Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize a group of extremely hardworking individuals from townships in the district of Nipissing.
The Mattawa and Area Forestry Committee is made up of members from the Bonfield, Calvin, Mattawan and Papineau-Cameron townships and the town of Mattawa.
Forestry companies like Calvin Forest Products, Clouthier and Sons Logging, Columbia Forest Products, Wunsch Forest Products and Tembec Incorporated are developing ideas for value added products to complement current production in the forestry industry.
This forward thinking committee is hard at work developing new sectors for economic growth in the forestry industry in our area. Human Resources Development Canada and the Ontario ministries of national resources and northern development and mines provide ex officio help that is greatly appreciated.
I congratulate this group of communities for looking to the future and not just seeing the problems, but instead actively working to be part of the solutions.