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 give logging companies control over the forests, and allow the industry the discretion to shape a certification process that allows it to flog destructive logging products in domestic and international markets as sustainable, said Devon Page, executive director of Ecojustice.
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A coalition of conservationists is urging the B.C. government to use federal funds to protect old-growth forests and establish targets for endangered ecosystems.