Natural Resources committee  Look, the bill says the government can authorize the use of wood. We don't need a law to say it can do that, because it can already do it. In our view, the bill should require consideration of a wood use scenario. In Quebec, it's now required for government buildings. An analysis

Natural Resources committee  Yes, absolutely. On pages 4 and 5 of the brief we submitted, we talk about Vauquelin School, which has a hybrid wood and concrete structure. That reduced GHG emissions by 35%, the equivalent of 428 tonnes of carbon dioxide. That's quite a significant gain. In addition, the struct

Natural Resources committee  Yes. Life cycle analysis takes into account all the carbon emitted and stored over the life of a product. So from the time you plant a tree until you harvest it, the tree is going to store carbon. Diesel-powered or hybrid machinery is used to harvest it, so its carbon emissions

Natural Resources committee  A number of studies have been done on that around the world, and the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) is doing others right now. There was a demonstration fire, and various firefighters' associations were on site. They placed sensors at various depths in the wood, and t

Natural Resources committee  Thanks, Mr. Chair. Ladies and gentlemen, the Quebec Forest Industry Council (QFIC) would first like to commend the intent of Bill S‑222, which is to ensure that wood is more systematically considered as a material in federal government infrastructure, thus contributing to reduci

Natural Resources committee  With pleasure, Mr. Chair. I keep coming back to the fact that new materials need to be processed. On one hand, the IFIT program needs to support transformational change, as is the case in other sectors. That's what the program should focus on, but it needs the funding to match t

Natural Resources committee  Well, I think the Canadian government is measuring all of its actions. What would be a subsidy would be something that would support some costs that are directly paid to the industry. The department is taking into account what is financed yearly by the Canadian government and wha

Natural Resources committee  I don't have the figures for the rest of Canada, but in Quebec, every cubic metre that was processed into value-added products generated $220 in tax and paratax revenue last year. A third of that revenue goes to the federal government and two-thirds goes to the provincial govern

Natural Resources committee  I think the industry is looking for a workable, long-term deal to come out of the negotiations. No one wants to sign a deal that gives them less. I realize that many of our members have deposits. Keep in mind that deposits collected from all Canadian companies will soon hit $7 b

Natural Resources committee  Yes, it would be my pleasure. Wood has a negative carbon footprint, and when you use wood, one cubic metre of wood in a building instead of using one tonne of steel or one tonne of concrete, you reduce your GHG content in the building by one tonne. This is all done through a c

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll do my presentation in French in order to accelerate this a little bit. The Quebec Forest Industry Council, or QFIC for short, brings together softwood and hardwood sawmills, peeling mills, pulp, paper, cardboard and panel board companies, engineered w

Natural Resources committee  It definitely is. That's for sure. At the end of the day, we can see that the northern limit is going higher and higher. There are trees that are growing in what used to be the tundra, and now there are trees with leaves that are now growing into boreal forests, which is somethin

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Angus, if I may answer you directly, the thing is that Canada is such a huge country, and we hold 30% of the certified forests of the world. There's enough room to do some conservation and enough room to garden our forests in a more dynamic way in order to make them resilient

Natural Resources committee  Natural Resources Canada is doing some research on the types of trees that will be better off when we do some replanting. That is part of the job that needs to be done as well.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, that could certainly be useful. I think you will have some work to do in the committee, because the funding for this program expires this year. It is a fundamental program for all sectors of industry, whether it is critical minerals, agricultural research or petroleum. They