Finance committee  Tax cuts are wonderful, but they are only half of the situation. So I offer kisses, hugs, and thank yous for the overall reduction of the corporate tax rate; it's necessary. But it won't help with the transformation of the manufacturing sector because to benefit from it you've g

Finance committee  Most of which come out of the all-party recommendations on manufacturing. All parliamentarians who've looked at this on the industry committee have agreed, and now I want to see action on it. It should be—

Finance committee  Certainly. I have to say that members did good work together. This is a real demonstration of our Chambers' ability to work in a non-partisan and intelligent way that has the welfare of the country as its foundation. So first, I congratulate all parties for that. But second, i

Finance committee  Certainly we've been very clear about what would be useful today: refundability of the SR&ED credits; extension of the two-year window for accelerated capital costs to five years; more money for research in research innovation; and all-party support for Bill C-8, which puts c

Finance committee  Thank you. I'd like to thank parliamentarians for holding these hearings. I know you hear many witnesses, and it might even get boring sometimes, but I just want you to know that we really care about this stuff and really appreciate it when you actually give us your attention. I

Natural Resources committee  Well, it's interesting: the success of our environmental consciousness means that what used to be garbage is now competed for. So sawdust, bark, and stuff that used to go to landfill--now the people who want to make plywood, the people who want to burn it, and the people who want

Natural Resources committee  I'm not certain that I understood your question fully, but we can certainly provide you with a document. Sixty per cent of our energy is derived from biomass, which is completely renewable. We have achieved a conversion rate of 60%.

Natural Resources committee  We have hundreds across the country. We are planning conversions for other facilities. The thing that slows it down right now is we're in economic trouble and we can't get the capital. Otherwise, we'd go all the way with all of them.

Natural Resources committee  Certainly I can answer that. When talking about these graphs, to a large extent they're choices. They're predictions based on choices. If we choose biomass, we'll get there faster. Frankly, right now biomass is six times wind, solar, thermal, and all of that combined. I know w

Natural Resources committee  If I can just jump in this for one second, what we have to do is go from stale hydrocarbons, which are fossil fuels, to fresh hydrocarbons, which is biomass. Any sort of national energy policy that would integrate the role of biomass and other renewables with the sustained role o

Natural Resources committee  And we are looking at a broader market for the biofuels. That being said, we wouldn't like to reach the point they have in Europe in which the subsidies make it more profitable to burn the wood than to turn it into paper and wood products. It's not good for jobs because there's a

Natural Resources committee  I won't comment on that, because it's outside the range of what we lumberjacks are expert in, but probably a better thing would be to have cars that run on wood. You could stop by the side of the road, pick up some logs, and just pop them in.

Natural Resources committee  No, I'm serious.

Natural Resources committee  The first thing that would help the law would be to take.... I'll explain what it costs. To replace a boiler costs between $30 million and $80 million. In an industry that is suffering the economic hardship our industry is suffering, getting that kind of cash is very difficult. S

Natural Resources committee  Thank you. I can't help but remark that it's quite charming to see so many carnations. Not since my high school prom have I seen so many people dressed like this. When I came in, I thought no one told me about the dance and you guys had all rushed in from some prom to do this.