Natural Resources committee  There are some agreements in place. I think we'll leave that discussion for the ones that are going on between me, Minister Rickford and first nations, at this point. We're not ready to go public with the discussions yet.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, 100%—

Natural Resources committee  As you know, at the federal level these things sometimes take longer. On the surface it sounds like it's not complicated, but the reality is that these discussions can be complicated.

Natural Resources committee  I haven't looked at everything that Rob has said. He has his own agenda, as you know, like everybody. The reality is that we continue to—

Natural Resources committee  Excuse me.

Natural Resources committee  Excuse me. Well, maybe you could let me finish that.

Natural Resources committee  Everyone has an agenda. That's a reality. The fact is that we continue to replace more forests every year in Ontario than we harvest. Our regeneration exceeds the amount that we harvest every year in Ontario. That is part of our strategy. That is part of our commitment, planting

Natural Resources committee  —not only for the quality of our wood but for our commitment to sustainability.

Natural Resources committee  We continue to have these discussions. I don't think it would be appropriate for me to go beyond that. We are continuing to make payments to first nations—

Natural Resources committee  In our opening remarks, you would remember that we did talk about some of the early supports for the industry, and clearly they directly affect the people working in that industry. While the supports may have gone to the operators and the companies that operate the businesses, th

Natural Resources committee  I don't think that's a question that I'd be answering at this committee, but thanks for asking it.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, as I did with MP Lefebvre, we had Oxford Pallet, which was a big one. We also have CRIBE, which is another very innovative organization that we've recently worked with on agreement. I'm not a hundred per cent sure if the agreement has been finalized yet, but this is, as I sa

Natural Resources committee  We're already there in our industry. Part of our forest sector strategy, putting more wood to work and investing in innovation, markets and talents speaks to exactly that, the uses of wood that can be broadened in so many different ways that we're not currently using but have opp

Natural Resources committee  It was a budgetary decision at a time when the budget was extremely tight, but the program was not meeting any of its targets with regard to 50 million trees within a prescribed period of time. It had planted fewer than half of those trees at the time of the 2019 budget. To put

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much, Chair.