J.D. Irving vs. New Brunswick Forest Products Commission:
The New Brunswick Forest Products Commission ruled that J.D. Irving must buy wood through the marketing boards. J.D. Irving prefers to negotiate privately with individual woodlot owners, picking and choosing which buyers to do business with. The company wants to enter into a signed contractual agreement with the woodlot owners they deal with. As a protest to the ruling, J.D. Irving has suspended deliveries of pulpwood from private woodlot owners that they do not have a signed contract with.
