Finance committee  Yes, it represents pulp and paper, lumber—the whole industry.

Finance committee  Most of the companies in Quebec belong to my organization, so I am able to answer you. Two points must be considered for the future of the sector. First of all, we must ensure the survival of the current sector. If this were a realistic wish, clearly I would be here to thank yo

Finance committee  There's no doubt that Europe is far more ambitious than Canada is in creating incentives and infrastructure for green energy, as are, for that matter, China and certainly the U.S. So if you have a forest mill, a lumber mill or a pulp and paper mill in the U.S., in Europe, or in m

Finance committee  Thank you. As I'm certain all the parliamentarians sitting around these tables know, the last few years have been very painful for the forest industry. Many towns have suffered the heartbreak of mills closing, and 55,000 Canadians lost their jobs. Change is very painful, but t

Environment committee  Actually, I think we have spent most of this time discussing implementation measures, and I have to acknowledge the contribution of the opposition for tabling this bill to remind us that we have to get on with it. I look forward to working with the government in getting on with i

Environment committee  If the overall production of pulp and paper continues to increase, but because of constraints here the production goes to a place that doesn't have constraints, it's not just that we're losing jobs, but also that the greenhouse gases will actually go up. So it has to be done in t

Environment committee  It would be a robust, far-seeing policy framework for the integration of bio-energy and bioproducts into the existing industry and an investment program to speed that transformation so we can get there before our competitors do.

Environment committee  I don't want to see the government reacting in a knee-jerk way to what's happening elsewhere, or coming at it long after everyone else, or trying to do it strictly through regulation. This piece-by-piece, ad hoc approach at a time when the global economy is transforming itself to

Environment committee  I can only speak for my industry. Frankly, we have exceeded it already, so you'd have to ask other industrial sectors. The assessment of what can be done and how fast is not something you can do from within the forest industry. I can say we've done that a couple of times over, an

Environment committee  It would depend upon this bill, and I would say that it shares something with the government's reduction target in that it lacks an actual implementation plan.

Environment committee  I'm just going to dodge the question, sir.

Environment committee  I read it this morning on the way here to double-check.

Environment committee  I think you already asked that question. I'm going to answer the question on international credits instead, because I know you're really interested in that as well. You will remember my last answer to the question, have I seen a plan, which is no. On international credits, we cl

Environment committee  I don't know what Canada is saying in Copenhagen. I'm not in Copenhagen. But there is a huge advantage to the Canadian economy to doing as much as we can domestically. Simply buying foreign credits doesn't retool our economy. If we've learned one thing, it is that the sooner you

Environment committee  No. Our view is that if you just have cap and trade, you're missing a huge number of emissions. Let me give you an example from the forest industry. If you just have cap and trade, the only place where you can get to us is in the mills. That means that the emissions from our truc