Natural Resources committee  Thank you for your question. I'll start and then throw it to my colleague. One of the foundations of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement was a commitment from the forest industry to suspend the harvest in caribou range. In fact, they suspended harvests in some 29 million hectar

Natural Resources committee  Yes, including in Alberta. However, as we know, in Alberta there's a cumulative effects challenge, and the forest industry in Alberta is but one footprint on the Alberta boreal forest. The leadership the forest industry has shown in Alberta is getting the attention of the oil and

Natural Resources committee  Certainly. Thank you for the question. The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement features almost 30 signatories, who are currently working diligently and tenaciously to implement the agreement across the country. That's about 120 people at various working group tables. However, we h

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much for your question. Let me start at the beginning of the negotiation of the CBFA. Fundamentally, the agreement, which was publicly announced in 2010, was a truce between two warring factions at the time: the Canadian forest industry and the environmental commu

Natural Resources committee  The agreement is an open agreement. In fact, we have working groups that are actively collaborating with first nations in their traditional territories across the country.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Benoit, and thank you, all, very much for inviting us here today. It's an honour to be able to share with you some of the innovative work the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement signatories are doing as part of renewing Canada's forest industry. My name is