Good morning.
I will give my presentation in French.
My name is Charles Tardif. I am a forestry engineer, and Vice-President, Corporate Development and Procurement, with Maibec Inc.
First, may I thank you for your invitation to appear before your committee in order to describe the challenges that the industry in Canada has to face in terms of secondary wood products, and to make some suggestions on the ways in which the government could provide assistance.
This presentation contains no statistical or economic analyses. It is intended instead to communicate the facts—