Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the department for being with us today.
We all understand the importance of the forestry sector. It supports over 200,000 jobs across Canada and it's 1% of our GDP. I'm happy to hear that most of the sawmills that closed during the early days of the pandemic are now back up and running and to see communities back to support their mills and the industry in general.
I'd like to hear from the department about how they are supporting the forestry sector in diversification. What are their thoughts on that?