I think a good part of the solution lies in the plants, in the industry. It has often been said that the industry needs to renew itself, for all kinds of reasons other than caribou. The caribou situation is bringing us brutally close to the deadline, but in any case, changes have to be made. Let's take the opportunity to make those changes, to speed up those changes and to find a way forward that will both protect the caribou and, above all, ensure a future for this industry.
These changes require a modernization of the wood industry. As I was saying earlier, modernization must be done not only by investing more in high-value products, but also by trying to derive value from the very large quantities of wood that are not currently valued in Quebec. They aren't valued because they don't meet the needs of the current industry structure. This is an important point. I'll give you an example. In 2020, the Quebec government's National Wood Production Strategy indicated that, each year, 11 million cubic metres of hardwood is not used by the industry. Of course, this is across Quebec, but the strategy already called for the value chain to be adjusted to derive the most value out of this wood.
Isn't there a potential way of reassuring people? The anxiety is palpable, and it's important to listen to people. Can it be reduced, not by defending the status quo, but by looking to the future, which we hope would be sustainable?