Mr. Chair, my colleague touched on something we have not discussed enough so far tonight: the effects of climate change on the forestry sector. She is absolutely right; it is creating challenges in terms of the spruce budworm and the pine beetle, and of course it is making forest fires larger in areas quite far away from where we have ever managed woods, because there are drier and hotter conditions causing them.
I am wondering if my colleague can expand on those thoughts, because I think they are vitally important to the conversation. Climate Change is the defining issue coming at us, and while we deal with a number of crises, we cannot lose focus on the big crisis that is slow-rolling and in front of us.
