I think it's well understood that the raw materials we produce are of high quality and have a wide variety of applications, so I don't think we have a disadvantage compared to Europe. It's just a question of making the most of that opportunity.
Again, my expertise is in forest growth and yield, and in forest biology, not in economics. We do face lots of challenges in Canada in terms of long transportation distances, distance to markets and so forth, and I know, in fact, that they impact the economics of doing those things. However, we have mills and facilities that produce all sorts of engineered wood products that I think are competitive on scale. I built a shop myself and was surprised to learn that we make LVL—laminated veneer lumber—out of peeled lodgepole pine here in Alberta, when I was told that we couldn't have an economy built around veneer coming from these small-diameter, long-rotation trees.
I think the technologies are there, and we have the capabilities to do it.
