Canada sits on one of the largest forests in the world. We had a very good program managing our forestry. The association it belonged to has fought many battles over the years related to people who did not think that using trees was very smart. I don't know if you remember that many years ago, we were dealing with an issue with the spotted owl, which basically caused lumber production to slow down considerably because people were worried about the dangers.
Now it's been proven that the forestry industry is actually very good for the country. The more we cut down, the more we grow and the better it is in terms of carbon storage and environmental issues, but the forestry industry has to be on the ball. We have to maintain these forests properly and we have to ensure that fires are minimized as much as possible.
Through some of the information that was gathered, we've heard that more than 50% of the forest fires were started by arson. Whether that's true, I don't know, but it's a very disturbing number.
