Finance committee  Just quickly on that, there's not a lot to comment in addition to what's been said, but for us in particular, in the forestry sector, there are jobs pending, whether in silviculture, up to highly technical jobs, mechanized forestry operators. It's the ability to match the immigra

Finance committee  I think my colleague Ms. Ross has hit the nail on the head: it's the aggregate effect of increasing taxation. When we look through a forestry lens, we are at $1.5 billion in economic activity. We were once at $4.2 billion, in 2004. We think we can get back up to the $4-billion ma

Finance committee  That's a very fair question and I think, speaking from my sector, since 2014 we've earmarked $750 million in investment in our facilities, based on secure wood supply. We can't raise capital without that security. We've addressed that on a provincial level, but there are factors

Finance committee  I think when you try to identify one unique approach or answer as to what could improve our stake in the world, especially in the resource sector, for us it's a drum we've been beating for a long time: competitiveness. There are several measures that can be taken at the federal l

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, committee members. Forest New Brunswick is an industry association representing the majority of forest product manufacturers in the province of New Brunswick. Our mission is to be the voice of forests and forestry. The significance of the