I really appreciate the member's comments here. Meadow Lake Mechanical Pulp in northern Saskatchewan was our first mill in Canada and as such we consider it a real flagship of indigenous partnerships. For 16 years now, Meadow Lake Tribal Council and nine first nations have an equal partnership with us in the management of the forest management area of northern Saskatchewan.
This is deeply important, not only for the stewardship that the member mentions but also for employment. There are hundreds and hundreds of indigenous jobs in northern Saskatchewan dependent on the running of that mill. Seventy per cent of all of the operations to get fibre to our mill employ indigenous people. Not only that, there are significant revenue streams as well as the stewardship element that is so very key for our operating in a sustainable way, looking at species at risk, cultural values and all of those other really critical elements on the landscape that we are so proud to have in our partnerships up there.
We see our operations in northern Saskatchewan as something we would love to scope out in all of our operations in Canada, because we have such a great opportunity to learn from our long-term relationship with all of those nations up north.
I would also give a mention that there are significant fires burning in northern Saskatchewan so I very much appreciate the committee for noting that also.