Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The focus of today's committee discussion has been mainly on the current crisis with U.S. tariffs and the U.S. government. Of course, Canada is facing a threat from a hostile and unreliable administration—the U.S. Sad and quite revealing is that Donald Trump enjoys the support of about 45% of Conservative members of Parliament, including the current Leader of the Opposition, who personally emulates MAGA America.
Shifting this conversation from the current situation to looking forward to investments in the housing industry, in construction, in manufactured forest products and in the global market with Europe and Asia, the purpose of this committee is to grow this sector and expand employment.
My question is for Mr. Lavigne and Mr. Cloutier from Unifor. What opportunities do you see in employment in the forestry industry and in the evolution of this sector to grow the Canadian market and the one Canadian economy?