Two Kenora, Ontario-based enterprises accept wood supply offers from province; Weyerhaeuser plans to add 43 jobs at its LSL plant, Wincrief Forestry Products will build utility pole plant
Wendy Lisney
QUEEN'S PARK, Ontario
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June 21, 2011
(press release)
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As Ontario's wood supply competition comes to a close, three more forestry companies have accepted offers, creating 55 new jobs and protecting 741 existing jobs.
So far, 34 offers have been accepted, creating 613 jobs and protecting another 2,370 existing jobs while helping local economies.
This includes three companies in Northwestern Ontario:
The competition aimed to put unused wood to work while the Province took steps to introduce a new forest tenure and pricing system.
Helping build a stronger forest industry is a key component of the plan laid out in Ontario's 2011 Budget - Turning the Corner, to create and support 10,000 new and existing jobs for Ontario families, and to strengthen local economies.
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