Natural Resources committee  I'm going to defer to Dr. Innes on that one.

Natural Resources committee  Sure. Thank you. I think the role is to continue to fund the labour market studies, which have been very beneficial for understanding, as Ms. Block said, the transitions in the industry and responding to them. We have had very positive results with pre-employment training for di

Natural Resources committee  Certainly. When the Wood Manufacturing Council came into existence—I believe it was in 2003—we did a sector study. Every five years thereafter we've done a major labour market study to look at the changes that have taken place. We are also in the process of updating some national

Natural Resources committee  I think if I can—

Natural Resources committee  We're dealing with two separate things. The mass timber that would be used in tall wood buildings, for example, is not a particularly technological product. It's taking two-by-fours and laying them this way, putting some glue on them, then taking two-by-fours and pressing it all

Natural Resources committee  Like massive plywood, exactly, yes, and the advantage that you would have in terms of fire would be that this layer is now thick, and if you think about putting a huge log on a fire versus some kindling, the huge log won't catch, but the kindling does. It's the same comparing a t

Natural Resources committee  Yes. In regard to volume over value, I think it's easier to focus on the commodity products. That's been the traditional case with many parts of Canada's industry, certainly in B.C. My recommendation was that we should do all we can to encourage those companies that have traditio

Natural Resources committee  There are already some good efforts happening, for example, in B.C., where I'm from. There are some real synergies between what Wood WORKS! is doing and what the universities and FPInnovations are doing to get the message out that wood is a sustainable material and there are trem

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. My name is Iain Macdonald. Today I am speaking as chair of the Wood Manufacturing Council. I am also the managing director of the Centre for Advanced Wood Processing at the University of British Columbia. The Wood Manufacturing Council is the national human