Madam Speaker, I am interested in knowing in terms of the future reconstruction in Haiti whether any studies have been done about the use of wood.
I am mindful that in China there was an earthquake in the last year or two and the Chinese were rebuilding, I believe, the entire area that was devastated by the earthquake using Canadian lumber because lumber can survive earthquake conditions much better than bricks and concrete can.
If we have an opportunity to help the situation by providing Canadian lumber and therefore assist if another earthquake occurred as wood can withstand the effects of an earthquake, it would be a win-win situation all around.
I have not heard anything about this. A bill passed the B.C. legislature and another one passed the Quebec legislature. We have a private member's bill before this House as we speak on this whole issue of encouraging the use of wood in government buildings.
What is the government doing with regard to exporting the idea to Haiti?