Commencing April 1st, 2013, the Province of Quebec dictates that public forest management responsibilities will be taken away from forest companies and taken over by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife (MRNF).

At the 2011 FSC General Assembly, the highest decision making body of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the FSC Membership passed Policy Motion 51 to ‘Strengthen the Controlled Wood System’. The motion includes a revision of the Controlled Wood Standard (FSC-STD-40-003), an evaluation of existing risk assessments, the phase-out of company developed Risk Assessments and the development of FSC National Controlled Wood Risk Assessments by December 31st, 2012.

Hotel and GEOS Spa Sacacomie is now the first to achieve FSC Project Certification for a building in Canada (FSC®-P001563) and the second Project Certificate to be issued to a commercial building in North America.