Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Senator Griffin, for participating.
Mr. Cannings, I know my colleagues sometimes think.... They miss you greatly. I don't know what that says about my being your replacement that they always talk about how great it was when you were at committee, so I'm going to be super on my game in cross-examining you and questioning you.
In the language of the bill, it focuses on the need to consider the GHG emissions of building materials. The Quebec Forest Industry Council says that one cubic metre of wood is about 60 kilos of carbon, compared to 252 kilos for steel and 345 kilos for the same volume of concrete. If this were implemented, it would certainly give a benefit to wood, and I, representing a region heavily dependent on the wood industry, would be very favourable to that.
I want to ask you a question. Do we have any sense that the government will do anything beyond rubber-stamping and saying this is a wonderful issue and then continuing to carry on? Have we seen any shift in how procurement is being done to make sure new wood materials are being considered in buildings?