Natural Resources committee  Thank you, I really appreciate that. I'll say two things. First, this is a provincial issue, a legislative issue and a stumpage issue. The cost right now of taking that wood that goes into the slash pile to a pulp mill incurs a full stumpage rate. The licensees are subsidizing t

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Maloney, sorry, but can I make just one quick comment on that subject?

Natural Resources committee  Okay.

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  Let me start by saying that I'm not getting into a political discussion about who has done what the right way or the wrong way. Locally here, we're not a big company, so I don't tend to get to Ottawa often and don't work so much at the federal level, but provincially I've worked

Natural Resources committee  I'll echo what Mr. Verreault said. I think the government assistance that we received through the programs at that time, back in the spring, was very helpful. We too felt the uncertainty and wondered how things were going to progress. We did take advantage of some of those progra

Natural Resources committee  Again, it is a subject that I believe is real. I've heard enough times that it is actually happening, and it is very frustrating. When you look at just the election, you could see that their ability to manipulate things is pretty significant. I guess what I would ask is that we

Natural Resources committee  I think I'd like to start by going back to what I said earlier. I think government really needs to take a leading role in nailing down the truth and a direction. If our focus is to do something by 2050, what is the exact path we're going on? Also, quit listening to the very voca

Natural Resources committee  This is a subject that's a bit dear to my heart. Growing up having the ability to work with my grandfather and his brothers, my uncle Koozma gave us a mantra: take care of the land, and the land will take of you. We are farmers of the land, in the forest industry. We are no lon

Natural Resources committee  Yes, there has been a lot of conversation. There's a lot of fireproofing, there's a lot of work being done around communities, but—I don't know how to say this nicely—it's a half-hearted attempt. We're not really making sure that we're putting our best foot forward and are really

Natural Resources committee  I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I've heard enough stories about how some of the big funds out of the U.S. spend money on promoting...and when their legal challenges are made, if you track it back.... I heard a very interesting speaker last year or the year before talk about ho

Natural Resources committee  Definitely there have been. We talk about B.C. being a high-cost producer. That's real. It makes it very difficult for us to compete. We've had to shut our reman facility down over the last six months because of the softwood lumber agreement. We can't afford to put a 20% tax on a

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Richard. I appreciate it. I think I'll start by saying that the mass timber push right now really does hit all of the boxes. It ticks all the boxes. It creates jobs. It creates high-paying jobs. These are not minimum-wage jobs. It creates opportunity for young people

Natural Resources committee  Yes: high-paying jobs.

Natural Resources committee  My comment about IFIT and NRCan was basically about the fact that a lot of money is given out to different jurisdictions and companies. I think if they looked at their record—and I'm just guessing, as I have no idea if this is real or not because I haven't investigated it—I would