Good afternoon, everyone. I hope everyone had a good weekend in their constituencies.
We're here today to do a study on the state of the forest industry in Canada. This is a follow-up session from quite an extensive study we did about three or four years ago, at a predecessor of this committee. It's important to follow up when we've done a major study, so that's what this is.
We have with us today, from the Forest Products Association of Canada, Avrim Lazar, who is the president and chief executive officer. Welcome to you, and to Catherine Cobden, who is the vice-president of economics. Thank you both very much for coming here today to do this session. We're looking forward to your presentation of around 15 minutes. Then we'll get directly to questions and comments.
Go ahead, please, Mr. Lazar.