Natural Resources committee  Sure.

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  A lot of the European countries understand that wood siding is a renewable resource that comes from an industry interested in protecting the forest and itself. These European countries have become our best friends. Like us, they think wood siding—not vinyl or aluminum— is an envi

Natural Resources committee  There's some coming from Europe and some from South America. One of your previous witnesses in the last session was talking about pine coming out of Maine and New Hampshire. We buy a fair bit of white pine. We get most of it from Quebec and Ontario and a little bit out of Maine

Natural Resources committee  Yes, I think it would be important for people within the government to travel to China to see what the working conditions are like in some of the plants. We produce a lot of handrailing, newel posts, flooring, and that sort of thing for homes. We have to have air quality tests d

Natural Resources committee  Sure. Probably about 10 years ago we decided we wanted to expand our plant. We saw market opportunities in Canada and elsewhere. We engaged with a consultant to help us with the process of getting a building permit. In Ottawa that's a very difficult thing to do. We're in the fo

Natural Resources committee  One of the big issues is labour shortages and young people. I don't want to pick on millennials, but they don't seem to like to work. They don't like getting involved in the trades. You probably won't believe me, but I was chatting with an Ottawa fencing contractor who does comme

Natural Resources committee  Definitely.

Natural Resources committee  I think it would be nice to have an innovation hub in woodworking machinery in Canada. We have a lot of technology companies that have great systems that could be applied to woodworking and aren't. I think a company like Homag is now investing heavily in Canada. It's good to see

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. Thank you for inviting me here this morning. My name's Tim, and I own a business in the south end of Ottawa called The WoodSource. I love everything about wood, I love everything about forests, and I am passionate about what happens in Ottawa and Canada. I