Posts by Kim Allen
Information released on the impact of potential tariffs on New Brunswick’s forestry sector
For immediate release: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 New Brunswick – In response to questions about the impact of potential 25 per cent tariffs imposed by the U.S. government on Canadian goods including lumber and forest products, the New Brunswick Lumber Producers, Forest NB and J.D. Irving, Limited is releasing the following information about the forestry…
Read MoreLetter: Reality Check: New Brunswick’s Forest Products Industry is Vital to the Province
New Brunswick’s forest products industry employs more than 24,000 New Brunswickers (direct and indirect jobs) and encompasses more than 600 businesses, including small and medium sized and Indigenous-owned businesses. Tax revenues, employment, and spinoff businesses generated by the forest sector are the basis for rural economic sustainability for many New Brunswick communities. Annually, the sector…
Read MoreResponsibility and the example we set: a reflection on recent travels.
I was fortunate enough to have recently visited Kenya and Tanzania and since returning have been reflecting on privilege and perspective. I suppose the strikingly obvious thing to precipitate these reflections is the economic disparity, with Tanzania and Kenya ranked 31 and 51, respectively, on Global Finance’s list of the world’s poorest countries. Canada is…
Read More2022 Year in Review: Growing Opportunities in New Brunswick Forests
A key indicator of strength in the forest sector, much like the forests themselves, is resilience and adaptability in the face of challenge. On the heels of a global pandemic and rapidly changing global markets, the forest industry continues to translate challenges into opportunities. As climate change accelerates, we must acknowledge the important role our…
Read MoreNew 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…
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