International Trade committee  Yes, absolutely. Under international rule, the ISPM 15 program that I alluded to, national plant protection organizations of signatory countries need to have domestic programs in place to ensure the phytosanitary standards of the wood packaging that moves in trade around the world.

International Trade committee  I think back to the last question about the phytosanitary standards. When I think about wood packaging, that is the most pressing thing. We need to make sure that our domestic program here is operating in a manner whereby we're moving safe product around the world. We do not have pest interceptions at our foreign borders, which then impacts the ability for our exporters to utilize our products.

International Trade committee  —want to review them again. I'll just point out that I have notes on them at home.

International Trade committee  Absolutely. Thank you very much for that.

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Jeneroux. No, we were not consulted. In fact, we sent correspondence back to the committee about the lack of consultation in the document and several findings we encountered in it that seemed rather erroneous. It appeared that the committee looked to some of the largest of what we call “pallet pooling” companies for its information as opposed to looking to what we would call the "white wood sector", which is made up of the small ma-and-pa shops around the country that are really the backbone of the industry.

International Trade committee  Yes. I'm sorry. It's been quite a while since I've gone through the documents, so I would—

International Trade committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon to you all. It's an honour to be here before the Standing Committee on International Trade. Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to speak about our organization and the vital role of wood packaging in both the domestic and global supply chains and markets.