Ian Dunn, interim president and CEO, OFIA.
When a world-wide pandemic was declared just over a year ago, there was rampant speculation about how it would impact the global economy. Now, as vaccinations ramp up, the focus is shifting to economic recovery.
Appropriately, the theme of the Ontario Forest Industries Association (OFIA)’s 2021 convention, which took place online on February 24, was sustaining economic recovery.
Ian Dunn, interim president and CEO of OFIA, kicked off the four-hour long conference by announcing $54 million from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry for the public access roads fund. He then outlined how forestry is well-positioned to lay the foundations for economic recovery in Ontario.
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