Natural Resources committee  Well, there's been quite a bit of research, too, on ensuring that all of the resins that are used for these panel products are within the acceptable limits that Health Canada or any of the other regulatory bodies have governed to be safe. Everything that goes into the material ha

Natural Resources committee  Depending on the application and the size of building, there are certain safety regulations. A number of fire safety measures have a 60-minute fire rating. Some have a 90-minute fire rating. I should also add that as buildings are getting higher there is the mandatory use of spr

Natural Resources committee  Currently, the tallest existing building is about a 10-storey building that's in England, but there are a number of buildings under construction. These are the massive heavy timber. In Norway there's a 14-storey building under construction right now. Australia has a few 12-storey

Natural Resources committee  We've done quite a bit...we funded a lot of research for the National Research Council to actually have fire tests of these larger buildings. As Mr. Mason said, in the heavy timber buildings, with some of the new engineered wood products, for example, cross-laminated timber, what

Natural Resources committee  I just wanted to add on the collaboration which the federal government and the provinces have, there is certainly a lot of collaboration on the market programs, and in Ontario specifically, the federal government works very closely with the Ontario provincial government in suppor