The Forest Products Sector Council (FPSC-CSPF) was Concurrently, there is a strong desire on the part of First Nations and Aboriginal groups to expand entrepreneurial opportunities created in 2008 as an independent, not-for-profit within the forest products sector and to continue to work and live organization to identify and support the sector’s key human in rural areas of Canada. [...] The objective of these engagement sessions was to identify The objective of all these activities was to get a clear picture of the and document current successes and discuss challenges and realities in the forest products sector in order to develop strategies opportunities to greater involvement by Aboriginal people in and generate recommendations which could be supported by the forest products se [...] A stronger Canadian dollar, changes in the global The Canadian forest products sector economy, the collapse of the U. S. housing market and recession has seen the number of Canadians working in the forest products •. The Canadian forest products industry generates sector drop by nearly 35 percent, from a high of more than 1.7 per cent of the national GDP. [...] Resolute Forest Products’ sawmill is in Aboriginal organizations and First Nations an industrial park within the First Nation and, as part of the The issue of forest tenure dominates the discussion about partnership agreement, the two parties developed a training Aboriginal peoples’ involvement in the forest products sector. [...] For those in the Canadian forest products sector who wish to Employment and Business – Examine Aboriginal business encourage and engage more Aboriginal peoples to work in the mills and on the land; and for those Aboriginal communities and ventures for lessons, develop strategic planning assistance individuals who wish to create better economic opportunities programs, provide infrastructure and acc
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