Evidence of meeting #117 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was quebec.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Lise Boulianne  Mayor, Municipalité de Sacré-Coeur
Steeve St-Gelais  President, Boisaco Inc.
André Gilbert  General Manager, Boisaco Inc.
Ghislain Picard  Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador
Alain Bédard  General Director, First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Sustainable Development Institute
Louis Pelletier  Chief Forester, Bureau du forestier en chef Québec
Frédéric Verreault  Executive Director, Corporate Development, Chantiers Chibougamau
Jean-François Samray  President and Chief Executive Officer, Québec Forest Industry Council
Gilbert Dominique  Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan

3:15 p.m.

President and Chief Executive Officer, Québec Forest Industry Council

Jean-François Samray

Yes. I just want to add that we also have to listen to the science: the biological science, the social science and the economic science. These are the three poles of sustainable development.

The people who do biological studies do not do economic studies. The Commission indépendante sur les caribous forestiers et montagnards, set up by the Government of Quebec, said from the outset that it was not interested in dealing with the economic aspect. As a result, the report will contain no economic component whatsoever.

You, however, as members of the committee and elected representatives of the Canadian people, must necessarily take this into account, because that's also what governing is about: collecting taxes and optimizing the welfare of the nation.

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

Yes, we're aware of what governance is.

Thank you to the witnesses, and thank you to Chief Gilbert Dominique for joining us remotely. It was a good meeting, long but quite enlightening.

Again, thank you, and we'll see you on Friday.

The meeting is adjourned.