Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome, gentlemen. It is a pleasure to meet with you here, in Ottawa, especially since the weather is a bit better today.
Mr. Mueller, I will start with you. I am very interested in what you said about the use of wood. The forest industry is in a deep crisis, worse than ever. My party proposed a solution during the Summit on the future of the forest industry that was held in Quebec two years ago. It was to request that government buildings be built with wood in order to increase the uses of this material. It would be a way to use that resource.
What do you think of using wood for buildings? How durable would it be? You mentioned it a while ago. What are the benefits of wood from the point of view of energy and of resource conservation?