Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to all of our witnesses for being here today.
Bob, I have a couple of questions for you, both on the supply end and then also on the customer end of your industry.
First of all, you mentioned one of the key factors being maintaining resilient and long-term sustainable Canadian forests and the importance of continuing to ensure sustainable, stable, and economic access to fibre from our Canadian forests. I wonder if you have any comments on the impact of the mountain pine beetle and the spruce budworm on the Canadian forest supply. In particular, as you know, in northern Alberta, 50,000 hectares of forest have been affected in the national park alone, but six million hectares are estimated to be at risk there and more than 30,000 trees were cut down in the park just last year. Of course, the spruce budworm is also having a serious impact on forestry in Quebec and New Brunswick. I wonder if we could start there and if you have any comments on that.