Government Operations committee  First of all, current government policy, as I mentioned, does not allow wood usage. We've tried to get that for many projects. That's within current building codes. Codes are subject to interpretation, so again we need to do more education and work more with the government. But w

Government Operations committee  Currently, as Andrew mentioned, life-cycle assessment should be part of the bill going forward. That can help. Instead of stating “preferred” building products, if you use a life-cycle assessment and look at the energy usage from cradle to grave of a product, then wood comes out

Government Operations committee  I have just a quick comment. You were talking about the mouldings and panelling and that sort of thing. We've been working with the federal government to try to get wood into buildings. There have been a lot of successes. Municipalities and provinces are doing it and taking pride

Government Operations committee  Okay. I would just add a couple of quick comments to that. That is what we have been doing with the Wood WORKS! project for the last two years. You mentioned access to the United States, and relying so heavily on that economy. That's why we are trying to encourage more use of wo

Government Operations committee  Honourable chair, members of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, I'd like to thank you for the opportunity to speak today. This is an important issue for all of us and we want to make sure that everyone is making informed choices. I represent the Canad

Government Operations committee  I'm Marianne Berube. I am the director for Wood WORKS!, Canadian Wood Council.