Peter Foster:
At last, a Canadian corporate hero
Two weeks ago, Todd Paglia, executive director of U.S.-based radical
environmental organization ForestEthics, sent a letter of warning to
Richard Garneau, CEO of Montreal-based Resolute Forest Products.
In his reply Mr. Garneau told Paglia and his ENGO, ForestEthics [quite a name for an extortionist!], to shove off, saying among many other things:
"... The fact is, Mr. Paglia, we both know that ForestEthics has been campaigning against Resolute for years – even while you have pretended to be an abiding member of the CBFA. Your most recent letter, which follows your letter of December 5, 2014, with its inaccurate allegations and threats and intimidation, is not new; it is merely a continuation of the bully tactics you have used with us from the start. ...
... I am struggling to understand precisely what kind of protection you believe the CBFA has granted us under these circumstances. ForestEthics has been in violation of both the spirit and letter of the CBFA for years. Perhaps I should have called you out sooner ..."
Rare courage:
... Rarely if ever has a corporate executive dared to call an ENGO shakedown
what it is. Richard Garneau is thus almost unique among executives. In a corporate world dripping with bogus “business ethics,” Garneau, a
quiet and modest man who lives the Boreal, has demonstrated some true
moral backbone, refusing to bow to what he sees as lies and
intimidation.
Media complicity or cowardice or both?
You’d think that the Canadian media – given to celebration of local
exceptionality in any way, shape or form – would be keen to report on
Garneau. But he is exceptional in an area where the media almost never
dares to tread, either because it is part of the radical environmental
crusade itself, or because it too is scared.
All posts on Resolute Forest Products' battles with the radical ENGOs.
2 comments:
Yes, it is very refreshing. Maybe Resolute's resolve will help to stiffen the spines of other corporate victims of ENGO extortion.
This is indeed very refreshing. Too often we see the likes of companies bowing to the bullying and intimidation tactics by these radical groups. Well done Mr. Garneau! and thank you.
Post a Comment