Natural Resources committee  Speaking for CRIBIQ, the best example of the projects we have funded is a biotechnology company called Bosk Bioproducts. The company is located near Quebec City. It teamed up with a paper mill in the Outaouais that had residue that could be reused, specifically its bacteria. So

Natural Resources committee  The development of everything associated with using forest biomass to make industrial bioproducts began in the early 2000s. I'm talking much more about Quebec, but the same thing goes for Canada. At the beginning of the 2000s, it was more laboratory work, but today, most processe

Natural Resources committee  Yes, in that case, it's called—

Natural Resources committee  In that case, it's called biorefinery. You could draw a parallel with petrochemical refining. Cracking and all the methods that can be used in that field can be carried over to everything involving value-added biomass. These are more or less the same technologies, and the two ind

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. First of all, I'd like to thank Mario Simard for making our appearance before the Standing Committee on Natural Resources a little easier. For people who aren't familiar with the Consortium de recherche et innovations en bioprocédés industriels au Québec,