Thanks very much, Chair.
My question goes to you, Mr. Larocque. I'm very interested in wood's potential in the building sector. Steel has the advantage of being strong, obviously, but it also can have a negative impact on the environment.
A recent study published in the well-regarded journal Nature says that densified wood is actually stronger than steel. Can you comment on densified wood? I guess the process of getting there is that it's heated at 93°C and boiled in a mixture of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfite. Long story short, it's 11 times stronger than natural wood and is in fact stronger than steel.
Could you speak to that? If these findings are accurate, I think there's a great potential for wood to continue to be so important in the building sector in the long term.