Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister, for your opening comments. We do appreciate your coming before us today to give us an update on a number of things.
I was particularly appreciative of how you touched on the critical role the forest industry plays in spurring jobs in our country and being of huge benefit to the economy. Three years ago, this committee did a major study on the state of the forest industry. In a couple of weeks we're going to be doing an update on that. We have the Forest Products Association of Canada coming to give us its advice and opinion on the forest industry, as it is now and where it's going.
Could you give the committee any feedback you might have been hearing from the forest industry stakeholders since your appointment as minister?