Good afternoon, everyone.
We're here, as you all know, to continue our study of the renewal of Canada's forest industry. This study was initiated as a follow-up to a study that was presented to Parliament in June of 2008. It was a fairly comprehensive study on the forest industry, and this is to take a look at how the industry is faring now after these years and to see what became of the recommendations from the study of 2008.
We have with us today for the first part of the meeting, which will be from 3:30 until 5:10, four groups of witnesses, and then at 5:10 we'll suspend just for a minute and go to a teleconference with three witnesses from one group from Quebec, but we'll talk about that when we get to it.
Right now we'll start with the witnesses we have here for the first part of the meeting. From Ontario Wood WORKS! we have Marianne Berube, executive director. We have from Kruger Inc., Daniel Archambault, executive vice-president and chief operating officer, industrial products division. We have from the Wood Manufacturing Council, Iain Macdonald, who is the chair, and the managing director of the centre for advanced wood processing at the University of British Columbia. We also have with us by video conference from the University of British Columbia John Innes, professor and dean of the faculty of forestry.
Thank you all very much for being here with us today. We know that it takes valuable time from other duties but it is important to the study. I look forward very much to the information that you will present to the committee and then to the answers to questions here today.
Let's start with the presentations for up to seven minutes in the order presented on the agenda. We'll start with Ms. Berube from Ontario Wood WORKS!
Go ahead, please, with your presentation for up to seven minutes.