Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Industry Relations Branch

• Industry Relations Branch

The Industry Relations Branch was created in September 1999, assuming responsibilities that had previously been performed by the Forest Industry Section of the Forest Management Branch. The Forest Industry Unit and Tenure and Measurement Unit of the Forest Management Branch were subordinated to the new Industry Relations Branch and reorganized.

The Industry Relations Branch was comprised of the Forest Business and Economics Section, the Wood Allocation and Measurement Section, the Forest Industry Unit, and the Provincial Measurement Unit. This organization persisted until 2010.

In 2010, the Branch was transferred to the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, and Forestry, and reported to the Forestry Division. The Forest Bioeconomy Unit and Forest Economics and Trade Unit were created in this year. In 2012, the Industry Relations Branch was transferred back to the Ministry of Natural Resources.

The Branch was dismantled in 2013 and its functions were split between the Business Development Branch, the Forest Tenure and Economics Branch, and the Operations Branch of the new Forestry Division.

The Industry Relations Branch was responsible for providing services to the forest industry in Ontario. The Ministry of Natural Resources had actively assisted Ontario’s forest industry at least as far back as 1985 before further acknowledging the importance of the activity through the creation of the Industry Relations Branch in 1999. The Industry Relations Branch worked collaboratively with industry to manage Ontario’s forests and implement the Ontario’s Living Legacy land-use planning strategy. The Branch advocated on behalf of the forest industry with consideration to public interest in ecological sustainability. The branch was responsible for leading and providing direction in the management of Ontario’s forest resources, specifically wood supply, licensing, wood measurement, economic development opportunities, and softwood lumber trade issues.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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Archivist(s):
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