That's a good question.
It was before my time, but we were the first industry in Ottawa, as I understand it, that supported the Kyoto protocol. It was very controversial at that time for FPAC to do that.
When the Paris 2030 commitments came out, we were one of the first industries in the country to have a game plan that includes avoiding wildfire risk by managing more. That includes displacing more carbon-intensive materials in the built environment and using some of what would otherwise be wood waste and turning it into bioenergy. There are a lot of opportunities along and across the spectrum.
I think we're still committed to doing that work today. One of the things I'm very concerned about, too, is that if we see a decline in production and lose more mills, that's foresters. That's boots off the ground and that means more fires. Having been up to Mr. Malette's community, I know there are some parts there where, if we're not actively managing them, we're going to be in a heck of a lot of trouble in the next 10 or 20 years.
Forestry is a tool for meeting climate goals and at the same time driving the economic opportunity that's so important to rural and northern towns.
