Natural Resources committee  The simple answer is, not yet, although we have a government that has said it embraces the new paradigm I recommended. I'm in a unique position, because when the government responded to my report, saying they were going to implement it, they also said that I was going to evaluate their implementation.

Natural Resources committee  I'm afraid I haven't had much conversation with people across the country, which would help me answer that. I could say that my advisory team included people from Nova Scotia, Maine, Ontario and British Columbia—all of whom knew more about forestry than I did. I'll make that very clear from the beginning.

Natural Resources committee  I have to acknowledge at the beginning that my work was commissioned by a provincial government. It is very much focused on matters within the jurisdiction of the provincial government. The other limitation is that I was not asked to look at forestry policy writ large, but specifically at forestry practices.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and good afternoon, everybody. I was asked to speak for a little bit about an independent review I conducted on forestry practices in Nova Scotia between August 2017 and August 2018. Just for a little context, Nova Scotia is about 30% Crown land and 70% private land.