Natural Resources committee  Toyota sold more SUVs because of the Prius than they sold Priuses. It labels itself as a company that gets it.

Natural Resources committee  In our sector it's part of our good name. All business is dependent on social capital, dependent on brands. Whether it's your customers—we're going to have a huge shortage of employees—whether it's recruiting young people, recruiting employees, work satisfaction of our existing e

Natural Resources committee  I hope I wasn't blathering too much.

Natural Resources committee  We could go through them, but as you said, I haven't done the audit against recommendations. I can tell you some of the big ones that really stick out that I'd love to see us...or I could talk about long-term planning for capital projects, because short-term capital projects us

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  We'd be happy to do that, and where circumstances have shifted we'll even note where we'd like.... I think, actually, both halves would find it useful, because government gets credit for what it's done, which is a lot, and you guys get to remind them of what they haven't done,

Natural Resources committee  I don't agree with you entirely there. Yes, most of the subsidies go to the pulp sector because that is in line with the program in place in the U.S. With the softwood lumber agreement, we are always threatened by trade actions. It was very important to create a program that wa

Natural Resources committee  Yes, the vast majority of the assistance was for the long term. There are two reasons for that. First of all, we, in the industry, believe that was the most beneficial type of assistance, but also— if you just go with a straight subsidy, we would have been much more vulnerable

Natural Resources committee  We looked at loan guarantees, and the trade lawyers—believe me, we've been through this more than once with my members pushing on me—are pretty clear. If a loan guarantee gives you a real benefit that is calculable, it's actionable under the trade agreement, and that way our hand

Natural Resources committee  Yes. I'll be very clear. I'm not here to say that things are good. I'm here to say that it's not a storm; it's a changed climate. White Birch, Abitibi, they're not dealing...of course, the dollar is disastrous for them. They're not dealing with competition. They're dealing with

Natural Resources committee  I don't look at lumber prices after noon because it disturbs my sleep. It's sort of like having coffee.

Natural Resources committee  Yes. Remember, I started with fancy talk about storms and climates, otherwise known as cyclical changes and structural changes. The collapse of the U.S. housing market is cyclical. Maybe they won't build mega-houses ever again. I don't know. So far, I don't see the shift in U.S.

Natural Resources committee  The drop was a bit more gradual than that. It was actually 3% eight years ago.

Natural Resources committee  That's a great question. The point of comparison that we think is valid is not the automobile industry; it's what other forest industries are getting in other countries. We don't compete with the automobile industry. As a forest industry we don't have a grounded view as to whethe

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for those kind remarks. The softwood lumber dispute is one of the more, shall we say, aggravating elements of North America's free trade zone. Its roots are fairly simple: we have one marketplace and two systems. In the U.S., trees and forests are owned privately, whil