Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Hannaford, I don't know if you know this, but it's very difficult for the forestry sector to receive assistance from the federal government. The only economic arm is Canada Economic Development, and it cannot support forestry companies that are engaged in primary or secondary processing. Their requests are automatically transferred to Global Affairs Canada, which systematically refuses them because of trade disputes with the United States.
The forestry industry's only lever is the famous investments in forest industry transformation program, which is underfunded, according to all the stakeholders I consulted. Many people even tell us that they don't apply to this program because they know it will be rejected.
Do you have any data on the number of applications that are made under this program, the number that are accepted and the number that are refused?