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Natural Resources committee The deputy minister is quite correct. About $950 million of that $1 billion total was allocated to firms in the industry. Obviously, we still have a few days left in the program. We don't have precise figures, but our expectation is that the great majority of those funds will be
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Tom Rosser
Natural Resources committee Yes, Mr. Chair. It is true that there is a fairly robust body of evidence that compares wood against other materials on what is usually called a life-cycle basis, meaning that you look at building a particular structure out of different materials—concrete, steel, wood—and you loo
November 28th, 2011Committee meeting
Tom Rosser
Natural Resources committee As you alluded to, it's a $1 billion program over three years, so it will end at the end of this fiscal year—that is, in the 2011-12 fiscal year. We anticipate that all, or virtually all, of the moneys allocated under that program will be utilized to support capital investments
November 28th, 2011Committee meeting
Tom Rosser
Natural Resources committee In a forest-sector context, there are really two facets to genomics research. One is with respect to forest pests, finding better ways to detect and control forest pests. There are also genomics applications in terms of tree growth, forest management, etc. My recollection is tha
November 28th, 2011Committee meeting
Tom Rosser
Natural Resources committee There were really two facets to our assistance for the forest sector. The minister touched on these. We've talked quite a bit about our efforts to diversify markets to make the Canadian industry, particularly the wood products sector, less reliant on the U.S. market. We feel we h
November 28th, 2011Committee meeting
Tom Rosser
Natural Resources committee On certification of sustainable forest management practices, Canada is unambiguously the global leader in terms of the number of hectares certified. I'm quoting from memory, but my recollection is that Canadian forests account for something like 40% of the global number of hectar
November 28th, 2011Committee meeting
Tom Rosser
Natural Resources committee Maybe I can talk about our efforts to promote innovation and the production of value-added products in the forestry sector, if that can help answer your question.
November 28th, 2011Committee meeting
Tom Rosser
Natural Resources committee Certainly we do have initiatives in partnership with industry to brand Canadian forest products as environmentally preferred. One of the selling points of wood construction is that on a life-cycle basis, wood construction tends to have a lighter energy and environmental footprint
November 28th, 2011Committee meeting
Tom Rosser
Natural Resources committee That's fine.
November 28th, 2011Committee meeting
Tom Rosser
Natural Resources committee We co-fund what is called the Canada Wood Group. So there are federal, provincial, and industry contributions that go to a not-for-profit organization that administers offices—in the case of China, in Beijing, Chengdu, and Shanghai, as well as offices in Europe, South Korea, and
November 28th, 2011Committee meeting
Tom Rosser
Natural Resources committee Sure. Thank you for the question. Regarding our forest product exports to China, as the minister described, we've seen very rapid growth, both on the pulp and paper side, particularly pulp products, and also on the wood products side. On the wood products side, there is a mix of
November 28th, 2011Committee meeting
Tom Rosser
Natural Resources committee It's a bit of both. Of course, in North America wood gets used in a variety of different types of construction, but primarily in residential construction. In China, of course, you tend to have much higher population densities, much more multi-family housing. So in many cases we'v
November 28th, 2011Committee meeting
Tom Rosser
Natural Resources committee In the overseas context, we do fund programs in partnership with industry and provinces to do work on codes and standards to actively promote wood construction. In addition to that, in China and other target markets we maintain a government to government relationship, working wit
November 28th, 2011Committee meeting
Tom Rosser