Forestry sector

$347.5M over 5 years

• Investing in Quebec’s forests, notably in silviculture ($320M)
  • Increase silvicultural work in public forests and the production of forest seedlings ($150M);
  • Continue silvicultural investments in private forests ($147M);
  • Fight the spruce budworm outbreak ($10M in 2024-2025);
  • Renew Quebec’s participation in the national collaborative research program and assess the potential for automating silvicultural work ($9M);
  • Further support the participation of local and Indigenous communities in sustainable forest management ($4M).

• Maximizing the harvest of available timber volumes ($27.5M)
  • Extend the special program for the disposal of low-quality hardwood in the Outaouais and Laurentides regions ($10M);
  • Stimulate the harvesting of forest biomass volumes ($9M);
  • Support the harvesting of windthrow-affected timber in public forests in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region ($8.5M).

SOPFEU

• Increase SOPFEU’s capacity to fight forest fires ($29M).

Recapitalizing the Capital ressources naturelles et énergie fund

The purpose of the Capital ressources naturelles et énergie fund is to support
the development and processing of natural resources, the energy transition and the production of green energy.

So that the Capital ressources naturelles et énergie fund can support more investment projects in the coming years, the government plans, as part of the 2024-2025 budget, to make an additional $500M envelope available to it.

• These funds will notably support major investment projects, in support of the Quebec strategy for the development of the battery industry and the Quebec Plan for the Development of Critical and Strategic Minerals 2020-2025.