Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you to our witnesses today.
I think is a very exciting study because it really allows us as a committee to explore innovation that's taking place here in our country and to look outside of our country to see what's working.
I like how you phrased it, Mr. Chouinard. You said that either we slow down demand or we increase supply.
I think innovation and technology will allow us to increase supply in this country and to tap into our natural resources, to make it eco-friendly and to increase speed at lower cost. All of these pieces, I believe, are really great benefits of what your sector is doing. The mass timber sector is eco-friendly. It allows us as a country to really tap into those resources.
At the end of the day, if we put the municipal regulations aside—and I'm talking about the actual building of a structure—is the mass timber actually increasing our speed? Is it eco-friendly and is it sustainable? Also, does it actually end up being cheaper?