Closed Consultation

Engagement session with ENGOs in support of the ENGO members of the Pulp and Paper Air Quality Forum

The Canadian Environmental Network selected 10 senior, strategic level ENGO representatives to participate to a 1.5 day engagement session in support of the ENGO members of the Pulp and Paper Air Quality Forum, which will take place on September 6-7, 2006 in Ottawa, Ontario. The selected ENGO delegates are:

Allistair Marshall (Potlotek Fish & Wildlife Association)
Delores Broten (Reach for Unbleached Foundation)
John Michael Lannon (Community Forest Coalition)
Harvey Scott (Crooked Creek Conservancy)
Anna Tilman (STORM Coalition)
Therese Hutchinson (Occupational Health Clinic for Ontario Workers)
Robert Wiltzen (Crofton Airshed Citizens Group)
Boris Romaguer (Ambioterra)
Emilie Moorhouse (Sierra Club of Canada)
Sandra Madray (Chemical Sensitivities Manitoba)

These delegates will be invited to take part in a second face-to-face meeting in February 2007.

The two ENGO members of the Pulp and Paper Air Quality Forum are Friends of the Earth (FOE) and West Coast Environmental Law Association (WCEL). The purpose of the session is two-fold: to inform the ENGO groups on the “state of play” with respect to the PPAQF’s development of a 10-year agenda to reduce Canadian air emissions from pulp and paper mills and; to enable FOE and WECL to seek the views, concerns and advice of the ENGO groups. The ENGO delegates are expected to create a summary of key points and issues for use by FOE and WECL.

For more information, please contact Olivier Bertin-Mahieux, National Caucus Coordinator, tel.: (613) 728-9810 ext. 234 or (514) 996-9810.

Background Information

According to Environment Canada:

“The forum's mandate will be to develop an evergreen, 10-year cooperative agenda for the management of air emissions from pulp and paper mills. This will be a recommended agenda for industry and governments, recognizing that accountability for development and implementation of regulatory programs rests with individual governments.

To develop this proposal, FPAC and Environment Canada launched a research project under the auspices of the federal "smart regulations" initiative. FPAC and Environment Canada brought together a highly qualified group of environmental professionals from industry, federal and provincial governments, and the Aboriginal and environmental communities and provided them with a clean sheet of paper. Members of this project team did not represent their constituencies; rather, they advised the proponents as experts. This freedom permitted an exciting convergence of ideas and interest culminating in this proposal. The group members support the establishment of the Pulp and Paper Air Quality Forum.”

For more information, visit Environment Canada’s website.