Natural Resources committee  I can, definitely, if I can remember them. The first item was why a disproportionate amount of our research and effort is going into Canada. I would say that, looking from the top down at the government agencies on a federal and provincial level and also at the universities, it is easier to deal with all of the agencies and institutions and individual researchers.

Natural Resources committee  That's my personal opinion, yes.

Natural Resources committee  Actually, 25% of our manufacturing—

Natural Resources committee  —and between 50% and 75% of all our innovation activity occurs in Canada.

Natural Resources committee  Sorry.

Natural Resources committee  You're right, I might surprise you, because I was actually trained by one of the greatest fundamental scientists in the space of wood chemistry. I happen personally to be of the opinion that the role of universities is to produce people; that the work, the creation of knowledge, is there to produce the people; and that the technology itself is almost secondary.

Natural Resources committee  The paper statistic might be a little misleading. We manufacture two main products: pulp fibres, which go into market pulp, and paper, which is a primary conversion of the pulp into a higher-value-added product. The paper industry is an interesting one. Much like tissue grades, it has a bit of a moat against transportation costs, because paper historically didn't transport very well.

Natural Resources committee  What I would say is that relative to the commercialization arc, or the path of commercialization, on these new and value-added products from the forest sector, it really depends on the platform or the nature of the product. Today we would say that fibre and fibre-based materials are the most commercially developed, most value-added product.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, right honourable chairman and honourable members of Parliament. As you may know, Domtar is a publicly traded company with global operations that directly employ approximately 10,000 persons and generate annual revenues of over $5 billion. We operate under two divisions, both tied to the forest products industry: the personal care division and the pulp and paper division.