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Proposed revisions to Ontario’s Independent Forest Audit Regulation under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act

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The extension of the audit period to 10 years will not save costs as the amount of field work will essentially double for audit firms. If there are problems with the forest management planning process or delivery of field operations a 10 term is too long.

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Proposed revisions to Ontario’s Independent Forest Audit Regulation under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act

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43698

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I strongly oppose increasing the time between Independent Forest Audits from the current five-year cycle to the proposed ten-year cycle. A five-year cycle or less is the only prudent choice in light of the impending devastation that will be caused by catastrophic climate change. Read more

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Proposed revisions to Ontario’s Independent Forest Audit Regulation under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act

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44713

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This proposal alarms me. I am retired after serving as a senior professional forester with an Ontario forest-industry company for 19 years and 8 years as a private forest management consultant to industry. As a consultant I also led independent audits reporting to the Forestry Futures Trust. Read more

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Proposed revisions to Ontario’s Independent Forest Audit Regulation under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act

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44809

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The interval between audits in a ten-year audit cycle is too long for effective scrutiny to be brought to the manner and extent to which issues identified in an audit have been appropriately addressed. Read more

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Proposed revisions to Ontario’s Independent Forest Audit Regulation under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act

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45148

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Re: 019-1006 - I disagree with the proposal to remove the approval process of Audits. While tabling in the legislature does add much time to the process, it could be done by an Order in Council. - just having it posted on a web site is not sufficient Read more

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Proposed revisions to Ontario’s Independent Forest Audit Regulation under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act

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45228

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The primary ecological test in all forest audits is damage to an ecosystem that persists. It is in fact one of the tenets of the governments Forest Policy Framework, which is embedded in every FMP and is a regulatory requirement: Read more

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