Just before the coronavirus devastated meeting plans globally,the Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada (PAPTAC)was able to hold its 106th annual meeting-PaperWeek Canada-February 3-6 in Montreal.As has been the custom,the Biofor International conference was held at the same time.The usual strong technical program opened with a keynote talk by Pierre Fitzgibbon,a cabinet minister with the government of Quebec,who also worked with Domtar in the late 1990s.He noted that the pulp and paper industry and Quebec have long been”intertwined.”The government,he said,has earmarked CAD$80 million (US$56 million)for investments in”bio”projects: biofuels,nanocel-lulose,and cellulosic derivatives.These will help advance the”circular economy.”
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