Natural Resources committee  When you establish a vision, a carbon or a net zero future—and a lot of work has been done in that area—then you want your new and existing products to merge into the building of the future, whatever that looks like. We really don't know yet where this is going to go, but we do

Natural Resources committee  There are two sides to that. One is the continuing education of our professionals. We have programs and seminars and wood solutions fairs that are structured around that focus on the new opportunity. More important at this time for our students and for professors, we are in the

Natural Resources committee  This will address more of the comments that we sometimes hear when bills like this are being addressed. Often it is asked whether Bill C-354 picks sides. Really, this is a Public Works real properties act or policy and in the end, should wood not be treated or considered equally

Natural Resources committee  Good morning, standing committee members. Bonjour à tous. Thank you for this opportunity to speak to you about Bill C-354 and the Wood Council's reaction to it. I do apologize. I have a bit of a speech impediment at this time, but I'll work my way through it. It only affects me

Environment committee  I'm going to come at it from a slightly different angle. Every Canadian wants to live in a community that is safe and green. Whether it's for buildings or for infrastructure, if you go out of your way to make visible the state of that infrastructure as it is today, whether it's

Environment committee  Does the wood industry have a chance to reply on that, or are we letting that stand as fact?

Environment committee  It's a bit disturbing. I mean, we could say a lot about the cement industry as well. With portland cement, where limestone has been around for 20 years, they've had it for the last 10 years and it's not been adopted. Even within their membership, many silos need to be.... There

Environment committee  First of all, it is the step code for energy. We'll get there, but with time. It's a question of continuous improvement. I think you need to support the continued improvement process, and you can accelerate that by investing in the proper R and D with that condition established.

Environment committee  If you have two solutions of equal value, both of which promote carbon, choose that solution.

Environment committee  Just a bit.

Environment committee  Yes, and it's a question of social values as well. Instead of prioritizing CO2 or greenhouse gas emissions over cost, I would say it's important to take them both into account. That would allow us to consider the cost and measure carbon at the same time, which would help us make

Environment committee  Good morning. My name is Mike Giroux. I'm the CEO of the Canadian Wood Council, as you mentioned. My background is varied, and it includes working in entrepreneurship, building houses using light gauge steel. I've worked in the cement industry, and I've now been in the wood pro

Natural Resources committee  There are a lot of questions there. In mid-rise markets—buildings of five and six storeys—the code change was championed or supported by NRCan through the National Research Council. That was absolutely critical to making that market work. That code change was promoted by Britis

Natural Resources committee  It depends on who builds them. If it's non-resin and the federal government's, there's probably going to be an artistic element to it. If it is private industry, they'll be as efficient as they want to be to get to their goal. There's no reason that they couldn't be. In fact, dur

Natural Resources committee  I think we always can learn, in a sense, from the innovation that happens in other countries, and bring it here, and we—