Natural Resources committee  I'll add that our chief forester is a woman.

Natural Resources committee  I'll give an example of what we're doing. Social innovation is creating opportunities within our governance structure to represent the diversity of interests. Our board of directors has allocated seats for specific interest groups, including first nations, so we maintain balance

Natural Resources committee  I think it's important to clarify, too, that in the example of niche products, I went to the most extreme, right? It's great when you can do it. It is true that an industry has to operate actually at multiple scales. I think that's one of the challenges. The way our industries ar

Natural Resources committee  One of the issues we're trying to address in the community forest is that, actually, rather than us necessarily anticipating what all those niche markets are, we want to make sure that the available wood supply is flexible and available so that businesses can develop around those

Natural Resources committee  It's a really niche product, but you only get guitar tops from old-growth forests, so the sustainability of your management has to be very strong.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much for the invitation to appear before this committee. I really appreciate the inclusion of a business like ours in a discussion on the renewal of Canada's forest industry. The Medway Community Forest Co-op is a new business venture, piloting community-based fo