Background Information - Modernizing Ontario's Forest Tenure and Pricing

Note: On October 20, 2011 the Ministry of Natural Resources became the lead ministry for the Forest Tenure and Pricing Modernization system.
  

The following documents provide you with background information on the process to modernize Ontario's forest tenure and pricing system. 

News Release:

Government taking next step to make Forest Industry more competitive

Documents and Presentations: 

Discussion Paper - Ontario's Forests - Ontario's Future (August 2009):

• English (PDF 3.7MB 21 pages)
• French (PDF 3.7MB 21 pages)
• Cree (PDF 2.3MB 24 pages) 
• Ojibway (PDF 2.3MB 21 pages)

Presentation delivered during roundtables and public meetings held September 17, 2009 - October 14, 2009.

• Ontario's Forests - Ontario's Future (PDF KB, 10 pages) (document intégral en anglais)

Public Participation Review (May 2010 - June 2010)

• Public consultation summary (PDF KB, 22 pages)
• Public response to participation questions 

A Proposed Framework to Modernize Ontario's Forest Tenure and Pricing System - April 2010

• English (PDF 2.3MB 21 pages)
• French (PDF 2.3MB 21 pages)
• Cree (PDF 2.3MB 21 pages)
• Oji-Cree (PDF 2.3MB 21 pages)
• Ojibway (PDF 2.3MB 21 pages)

Core elements of tenure modernization:

• Strengthening Forestry's Future - Forest Tenure Modernization in Ontario

Further Reading

• Haley, D. And H. Nelson. 2007. Has the Time Come to Rethink Canada’s Crown Forest Tenure Systems? The Forestry Chronicle. 83(5): 630-640.
• Kant, S. 2009. Recent Global Trends in Ownership and Tenure of Forest Resource and Timber Pricing (PDF, 64 pages). Prepared for the Ontario Professional Foresters Association Annual Conference, April 2009, Sudbury, Ontario. 62 pp.
• Nelson, H. 2008. Alternate Tenure Approaches to Achieve Sustainable Forest Management: Lessons for Canada. Sustainable Forest Management Network, Edmonton, Alberta. 40 pp.