Quebec wants to reform its forestry regime to balance business needs with sustainable management of forest lands, but the proposed changes have come under fire from municipalities, nature groups and unions.
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Groupe Rémabec, Quebec’s largest private forestry company, is significantly scaling back operations, as it faces mounting pressure from U.S. duties and a provincial business environment it describes as more and more unstable.
The La Tuque, Que.-based company, which harvests logs and cuts it into lumber at eight processing plants in the province, said Thursday it is shutting down all forestry operations and sawmills at its Arbec manufacturing unit for an indefinite period. Roughly 1,000 workers will be laid off immediately, and that number could reach 1,400 in the coming weeks, Rémabec said.
