Government Operations committee  I think that's right. I don't think you want to get into a situation where you're looking at a forestry job as being more important than a steel job or a cement job. I think that's exactly right, Mr. Regan. To your question, we support the bill because it advocates the use of wo

Government Operations committee  I think it would be a lost opportunity, quite frankly. The largest amount of certified forest in the world is found in Canada. We're leaders from that standpoint. It's a market advantage when we go out into the marketplace. A number of customers now--global customers, large cus

Government Operations committee  Well, we would say that it's low-cost to begin with. I think the point I'm trying to make is that the Prius is seen is as an environmental step forward. Part of it is due to the technological achievements that the Prius engineers have been able to achieve. We think there are di

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, committee. I thank you on behalf of the members of the Forest Products Association for this opportunity to contribute to your study of Bill C-429. By way of introduction, the Forest Products Association is Canada's national association

Government Operations committee  Good morning. I'm Andrew Casey. I'm the vice-president of public affairs and international trade with the Forest Products Association. I'm joined by my colleague Isabelle Des Chênes, the vice-president of market relations and market development.

International Trade committee  Yes, you are right. We also need to identify new products. FPInnovations is doing some good work for the industry. It is working on research in order to develop new products and is seeking out new markets for those new products.

International Trade committee  The federal government gives FPInnovations enough money.

International Trade committee  The government has supported it in the past.

International Trade committee  Of course, always.

International Trade committee  I appreciate the support. The only nuance is that rather than deserve it, we've already warranted it; we're the most successful national forest products exporting nation in the world. We export more than any other country in the world. We're already in all those other marketplace

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you again to the committee for inviting us to appear on Bill C-8, an act to implement the Canada-Jordan free trade agreement. It was our pleasure to be here when you were studying the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. I'm going to make a simi

International Trade committee  Yes. Specifically, the newsprint is one that gives us great certainty. There is no tariff there now, but this locks that in. Colombia could access a tariff under WTO of up to about 35%, I think it is, and that could come in at any time. This locks in the zero rate on the newsprin

International Trade committee  Absolutely.

International Trade committee  From our standpoint, as I said earlier in my testimony, we're looking at a market of about $750 million a year in forest products, which is what they're importing. If we become more competitive in that marketplace, we will obviously grow what we're already selling there, which is

International Trade committee  Absolutely. It is not a panacea. It is not a sort of pixie dust that we can wave at the problem, making everything go away. Markets will come back. Our primary markets have to come back first. We still need the U.S. market to rebound. We need that housing market to come back st