MPs call on owner of pulp and paper firm to testify on links to controversial company

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Timmins-James Bay New Democrat MP Charlie Angus questioned why Laurentian University claimed to be getting back into fiscal balance just months before dropping the 'bombshell' of going into creditor protection.

Parliament’s Natural Resources committee voted unanimously Monday to call on Paper Excellence owner Jackson Wijaya to testify, following news that he is assuming sole control of controversial pulp and paper giant Asia Pulp and Paper from his father.Timmins-James Bay New Democrat MP Charlie Angus presented a motion to the natural resources committee Monday calling for the owner of Canada's largest pulp and paper company to testify.

This is the second time the committee has called on Wijaya to testify about Paper Excellence since his takeover of two other Canadian pulp and paper companies.'We got completely played for suckers,' MP says of recent takeovers in Canadian forestry Jackson Wijaya, right, is seen with Brazilian politician Eduardo Bolsonaro in this image sent out via Twitter on July 30, 2019.

Jennifer Johnson, vice-president global communications for Domtar, said the company is open to addressing questions from the government and MPs but didn't commit to Wijaya testifying.

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