governance reforms continue to advance to meet the rapidly approaching January 2023 deadline for implementation of the strategic restructuring of local government entities, statements of public interest for land use planning, and property taxation adjustments it is becoming evident that there are real implications for private landowners and for industries. An impracticable draft…
Read MoreEmployment Opportunity -Executive Assistant
Fredericton, New Brunswick Permanent Full-time (37.5 hours/week) Forest NB (New Brunswick Forest Products Association) represents the majority of forest product manufacturers in New Brunswick, with the corporate vision to grow a future for our communities through renewable forests. As the organization’s Executive Assistant, you bring the organizational and administrative support necessary to assist the Executive…
Read MoreGrowing the Forest Sector Workforce
While it seems that the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the labour crisis for the forest industry, both here in New Brunswick and across Canada, the pending labour shortages have been on the horizon for some time now in Atlantic Canada. The New Brunswick Labour Market Outlook 2018-2027, released by Post-Secondary Education, Labour and Training (PETL),…
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