Evidence of meeting #49 for Natural Resources in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was forestry.
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Co-Chief Executive Officer, J.D. Irving, Limited
Yes, we have a lot of women truck drivers, and we're into the hard trades now. In the case of Halifax, it will be welding and so on.
Sorry, Mr. Chairman, but I thought it was important to address that.
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Chair, Medway Community Forest Co-operative
I'll add that our chief forester is a woman.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Leon Benoit
Thank you very much.
I want to thank all of you for being here today, for your presentations, and for answering questions: from the Assembly of First Nations' Chiefs in New Brunswick Inc., Ms. Brooks and Mr. deMarsh; from the Maritime Lumber Bureau, Ms. Blenkhorn; from J.D. Irving, Limited, James D. Irving and Blake Brunsdon; and from the Medway Community Forest Co-op, William Martin. Thanks very much to all of you.
We'll suspend for two minutes as the witnesses clear the room, and we'll come back for a session on future business.
[Proceedings continue in camera]