Green coalition challenges certification claims that Canada's forestry products are sustainable | Canada's National Observer: News & Analysis
The complainants also want the CSA to pay a $10-million fine towards conservation projects should the bureau — responsible for the administration and enforcement of the federal Competition Act — deem the CSA’s forestry sustainable labelling is false. The coalition also recommended the CSA be ordered to publicly retract certification claims of forestry sustainability if the case is verified. Devon Page, executive director of Ecojustice, says industry shapes the certification process labelling forest products as sustainable. Photo courtesy of Devon Page Canada’s weak environmental laws ...