Thank you so much, Chair.
Thank you so much for coming.
We know our mills are efficient. We know our workers produce the best in the country. That's not why we're here. Our interest here is in trying to find out about ownership.
What we have been able to figure out is that Sinar Mas is a pulp and paper empire based out of Shanghai and Indonesia, which is entirely controlled by the Wijaya family. We know that Asia Pulp & Paper was founded by Eka Wijaya and is under control of Sinar Mas. We know that, when Jackson Wijaya tried to establish his Canadian presence through Paper Excellence, he received a bank loan at the extremely low rate of 0.01% from a Chinese bank controlled by the Wijaya family.
Now we have a situation where one individual, not a Canadian, Mr. Jackson Wijaya, is in control of 22 million hectares of Canadian forest.
Why did he not bother to come and explain his role and his family's roles in the ownership of these natural resources assets of our country?