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STATE OF THE NORTH 2019
Connecting the City with the Forest
September 26th, 2019
STATE OF THE NORTH 2019 Connecting the City with the Forest - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
STATE OF THE NORTH 2019 Connecting the City with the Forest - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
STATE OF THE NORTH 2019 Connecting the City with the Forest September 26 th , 2019 EACOM GROWTH Rebuild of Timmins Sawmill Restart of Ear Falls Sawmill Acquisition of Sault Ste Marie I-Joist mill 3 ONTARIO FORESTRY SECTOR 150,000
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EACOM GROWTH
➔ Rebuild of Timmins Sawmill ➔ Restart of Ear Falls Sawmill ➔ Acquisition of Sault Ste Marie I-Joist mill
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ONTARIO FORESTRY SECTOR
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➔ 150,000 direct & indirect jobs ➔ +$16 billion in economic activity, and growing!
➔ Ontario is strategically located next to the world’s largest economy
- 96% of Ontario’s wood product exports are destined to the US
➔ Supplying the Greater Toronto Area
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SOFTWOOD LUMBER DISPUTE
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➔ History repeating itself – we are in the 5th iteration of the dispute ➔ Canadian producers started paying a duty on all shipments of
softwood lumber to the US in April 2017
➔Canada fights back by appealing to the WTO & NAFTA Chapter 19
➔ EACOM shipments to the US are subject to a 20.23% border tax until
a resolution is achieved
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EACOM MARKETS
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Can anad ada 41% 1% U.S .S.A .A. 59% 59% 36%
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ONTARIO CONTEXT
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➔ 14.3 million people ➔ 780,000 people in Northern Ontario ➔ 133 First Nations communities ➔ 88% of Ontario forests publicly owned ➔ Northern communities resources dependent
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MASS TIMBER
Nordic.ca Nrcan.gc.ca
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NaturallyWood.com
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Carbon constitutes approximately 50% the dry mass
- f trees and when wood from
these trees is used in wood products, the carbon is stored for the life of that product.
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BROCK COMMONS
VANCOUVER, BC
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Actonostry.ca
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TALL WOOD COMES TO TORONTO
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TALL WOOD COMES TO TORONTO
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CanadianArchitect.com
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TALL WOOD COMES TO TORONTO
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WHAT’S NEXT?
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➔ The new 2020 National Building Code of Canada to include the
use of mass timber construction for 12-storey structures.
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ONTARIO WOOD WORKS! AWARD WINNERS
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