Natural Resources committee  Of course, at Kruger we are in packaging. We operate a liner board mill in Montreal as well as two packaging plants: one in Ville LaSalle and one in Brampton, Ontario. We make all kinds of cardboard boxes. In our plant in Brampton, Ontario, we have something like 20 trucks a day

Natural Resources committee  Yes, our liner board, all of our packaging is 100% recycled.

Natural Resources committee  We also have a fairly large use of recycled fibre in our tissue products, but we don't use recycled product in our publication paper grades anymore. We shut our plant down last November, mainly for economic reasons.

Natural Resources committee  NCC and cellulose filaments start from wood fibre and develop into a product that has unique properties but that is to be used outside of the traditional use of what we use for wood products. NCC and cellulosic filaments are mainly a strengthening agent. NCC has other characteris

Natural Resources committee  I'd say that we are in a sense full steam ahead because we have invested $43 million in an R and D facility focused only on that. The challenge will be to take the development we do with that R and D facility, put it at a commercial level, and sustain the development because afte

Natural Resources committee  We believe our goal when we started the project was to be able to finance ourselves within five years. We hope to have one or two commercial applications before the year end, and we'll have one application outside of the pulp and paper world within the next two years. That's our

Natural Resources committee  No. The CF is a flammable material because it's made of wood fibres. I think in regard to tall buildings, Madam Berube or Mr. Macdonald is better placed than me to answer that.

Natural Resources committee  Kruger is not looking for subsidies to run our business, but in the industry in Canada I think we have a fantastic pool of talent among research centres, like FPInnovations, all the universities, and other schools in Canada. If the government can support all of these institution

Natural Resources committee  At Kruger, we have shut down nearly 45% of our facilities since 2010, including machines at all of our plants: two in Newfoundland and Labrador, five in Trois-Rivières, two in Wayagamack, in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, and one at our plant in Bromptonville last November. In the first qu

Natural Resources committee  There are certainly regulations. I think there are some creative ways of doing things that comply with international regulations. As we know, this is being done elsewhere.

Natural Resources committee  There are differences in how the regional offices handle the files. We do have to deal with that. Certain projects will be accepted in one geographic region, but not in others.

Natural Resources committee  We have paper mills in Trois-Rivières and in the Sherbrooke area, in Quebec, as well as in Newfoundland and Labrador. Are you referring to the R&D tax credit?

Natural Resources committee  Our job is to fill out the forms and answer the questions asked by the people who administer these programs. There is no doubt that it would be easier for us if the rules for applying were more consistent all across the country. We do have to deal with that.

Natural Resources committee  Our research and development project on cellulose filament spans three years. We have three objectives. The first is to develop the manufacturing process from the laboratory to a semi-commercial stage. We are starting with a laboratory that produced one tonne per week. We have a

Natural Resources committee  In the same way industry and everybody in Canada has promoted sustainability over the years, I think the government has got to promote the use of wood. We are all proud that we have a sustainable harvesting practice from coast to coast, from north to south. If we believe we have