National Hardwood Magazine - July 2011

When it comes to Hardwood or Southern
Yellow Pine Lumber, Eastern Lumber
Corporation gives you competitive prices,
and we stand tall on service.
For you at Eastern Lumber we offer:
• A Southern Yellow Pine concentration yard
in Orangeburg, S.C.
• Green and air dried Appalachian, Northern
and Southern Hardwoods; and green, air dried
and kiln dried Southern Pine.
• Export packaging & container loading.
• Experienced personnel.
Eastern Lumber Corporation
Headquarters:
338 St. Paul St. N.E.
Orangeburg, S.C. 29116
Tel: (803) 531-1887
FAX: (803) 533-0195
Sales:
Russell and Leonard Blanchard,
Ed Holley, Jim Shepherd
& David Turner
Youʼll like doing business with us because we follow
through on your orders and we do what we say weʼll do!
Begley-Made
BAND SAWN
HARDWOODS
This is an aerial view of Begley Lumber Companyʼs band mill operation
located in London, Kentucky.
At Begley, we...
• have a large band mill operation in both London and Hyden,
Kentucky
• have 740,000 board feet per charge of dry kilns and an additional
30,000 board feet per charge Walnut steamer
• produce 60 million board feet of lumber 4/4 through 16/4
thicknesses per year combined
• have a Newman 382 planer
• have several T-sheds that hold 4 to 5 million board feet of
lumber
• have an 80 bay sorter
We’d like to hear from you when you need quality
Appalachian Hardwoods!
P.O. Box 2800
London, KY 40743-2800
Phone: (606) 877-1228
FAX: (606) 877-1230
E-mail: jpatterson@begleylumber.com
Website: www.begleylumber.com
SALES: John Patterson and Matt Begley
QUEBEC TRENDS - Continued
Retailers reported first-quarter sales were weaker across Canada. The
outlook, they predict will not be much better. Rate hikes expected to start
in July could scare away shoppers. The rising costs of materials and
manufacturing products could force manufacturers to increase prices by
the fall, which could further dampen consumer spending.
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ONTARIO TRENDS - Continued from page 7
Crown forests and oversee the competitive sale of timber in a given area;
and 2) Enhanced Shareholder Sustainable Forest Licences (SFLs), a
group of mills and/or harvesters that collectively form a new company
to manage Crown forests under the Sustainable Forest Licence that is
issued to them.
According to the announcement these new models will help make
Ontario’s timber supply and prices more responsive to market demand,
make it easier for entrepreneurs to participate in the forest economy, and
facilitate greater Aboriginal and local involvement in the forest sector.
The plan, as laid out in Ontario’s 2011 Budget – Turning the Corner,
designed to create and support 10,000 new and existing jobs for Ontario
families and strengthen local economies, will have as a key component
to build a stronger forest industry. Crown timber is currently harvested
from nearly 40 Sustainable Forest Licences spread across northern and
eastern Ontario. Since 2004, the Ontario government has committed to
investing $1.1 billion (CDN) available through various past and present
programs to assist the forest sector.
On the industry side, however, many Northern Ontario organizations
joined together to express their continued concern over the final content
of Bill 151. On May 4, 2011 the Standing Committee on General
Government met to vote on final amendments to the controversial Bill,
which due to a time allocation motion filed by the Ontario Government,
did not include an opportunity for discussion or debate.
The Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce, the Northwestern Ontario
Associated Chambers of Commerce (NOACC), the Ontario Forest
Industries Association (OFIA) and the Northwestern Ontario Municipal
Association (NOMA) expressed disappointment that the Bill was fast
tracked through the legislative process without sufficient amendment to
resolve the problematic public policy implications.Extensive testimony
was given by impacted stakeholders at public hearings held in Toronto
in early April.
These organizations argue the Bill is not in the best interest of Northern
and rural municipalities. It remains flawed and will create uncertainty in
the forest sector and jeopardize investment and employment opportunities.
They say the Bill continues to provide the Government with the
arbitrary right to unilaterally cancel wood supply agreements and commitments,
and prevents anyone affected by such cancellations from
seeking legal recourse, damages or compensation.
The organizations still don’t understand the need for such speedy passage
of the flawed legislation. In earlier meetings with members of these
organizations, there was no mention about cancelling existing wood
supply agreements without recourse or compensation. The forestry
organizations feel that basic issues of definition and clarity were dismissed
without discussion or debate, and are concerned about the level
of analysis that was done on the ramifications and serious consequences
of Bill 151 on Northern Ontario’s economy.
The organizations also note that the Government has been trying to
draw attention away from the controversial Bill by announcing wood
supply allocations through the Wood Supply Competitive Process
(WSCP). The WSCP, which is a separate process from tenure reform
and which is supported by the organizations, will be undermined by Bill
151. Companies receiving allocations under the WSCP need to realize
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