Natural Resources committee  The short answer is yes.

Natural Resources committee  Yes. I think it's two things. I think the two tests Mr. Cannings has in his bill around the LC, life cycle, the environmental, and the economic pieces are bang on. I think the profile that he's given, to Michael's point about ensuring that wood is thought about early in the proce

Natural Resources committee  A big need in our industry for the economics of it...you think of the lumber mills. They need to sell their chips and sawdust, whether it's pulp mills or other facilities that are going turn those residuals into value-added products. We see significant opportunity on the innovati

Natural Resources committee  I don't think we're losing, but I think we're.... We were at an event in Toronto, and there was another architect from Blackwell's who was talking about a lot of the opportunity and some of the global experience. I think time will tell, but we're not concerned that we're falling

Natural Resources committee  You can get into the code specifics, but I think this is where the technical and science work must rule the day. The example that was mentioned by that sector at this committee was an apples and oranges comparison, comparing a newer concrete structure to a 1980s wood home. That's

Natural Resources committee  There's a lot of experience to draw from in Europe on LCA, life-cycle assessment.

Natural Resources committee  The only thing I'd add is that there is the 13-storey project as well, which been a big part of the Quebec leadership.

Natural Resources committee  Sensitivity given the current trade environment, but the B.C. wood first policy which I would say is wood first versus carbon first to maybe simplify it. We have not seen significant challenge, but I'd defer to my colleagues from B.C. next to talk about if there's any historical.

Natural Resources committee  I'll defer to the members of the House in terms of amendments they might want to present or discuss, but I will say that what Mr. Cannings has brought forward is about modernizing the procurement strategy for Canada, giving profile to a material that many around the world are tur

Natural Resources committee  I think the government has an opportunity to catch up with the times. So you know there is the 18-storey building at UBC. You talked about the 13-storey building in Quebec. A lot of that has been driven by movements in those provinces to support those projects. We're seeing a cou

Natural Resources committee  I don't think we've seen evidence to date of federal procurement seriously looking to wood, and I believe this bill really profiles that, so that's why we're where we are.

Natural Resources committee  I'll just quickly add that on the nanocrystal example I shared, there are huge innovation opportunities emerging. The markets are still being developed. One of the things we are wanting to see is a balance in that investment in the science projects to understand what's possible,

Natural Resources committee  I'd hesitate to put a firm number on that, but we've seen from the B.C. experience.... I think the folks at FII can talk a little more about the B.C.-specific experience in terms of market leadership and some of the benefits, and the Structurlam. I believe Ms. Rudd has also visit

Natural Resources committee  We're seeing two opportunities. There definitely is a domestic opportunity to see more Structurlams come to be in Canada. The other thing we're seeing is the international opportunity around export opportunities, not only exporting products but exporting technologies and Canadi

Natural Resources committee  I will defer to Michael on that because he's been doing a lot of work with those groups.