Natural Resources committee  Bamboo was one of the products mentioned earlier, but it represents a small share of the market. I talked about another fibre, Tencel, that could be developed in Canada. It holds a large share of this new market and there's potential to develop that market here, in Canada. These

Natural Resources committee  One point that we've made in our presentation, which Mr. Voss just spoke about again, is that we need to repatriate some of the products that are being made elsewhere. I think we need to create the right hosting conditions together. There are some people looking at that, but as I

Natural Resources committee  I am going to answer your question, and then I'd like to follow up on an important point that was raised earlier in response to the previous question. There were projects valued at more than a billion dollars that would lead to new product development and strengthen the industry

Natural Resources committee  Okay.

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. We've looked at the fund numerous times. According to the comments we've heard, it's not being used because it's difficult to access. What's more, there is considerable potential there to advance the forest industry.

Natural Resources committee  I can't really answer that, given that the request is fairly recent, if I'm not mistaken. So I can't comment on that.

Natural Resources committee  From my many years of experience, with China, among others, I would say that the most important thing is the relationship between the various parties. If we are to keep market opportunities open, we must maintain a very good relationship with the Chinese government and, certainly

Natural Resources committee  As far as plants go, I think that, in the short term, within the next five years, the tax on exports to China will really minimize the potential for conversion. In five to ten years, the market will continue to expand. India and Indonesia, for example, are increasingly growing th

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely.

Natural Resources committee  It's following its course. I believe the governments are in the midst of setting up the tribunal or committee that will review the complaint. As you know, it can be quite a lengthy process.

Natural Resources committee  With respect to dissolving pulp used in rayon production, specifically, three major project investments have been the subject of talks in recent years. Two were completely cancelled, one being ours. There's no doubt that China's implementation of an import duty on Canadian dissol

Natural Resources committee  We've been involved since the beginning of the program many years ago with the government and FPAC and so forth. That has allowed us a lot of potential in our industry to improve product cost and productivity and so on. The green transformation program was related mostly to exist

Natural Resources committee  Many of our clients elsewhere in the world don't have any production facilities in Canada. I think that if we were to work with the federal and provincial governments to put in place programs that would help them set up in the provinces, certain production sectors could be very c

Natural Resources committee  Okay. Thank you. Our mill is moving toward biorefinery. We talked about the IFIT program, which is excellent. The problem right now is that we submitted...and not enough funds are available. We have a two-to-five-year plan to go more into biochemical and bioproducts, but our

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chair and members of the committee, it's an honour to appear before you today. Unfortunately, we can't be there in Ottawa with you, but we are still pleased that we can join you by videoconference. Fortress Paper Limited, for those who don't know, is a holding company based