Thank you.
On behalf of the official opposition, I would like to welcome and thank all of the witnesses for taking time out of your busy lives to share your expertise with us. I would like to address some questions to all of you, if I may.
I will start with Mr. Newman. I am from British Columbia, so I am well aware of the importance of forestry and the wood industry to our country. I have heard that Japan, among other countries, is pursuing a policy of deliberately trying to add value to their exports. I think that's something that Canada should be doing.
I would like to ask you if you could give us a general idea of what percentage of our exports of wood products to Japan right now are unprocessed or barely processed wood products versus products that have more value added to them? Can you give us a general idea?