Environment committee  Just now, we were saying that there is a natural link between forests and the carbon cycle, because carbon moves into forests and forest products, and it is cyclical. I am a forestry engineer. We have always managed carbon because trees and lumber store carbon.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  It's interesting that you're saying “world-class forest management”. We believe that in Canada we have world class. If you look at certification, we're the best in the world in terms of third party certification. We do believe that managed forests are very well managed, and this

Environment committee  That is a very good question. If you look at the way we do carbon accounting in this country, we have some of the best carbon accounting, and the rules and principles around that are being defined. Currently, I believe there is an ongoing conversation among provinces and also th

Environment committee  That is an excellent question. I don't have the answer. I think there is an ongoing conversation with Natural Resources Canada, which is looking at what the potential cost is, but at this point in time, unless some people around this table have some knowledge around this, no—

Natural Resources committee  I feel that my colleagues from the Forest Products Association of Canada could talk more about that. It is about the workforce, and diversifying the workforce in order to bring people to work in our sector, which is considered a traditional one. But it is not traditional. In term

Natural Resources committee  Yes, that can be done properly, both aspects there.

Natural Resources committee  I feel that my colleagues from the Canadian Wood Council would be better able to give you an answer on that, because they take care of the interface with the National Building Code. We provide the information needed for wood to be recognized for use in 10- or 12-storey buildings

Natural Resources committee  Yes. The thing is that, in some sectors, wood is not accepted. Instead of evaluating the performance of wood as a material in construction systems, they prefer not to consider it. So I feel that the value of the bill lies in the fact that it will make wood a very competitive mate

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. In research and development, it is all about the financing, pure and simple. So if you want to make a sector competitive and to transform it, you not only need research and development, you also have to be able to roll out a new process, a new product, and to reduce

Natural Resources committee  Some already-existing programs, including those run by the Canadian Forest Service and by Natural Resources Canada, really allow us to eliminate the risks that these products might pose, to open a pilot plant, to develop a laboratory process, to produce it and to eliminate the ri

Natural Resources committee  I don't know the specifics of that, nor the restaurant, but in terms of the quality of the product, in drying wood, wood is a living material as well. We try to dry it down to a certain level. After it gets into an environment, things change, and when you look at the structural s

Natural Resources committee  First, I'm a forester by training. Your explanation was very good, so I don't have to repeat it. You did very well. Actually, people look at forests more as a straight Polaroid picture than a video. Nature is a living ecosystem. It goes up in fires, has insects, and whatever. Th

Natural Resources committee  I don't have all the most recent data. When you look at the potential for growth in Canada and also in North America more broadly.... We talked about mid-rise in terms of volume, but I believe that governments have a devoir d'exemplarité. I am not sure how you translate that, but

Natural Resources committee  You can start, Michael.