International Trade committee  There is no doubt that companies are feeling the repercussions. As mentioned, more than $6 billion is being held in trust at the border, and soon that figure will hit $7 billion. That is money that cannot be spent on equipment or new technologies, but equipment and new technologi

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chair, I've managed my schedule for the committee. It's no problem. I'll be with you until midnight, if you want.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will do my opening statement in French. Feel free to ask me questions in English. My name is Jean‑François Samray, and I am here as president and chief executive officer of the Quebec Forest Industry Council, or QFIC. I am pleased to respond to your inv

Natural Resources committee  The chair has allowed me to send you a 10‑page document. I am pleased to provide you with my comments on this. The construction industry also wants to be able to use more workers. There is a balance here. More and more commercial builders are looking for prefabricated modules, i

Natural Resources committee  There are some in Quebec, for example at the Chibougamau plants, which are in a way our engine. The company Nordic Structures also makes them. There are other manufacturers in Quebec, as well as in Ontario and British Columbia. These technologies are gradually developing. At the

Natural Resources committee  You're bang on. There's definitely a need in the construction sector, and we're training a lot of new workers who are diversifying their knowledge and reorienting themselves in construction. Softwood lumber could definitely be used for these types of products. Canada is a big p

Natural Resources committee  I think you need the right tool to measure it properly. As I mentioned in my speech, the Gestimat software is used for just that, to analyze the life cycle of everything that goes into the construction of a building. We are able to do simulations. Architects and engineers can run

Natural Resources committee  In order for there to be employment opportunities, there needs to be investment and the context to make it happen. I think the carbon price gives a clear signal to the industry. The International Civil Aviation Organization initiatives are creating a market for these biofuels. I

Natural Resources committee  Yes, that could certainly be useful. I think you will have some work to do in the committee, because the funding for this program expires this year. It is a fundamental program for all sectors of industry, whether it is critical minerals, agricultural research or petroleum. They

Natural Resources committee  There are residues on the cutblocks. Recent fires in the American West have shown that when these residues are left on the cutblocks, they become a fuel just waiting to catch fire and burn down entire forests. In Quebec, the spruce budworm ravages forests over thousands of squar

Natural Resources committee  It definitely is. That's for sure. At the end of the day, we can see that the northern limit is going higher and higher. There are trees that are growing in what used to be the tundra, and now there are trees with leaves that are now growing into boreal forests, which is somethin

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Angus, if I may answer you directly, the thing is that Canada is such a huge country, and we hold 30% of the certified forests of the world. There's enough room to do some conservation and enough room to garden our forests in a more dynamic way in order to make them resilient

Natural Resources committee  Natural Resources Canada is doing some research on the types of trees that will be better off when we do some replanting. That is part of the job that needs to be done as well.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll do my presentation in French in order to accelerate this a little bit. The Quebec Forest Industry Council, or QFIC for short, brings together softwood and hardwood sawmills, peeling mills, pulp, paper, cardboard and panel board companies, engineered w

Natural Resources committee  Yes, it would be my pleasure. Wood has a negative carbon footprint, and when you use wood, one cubic metre of wood in a building instead of using one tonne of steel or one tonne of concrete, you reduce your GHG content in the building by one tonne. This is all done through a c