Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Minister, I don't know where my Conservative colleagues were during all the committee meetings about caribou, but we heard from the unions. They pleaded with us to keep forests healthy because jobs are at stake. They were here. They told us what the solutions are. Workers need healthy forests to ensure their own health, their jobs and their future in rural regions that depend on forestry. They proposed solutions that my Conservative colleagues completely ignored. Among other things, they talked about rethinking the forest and looking at a range of options for developing the forest industry. Another proposed solution is to do more with the resource. Instead of sending four-by-four lumber to the United States, we need to do more processing.
I know that's not your portfolio, but is there a conversation about that happening with the forest industry?