Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to support this bill by my friend, the member for Jonquière—Alma.
This bill seeks to require preference be given to the concept that promotes the use of wood while taking into account the factors of cost and greenhouse gas emissions. The forestry sector has been in a huge decline for the last half a decade and Canada has shed over 130,000 jobs in that time.
I commend the hon. member on his excellent bill, and I will give him the opportunity to respond further, if he so chooses.