OFIA

AcronymDefinition
OFIAOntario Forest Industries Association
OFIAOregon Fire Instructors Association (est. 1961)
OFIAOptical Fault Induction Attack
OFIAOffice for International Architecture (India)
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It spurred OFIA to organize a lobby day in late November giving mayors, foresters, First Nation leaders, chambers of commerce and forestry unions some face time with former Natural Resources Minister Kathryn McGarry and Opposition party critics.
For years, OFIA and Northern mayors have been asking for a consultation panel comprised of representation from municipalities, First Nations, industry and forestry management companies.
Taking a stand for forestry: Industry group rallies Northerners to lobby for sound forestry policy
OFIA said its membership have announced more than $400 million in investments over two years to build and upgrade facilities, boost production capacity, and employ more people.
Forestry "top priority" for new minister
Although some disappointed applicants openly and privately questioned the ministry's criteria, methodology and transparency for awarding fibre, Lim and OFIA chose not to criticize the process.
Provincial wood supply competition: forestry group wants unawarded fibre earmarked for industry
The Lucy Lake study, which the OFIA obtained from the MNR, clearly states that "the area is being used approximately 40 years after harvest," concluding that the study "supports the notion that new forest can become available as winter habitat in approximately 40 years," whereas "estimates of the time required to attain suitability for winter habitat after fire go as high as 55 years.
Environmental Commissioner's Office echoes dubious special interest 'campaign science'
Referring to the early November move as "David Copperfield politics," OFIA president Jamie Lim disputes the government's claim of a balanced approach.
Forestry tenure: debate over cutting rights fires up in the North
Tagging along on the 12-communities-in-five-days trip was OFIA president Jamie Lim, the former mayor of Timmins, itself a forestry town.
Endangered species act endangers forest industry; Forest communities, industry line up to oppose Endangered Species Act
Both the Timmins Chamber and OFIA are lobbying the newly appointed Minster of Government Services, Ted McMeekin, to make some changes before the new policy comes into effect.
Backtracking on forestry standards
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