Natural Resources committee  I don't have anything to add on that particular subject, thanks.

Natural Resources committee  There are two things. The Chinese market is not a viable market for us—

Natural Resources committee  —for a couple of reasons. One is geographic, and the other is, as we've been talking about, the price. It is basically that our operating costs are so high that we're not competitive in that market. You have increased transportation, plus you have a price area you have to conside

Natural Resources committee  Overall, the labour shortages that we've identified...and they touch virtually everything, right from getting wood out of the forest to truckers, as Mr. Irving talked about, to something a little bit more advanced, which is applying building techniques. The one that I think I w

Natural Resources committee  No, it's just in general.

Natural Resources committee  We've raised it for, I think as Mr. Irving said, some leadership from the federal government, but it is an issue.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much. I'd like to begin by thanking you and the balance of the committee for the opportunity to appear here on behalf of the Maritime Lumber Bureau. The MLB was founded in 1938 and for the past 75-plus years has represented the market access interests of our mem

Natural Resources committee  If I had the answer to that, I'd take it back home and market it in its entirety. However, what you describe is exactly what we need, and there are things government can do. We talked about creating an investment climate. What has typically happened in the past that may potentia

Natural Resources committee  I think your question was on the recommendations we made as alternative solutions. I will send the information, but in summary, so it's on the record, right now the method of dealing with it is prohibition of movement and there are prohibition requirements placed on various lando

Natural Resources committee  Even the bureaucrats agreed it was a preferred system.

Natural Resources committee  Quickly, on the concept of a forum, I agree with Terry. You were talking about education and getting a forum maybe into a more academic level. Coming back to Mr. Ouellet's question, we have a number of universities in Canada that don't even teach wood engineering courses. It's a

Natural Resources committee  Are you referring to energy?

Natural Resources committee  I totally agree with the concept of using what material we can in Canada. We've done a number of activities. As you've said, we have building codes in Canada that will allow for four-storey non-residential buildings made of wood. But the simple reality is our population can't sup

Natural Resources committee  I don't have anything to add on biofibre other than what Mr. Pelton said.

Natural Resources committee  Thanks very much for that, Mr. Chairman, and thanks to all the members of the committee for the invitation to appear here today. More importantly, I think we'd like to thank you for your focus on and commitment to reviewing the opportunities and challenges that are before Canada'