Quebec and British Columbia definitely have greater challenges in terms of ensuring access to competitively priced fibre and a stable quantity of fibre over time. This is also a component of our recommendation to create a $10‑billion investment fund. We aren't recommending throwing Canadian tax dollars out the window. Just as a banker would require of any manufacturing company, forestry sector investment projects—to get a new mill or to transform and improve a mill—have to be based on a robust supply chain.
For us, it was important to have that financial and business integrity in our recommendation to the Government of Canada. Accordingly, we're advocating for access to these funds to be conditional on access to predictable, competitive and stable raw materials for the next 10 years. That will make it possible to transform or modernize an existing mill. When it comes to new mills, we're talking about 25 years. That's what's normal around the world and in manufacturing.
For that reason, regarding the provinces where improvements are needed, we have adopted a position that's meant to be not at all accusatory but instead constructive. What we're saying to the provinces is that it's not our mandate to examine their plans. The federal minister has obviously mobilized a task force. We're very mindful of provincial jurisdictions, but we can't, on the one hand, solicit a capital injection of $10 billion and, on the other hand, not correct this dysfunction in the supply chain. Over the past few days, we have submitted to the provincial ministers, with all the tact in the world, that this is an opportunity not to be missed. We're currently at a crossroads, and now is the time to correct things to stabilize the sector as a whole.