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About the Board Established in 1972 under the Nova Scotia Pulpwood Marketing Act, the the Primary Forest Products Marketing Board was for many years known as The Nova Scotia Pulpwood Marketing Board. The main activities of the board continue to be the registration of bargaining agents and the supervision of collective bargaining between groups of pulpwood producers and large pulpwood mills within the province. The clients of the Board are the primary forest products producers of Nova Scotia . In 1986 the act was amended to include other primary forest products such as sawmill chips, hog fuel, and Christmas trees.
The Board must act within the powers given it through the Nova Scotia Primary Forest Products Marketing Act, R.S.N.S., 1989, c355 and its regulations. The powers of the Board are described in section 6 of the Act. Guidelines for Grants and Loans Regulations - (N.S. Reg. 82/89) Licensing and Furnishing of Information Regulations (amended to N.S. Reg. 41/90) Rules of Procedure: Part I - Internal Matters (N.S. Reg. 95/88) Part II - Bargaining - Agreement Matters (N.S. Reg. 20/94) [Please Note:Copies of orders are available at the office of the Primary Forest Products Marketing Board.] Nova Scotia Primary Forest Products Marketing Board Email: nspfpmb@gov.ns.ca |
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The board is financed by a levy assessed on the producers of forest
products. The board is appointed by the Governor in Council. The membership
of the Board is made up of seven persons including a chairperson and
a vice-chairperson. There are also five alternate members. Section 4
of the Act provides that membership shall include: one person experienced
in the sawmill industry, one person experienced in the pulp and paper
industry, two persons who are not engaged in the sawmill industry or
the pulp and paper industry and three persons not engaged in the production,
marketing or processing of primary forest products.