Canada Names Farrell to Liaison Role

The Honorable Ed Fast, Minster of International Trade for the Government of Canada, has named James Farrell as “Canadian liaison” to the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (the Endowment).  Farrell, most recently served as Assistant Deputy Minister of the Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, a position he held from 2006 to December 2010.  “We’re pleased to have someone of Jim’s stature and experience working with the Endowment’s Board of Directors,” said Endowment Chairman Mack Hogans.  “He has big shoes to fill following our two prior liaisons, John Weaver and Stephane Rousseau, who both served with distinction.”
Under the terms of the Softwood Lumber Agreement 2006, each of the “meritorious initiatives” that received funding as part of the settlement between Canada and the U.S. were to have a liaison to their governing bodies to represent the interests and views of Canada’s forestry sector.  The Endowment amended its bylaws to allow election of the liaison to full Board membership.  Mr. Farrell began federal public service in 1983 after prior positions with Abitibi Paper Company and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.  He holds a Bachelors of Science in Forestry from the University of Toronto.