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October 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Aaron Moore
International Trade committee Thank you. How many minutes do I have?
October 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Aaron Moore
International Trade committee All right, I'll try my best. I'd like to thank the committee for getting our opinion on trade with Japan. I'm here representing two groups, one is Brian Moore Log Homes, of which I'm a part owner. It's a father and son business. We have 15 employees. Three of them are Japanese a
October 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Aaron Moore
International Trade committee I'm not sure I understand the question. Yes, it is true that we were the first log home builder in British Columbia and in Canada to receive FSC certification. I missed the last part of your question.
October 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Aaron Moore
International Trade committee We hope so. We're an early adopter of the FSC standards in British Columbia. Right now, there's a barrier to adoption with FSC. If you're going to participate in the program, the audit review process is expensive. If you go it alone, you're paying about $5,000 every year for
October 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Aaron Moore
International Trade committee We use a number of industry resources to help us comply with trade regulations. The wood sector here in British Columbia has a pretty good resource base. When it comes to the European Union, Forintek has been very helpful in our addressing of the new energy codes. All Forest Solu
October 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Aaron Moore
International Trade committee Could you clarify what infrastructure could be defined as?
October 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Aaron Moore
International Trade committee I'm not sure I'm able to answer the question.
October 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Aaron Moore
International Trade committee Okay. Yes, we are. As far as our product is concerned, which is log homes, I'm happy with the infrastructure that we have in place.
October 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Aaron Moore
International Trade committee Are you asking me the question?
October 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Aaron Moore
International Trade committee There are some American companies that do export, but by far the two major competitors are Russian companies, and also manufacturers from Scandinavian countries, Finland primarily, but also Sweden.
October 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Aaron Moore
International Trade committee I don't think Russian companies do. Actually, I'm not sure.
October 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Aaron Moore
International Trade committee I don't know. It's a good question.
October 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Aaron Moore
International Trade committee I would say that we're on equal footing with our Scandinavian counterparts. I know that those governments are more active in subsidizing some of their research and development costs. I'm unfamiliar with that, though. Russia is a problem. Russian manufacturers are ones that we hav
October 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Aaron Moore
International Trade committee Yes, that's true. British Columbia in particular, more so even than eastern Canada, is in a really good position to comply with any regulations having to do with illegal logging or harvesting. There certainly isn't—
October 23rd, 2012Committee meeting
Aaron Moore